by Molly Huggins | Apr 24, 2016 | Army Life, deployment, Faith, Grief, Jamester
April is the month of the military child. I have four wild souls populating this space, but my girl, my oldest, she has born the brunt of the choices we make in a way that is both beautiful and heartrending all at once. My husband’s last deployment was two years...
by Molly Huggins | Jan 27, 2016 | Army Life, Blogging, deployment, Grief, Jamester, Our Story
Deployment is a cornerstone of our story. The story I am working on in book form. Miscarriages. Moves. Deployment. Loss. So much grief. So much grace. I’ve shared bits and pieces of the beginning here in this space, but now I am a wee bit stuck. See, now I have...
by Molly Huggins | Dec 15, 2014 | Christmas, deployment, Fear, Hope, Photos
I love Christmas. Sometimes I talk about Mary. Once, I talked about shepherds (one of my favorites). Two years ago, I told you about Second Son. Last year, I talked about how Christmas was hard. The kids watched a lot of television. I mentioned Jesus a few times...
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 | 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...
