Molly Huggins, Author at Missionary Mama http://lauramthomas.com/author/molly-huggins/ Missionary Mama Homeschool Blog Wed, 13 Mar 2019 16:49:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7 97442083 On Community and the Church http://lauramthomas.com/2019/03/13/on-community-and-the-church/ http://lauramthomas.com/2019/03/13/on-community-and-the-church/#respond Wed, 13 Mar 2019 16:49:37 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=20619 I’ve long been a champion for the value, the necessity of community. It’s been a literal lifeline throughout the birth of children (two in a place we didn’t really know anyone yet), postpartum anxiety, multiple Military moves, and the utterly terrible dog days of deployment....

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2019/01/15/roots-and-shoots/feed/ 0 20556 Yelling is a choice. http://lauramthomas.com/2018/11/07/yelling-is-a-choice/ http://lauramthomas.com/2018/11/07/yelling-is-a-choice/#respond Wed, 07 Nov 2018 09:00:45 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=20450 Yelling is a choice. Yelling is a choice. This is my ongoing battle as a mother. I am impatient, I want my children to hurry up. I am (still) learning that being on time is never more important than speaking kindly. Homework // putting on shoes // fill...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2018/11/07/yelling-is-a-choice/feed/ 0 20450 When I Wasn’t Okay. My Story of Post-Partum Anxiety http://lauramthomas.com/2018/05/16/when-i-wasnt-okay-my-story-of-post-partum-anxiety/ http://lauramthomas.com/2018/05/16/when-i-wasnt-okay-my-story-of-post-partum-anxiety/#respond Wed, 16 May 2018 06:56:52 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=19938 I’ve been pregnant six times in a dozen years. In that same period, we’ve endured five deployments, two miscarriages, and six moves. And through it all, I swore I was okay. I thought I had to be, I thought I had no other option. After...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2018/05/16/when-i-wasnt-okay-my-story-of-post-partum-anxiety/feed/ 0 19938 4 Parenting Tips for When You are Crying in the Parking Lot http://lauramthomas.com/2018/05/02/parenting-tips-crying/ http://lauramthomas.com/2018/05/02/parenting-tips-crying/#respond Wed, 02 May 2018 22:55:55 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=19886 (How I feel after grocery shopping … ) The grocery store with all four children is my Everest. There are spirited discussions over cart selection, potential snacks, and seating arrangements within the selected cart. Throw in the mini carts at Giant and we’ve hit the...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2018/05/02/parenting-tips-crying/feed/ 0 19886 4 Ways to Navigate Aging Parents http://lauramthomas.com/2018/04/04/4-ways-to-navigate-aging-parents/ http://lauramthomas.com/2018/04/04/4-ways-to-navigate-aging-parents/#respond Wed, 04 Apr 2018 05:47:10 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=19806 When I was a child I believed every word my father said was gospel truth. I also believed his legs weighed 500 pounds a piece and he was invincible. I would learn quickly that he’s really a storyteller, my father. A veritable Chaucer he is,...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2018/04/04/4-ways-to-navigate-aging-parents/feed/ 0 19806 On Marriage http://lauramthomas.com/2018/02/21/on-marriage/ http://lauramthomas.com/2018/02/21/on-marriage/#respond Wed, 21 Feb 2018 06:33:19 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=19590 I pledged myself to my husband just shy of thirteen years ago. It’s been a whirlwind of deployments, moves, pregnancy, babies, loss, grief, and joy. And still, he reaches for my cracked fingers (washing dishes eight billion times a day will do that to you),...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2018/02/21/on-marriage/feed/ 0 19590 On waiting, hope, and prayer. http://lauramthomas.com/2018/02/07/waiting-hope-prayer/ http://lauramthomas.com/2018/02/07/waiting-hope-prayer/#respond Wed, 07 Feb 2018 23:43:51 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=19480 I’m a fixer. And an empath. Those two are a tough combination when dealing with all the hurt and sin and hard in a crowded world. Because there is a whole lot you can’t fix. In January, I was able to sneak away with two dear,...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2018/01/17/grace-and-guilt/feed/ 1 19367 A Theme For the New Year: On Romans and Release http://lauramthomas.com/2018/01/03/theme-new-year-romans-release/ http://lauramthomas.com/2018/01/03/theme-new-year-romans-release/#respond Wed, 03 Jan 2018 06:00:28 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=19244 If I am being honest, I didn’t want to write this today. In the face of a new year, I have been praying for weeks now for a theme to carve out for the next 365 days. Instead, all I could think about is how...

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