Darcy Wiley, Author at Darcy Wiley

Widows and Wedding China {Take Heart…in Romance}

by Darcy Wiley | Feb 15, 2013 | Buttons & Thread, Sweet Tea, Take Heart Series

Asparagus sizzled in the top oven. I pulled lasagna from the other and looked up. The golden girl waltzed through the door with pep in her step. She came bearing hugs and kisses and cards, and beamed as my boy told her she was “thinking really good” when she got him...

Love Down the Drain {Take Heart…in Romance}

by Darcy Wiley | Feb 14, 2013 | Buttons & Thread, Pocket Change, Sweet Tea

My sister is a fix-it girl. At night, her bed lays empty while she undoes the dirt of day at a local coffee shop. She dusts the fixtures and sweeps away crumbs. She sanitizes tables and chairs and counter tops and remembers who sat where in the daylight when she...

The Things We Carry {Take Heart…in Romance}

by Darcy Wiley | Feb 13, 2013 | Pocket Change, Sweet Tea, Take Heart Series

Welcome to those visiting from Project Afterbelly! So glad to have you here at Message in a Mason Jar where we’re finding the loveliest things in the most ordinary containers. To get posts delivered to your email box or blog reader, enter your email address on...

The Land of Raw Milk & Honey ~ a Link-Up {Take Heart…in Romance}

by Darcy Wiley | Feb 12, 2013 | Relish, Sweet Tea, Take Heart Series

I cried over unspilt milk at the breakfast table. It jostled in the jug, straight from the farm, raw, and my emotions were raw, too. My husband had just seen the mandatory fine print on the label, “Not for human consumption,” and wondered how I could be guzzling it...

Words like Honey: Circling Up to (In)Courage

by Darcy Wiley | Feb 12, 2013 | Fresh-Cut Flowers, Sweet Tea

Welcome to those of you visiting from the (in)couragers community page! After reading below about the heart behind circling up, you’ll find an introduction to The Story Circle, our (in)couragers writing group that runs from now through April. (Update 2/16/13:...