by Molly Huggins | Apr 6, 2013 | Army Life, Faith, Fear, Grief, Hope, Jamester, Mommy Heart, Our Story
From November 2008 to November of 2009, my husband and I were both deployed to different parts of the world. The J Girl spent the year with my older sister and her husband. She was one and a half when we dropped her off. She was two and half when we picked her up....
by Molly Huggins | Apr 1, 2013 | Blogging, Faith, Hope, Mommy Heart, Photos, The Dailies
Last Sunday {Palm Sunday} was not a good day. By nine am, I was crying on my back porch shouting curse words at my dog trying to get the dog out of the pouring rain. Before church, of course. Nothing like piling on the sin before I put on a happy face. At five pm, I...
by Molly Huggins | Mar 9, 2013 | Army Life, Faith, Fear, Hope, Photos, Thankful
Whoever said “time marches on” was singularly unimaginative. Marching is far too rigid, far too precise, far too evenly marked and measured for a concept at once so fluid and intractable. Ask an Army wife who is counting eternal seconds between phone calls and Skype...
by Molly Huggins | Mar 6, 2013 | Bug, Hope, Mommy Heart, Our Story
You – my growing collection of cells and soul – are active now. My skin hiccuping with the force of your tiny feet, surprised and stretched by your restless strokes. Another son. A loosely formed collection of messes-in-waiting. A sweaty, squeezable...
by Molly Huggins | Feb 10, 2013 | Faith, Hope, Mommy Heart, Thankful
Surely God is good. I have said it … will say it … over and over. Every moment of this unknowable journey. In the face of incomprehensible pain, grief, and even anger. And it is true, even then. God is good. But today, I’m happy to just say it because it’s...
by Molly Huggins | Jan 12, 2013 | Faith, Fear, Hope
Last year, last January, I wrote this. About conquering fear, about hope. About the solution. Confession: I barely made it through April. Fear is still a battle for me. My words one year ago still speak truth about who I am. I am still desert dry, thirsting for His...
