by Molly Huggins | Sep 14, 2021 | Our Story
2021 feels like a lament, a sacrifice, a burnt offering of time and sanity and presence. A series of goodbyes, both to the tangible and to the what-could-have-been. I haven’t been much of a friend. Or a mother, or a wife, or even a writer. I am stretched between them...
by Molly Huggins | Dec 3, 2018 | Community
The bus stop crew was a haphazard gaggle of suburban stereotypes who never failed to defy them. In a modern twist, I was often outnumbered by the dads, bundling their kiddos off to school while mom was at work. The coffee was universal though. Big silver tumblers...
by Molly Huggins | Jul 8, 2018 | Army Life
Start here to read part 1. I’ve been knocking around these last few weeks in Georgia with a low level weight on my chest and a skim coat of panic in the back of my throat, and if you ask me, I couldn’t tell you exactly why. Our last days in Virginia were...
by Molly Huggins | Aug 22, 2012 | Army Life, Fear, Husband, Our Story
*In case I haven’t made it clear, this is primarily a recounting of events that took place in 2005-2006. This is not happening right now.* We have a death to-do list. I mean, who doesn’t, right? Husband’s initial interment request was that I fly his...
by Molly Huggins | May 15, 2012 | Army Life, Faith
I’m still here. Just feeling a gloomy shade of grey these days.There is no overwhelming tragedy, no disaster looming. Just the particulars of an Army life. Moving …. again. Saying goodbye …. again. Hearing the J girl talking in a mournful voice...
