by Molly Huggins | May 24, 2015 | Army Life, Grief, Jamester, Original J, Our Story, Photos
It is surprising how grief changes over the years. Some things I know, I expect. The edges of the wound soften over time. The fear fades, mostly. We aren’t sad every day. Some things I don’t. Nine years and change later, you see a picture on Facebook of a Volkswagon...
by Molly Huggins | May 22, 2015 | Army Life, Photos
I’m working on expectation management these days. That is a common term between the husband and I. When big things are coming, we try hard to sit down ahead of time and work out what the other person is thinking so we have a rough idea of what to expect when the...
by Molly Huggins | Nov 11, 2014 | Army Life, deployment, Grief, Husband
(If you are new here, my husband is a medevac pilot who just returned home from a 9 month deployment to Afghanistan.) He’s home now, and we are lying in the dark under the covers, me with my hand on his arm because we must be touching. And he’s right next...
by Molly Huggins | Oct 30, 2014 | Army Life, Blogging, Faith, Hope, Our Story, Preemptive Love Coalition
For part one of this story, CLICK HERE. (Portions of this are republished from a piece I wrote in 2012 before the presidential election. Two years removed, my emotions are unchanged.) My great-great-great grandfather was a Confederate soldier in the Civil War....
by Molly Huggins | Jul 27, 2014 | Army Life, deployment, Husband, Photos, Thankful, The Dailies
I was elbow deep in greasy dishwater one day this week and letting my eyes wander around this home we’ve made. In the moment, my gaze drifted upward to the music pages wreath perched above our oversized bookshelves with the embroidered “Huggins” slightly askew. It...
by Molly Huggins | Jul 2, 2014 | Army Life, Community, deployment, Fear, Grief, Hope, Original J
It’s July now in TN, a never ending tide of 100 degree days that wash over us in a haze of sparklers, sweat, and the red, white, and blue. In this town, though, it’s cut with shots of gold. Gold stars to be exact. They come up on you quickly, a subdued gut...
