by mollyhuggins | Feb 2, 2022 | Grief
So here’s my new semi-terrible discovery. There is a nonlinear expression in the physical nature of grief, not just the intellectual and emotional, and nearing the anniversary of my daddy’s death, the two are not working in concert. Not at all. My body has functioned...
by Molly Huggins | Mar 11, 2021 | Grief
No matter what there is to say about grief, it’s already been said. Still, this is new for us, so I am going to repeat them all. The Five Stages of Grief denial anger bargaining depression acceptance Denial The first week after dad died, I was mostly numb,...
by Molly Huggins | Feb 27, 2021 | Grief, Our Story
{Most of you know this already, but my father, David Anthony Maddox, passed away on February 13, 2021. Below is a slightly edited version of the remarks I made at his funeral. I can’t bring myself to say anymore.} I’ve thought about this moment many times. I’m a...
by Molly Huggins | Nov 15, 2017 | Army Life, Faith, Fear, Grief, Hope, Thankful
We’d been married 205 days when my body failed my first (un)born. We’d been apart for 148 of those days. My soldier left in the fall, in the brilliance of the dying leaves. He left, and I was pregnant and blissfully naive in the way you can only be when you...
by Molly Huggins | Jul 5, 2017 | Aha Moments, Army Life, Faith, Grief, Hope, Mommy Heart, Original J
Wonderful, merciful Savior. June marked what would have been the 11th birthday of our first babe and the 38th birthday of my best friend. Both were heaven bound within three months of each other, eleven and half long years past. For all of 2006, I was overwhelmed with...
by Molly Huggins | Apr 2, 2017 | Army Life, Blogging, Faith, Fear, Grief, Hope
There are blue stains everywhere. The cream colored handmade wooden chair that sits at the head of our table. My bathrobe. The guest bathroom sink. I don’t even want to know how many white towels. Maybe a lifetime ago, it would have made...
