by Molly Huggins | Jul 30, 2017 | Jamester, Mommy Heart
Dearest J, my firstborn, my first girl. It’s your birthday tonight, and I’ve got some words to say to you. Truth be told, I’m feeling a little overwhelmed these days … truth be told, I’m a lot overwhelmed . Our life just keeps on happening in trickle down ways on...
by Molly Huggins | Mar 31, 2017 | Faith, Hope, Jamester, Mommy Heart, Wee Man
(I wrote this a few weeks ago … just now linking up here because I want you to hear me.) PARENTING IDOLS I have a confession to make. I made an idol of my children. More accurately, the idea of my children, and my expectations of who they would be. I...
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 | Aug 10, 2015 | Jamester, L.O.V.E., Mommy Heart, Uncategorized
Oh friends. The suitcases are (FINALLY) put away, there is still a box or ten to unpack in the house and we are simultaneously mourning the end of the summer o’ cousins and celebrating the end of the epic move to the woods. And yesterday (I mean 10 ish days...
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...
