by Molly Huggins | Sep 9, 2012 | Army Life, Grief, Snapshots
For privacy reasons, my friend has chosen to remain anonymous. But please read her snapshot of “I”. Sometimes, we meet people right in the heart of their messy and heartisbreaking moments. And we don’t and sometimes won’t know how the story...
by Molly Huggins | Sep 6, 2012 | Army Life, Lives We Love, Snapshots
Meet my friend T. You’ve heard of the stages of grief, right? Well, you could say there are stages of deployment. One of them is insane preparation for every wild scenario your overactive imagination can conjure. And can I just tell you, we’ve all been...
by Molly Huggins | Sep 3, 2012 | Army Life, Photos, Thankful
Yesterday in church . . . (I was paying attention, I promise) . . . I really, truly, remembered that I used to fly helicopters. I closed my eyes – and for a heartbeat . . . I was free. I could see the ground fading away, blue skies bursting through the...
by Molly Huggins | Aug 31, 2012 | Army Life, Fear, Lives We Love, Original J, Snapshots
Please, meet Wendy. She is a dear friend with a Little J like mine. This her snapshot of strong. November 4, 2005. Lunchtime. After a bout of nausea I questioned: could I be pregnant? After three years of unsuccessful attempts we had decided to stop trying to get...
by Molly Huggins | Aug 31, 2012 | Army Life, Lives We Love, Snapshots
I would like to take a moment here, before I publish anymore snapshots, to share with you what dawned on me Wednesday night. There are a lot of things I don’t know about this process. … I don’t know how to tell you what it feels like to be a voice for these...
by Molly Huggins | Aug 29, 2012 | Army Life, Fear, Hope, Our Story
*This is the final installment in this particular piece of our story. Thanks for reading, for encouraging. Now you know a little more about me, about our Army life, about the beginning. Ever and always, my prayer is that you see grace here.* . . . My darkest days were...
