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 | 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 | Mar 1, 2013 | Army Life, Community, Faith, Husband, Our Story, Photos
[I joined an online writing community recently and this was prompted from an assignment … but also, one of the primary purposes of this blog is to tell our story … our Army life in particular, deployments, and the unique challenges and blessings that come...
by Molly Huggins | Oct 19, 2012 | Army Life, Blogging, Faith, Fear, Husband, Our Story, Snapshots
I am in the process of creating a series of snapshots on this blog … peepholes into our Army life … to know us better, to love us well. I am saving most of our pictures for Our Story, but this one, well this one, I just had to share right now. Mostly...
by Molly Huggins | Aug 29, 2012 | Army Life, Fear, Hope, Our Story
*This is the final installment in this particular piece of our story. Thanks for reading, for encouraging. Now you know a little more about me, about our Army life, about the beginning. Ever and always, my prayer is that you see grace here.* . . . My darkest days were...
by Molly Huggins | Aug 28, 2012 | Army Life, Grief, Original J, Our Story
. . . I tried to email Husband, willed him to call so I could be the one to break the news. Since telepathy is not my strong suit, he did not receive the message, and read about her death on the front page of the Army Times that someone else was reading in the chow...
