by Molly Huggins | Nov 17, 2017 | Army Life, deployment, Husband, Our Story
(I am a week behind. This, this for Veteran’s Day, 2017). I stood in the post office the other day, boxing up the bulk of my children’s Halloween candy to send to a friend overseas. I fumbled over the customs form, a piece of paper I’ve scribbled...
by Molly Huggins | Sep 5, 2016 | Aha Moments, Army Life, deployment, Fear, Grief, Hope, Husband, Our Story, Photos
I am two okay, three birthday letters behind and I have lots of parenting things to write about but this, this is the most important thing I have to say right now. I don’t know who needs to hear this but listen up, in case it is you. I’ve been an Army wife for...
by Molly Huggins | Jun 11, 2016 | Army Life, deployment, Grief, Lives We Love, Original J
We buried (another) friend last week.(I told you about him here, but because his desire was to be buried at Arlington with his fellow veterans, the interment ceremony wasn’t until June. Bear with me-it has been a difficult, emotional season and that has been...
by Molly Huggins | May 30, 2016 | Army Life, Blogging, deployment, Grief, Preemptive Love Coalition
Truthfully there are a long list of names this Memorial Day that I can recite. We miss them always. And 10 years and some odd months later, we still say our Jaime’s name every day. My friend Texas North said of her people, “It is a daily process not to...
by Molly Huggins | May 18, 2016 | Army Life, Community, deployment, Husband, Our Story, Thankful
For the military spouse. Monday night was spent saying goodbye to old and new friends. They are moving on, to parts west and far east of here and it’s got me thinking about my people. We’ve landed here in the woods of Northern Virginia close to a year now and still...
by Molly Huggins | Apr 27, 2016 | Army Life, Blogging, deployment, Faith, Fear, Grief, Hope, Husband, Original J, Our Story
Oh friends. I have so much to tell you. (PLEASE PLEASE read all the way through.) First things first. Back in October, 2015, I met the lovely Jamie Ivey on an airplane on the way to Allume. Of course, I had no idea who she was and had never listened to her podcast...