MPW.74 / 2022 The Healing Queen of Broadway Ave. by Conor Courtney
Photographer
Conor Courtney Seattle, Wash.

Team Lee

Story Summary

For Molly Molly, selling healing from her Broadway Ave. shop is her calling from god. Throughout her life, Molly notices “God things.” From sporadically seeing her “angel number” 444, to having her first-born grandson pass away on Easter Sunday, Molly feels a divine presence in these experiences. Her customers, a disparate group of friends, acquaintances and community members, wander into her Excelsior Springs, Missouri studio looking to change something about their lives or simply chat with Molly. This melding of the spiritual and physical world is what drives the 69-year-old and her business. She says, “God takes care of the money and I take care of the people.”