Relationships Archives

Sense of Taste: Words to Say and Not to Say When Your Friend Is Sick with Covid-19

by Darcy Wiley | Nov 23, 2021 | Kindness, Relationships, Sickness

It’s a precarious thing to tell people you’re sick in bed with Covid-19. We’ve read the concerns from every point of view. We’ve seen the sometimes thoughtful but many times passive aggressive or just plain aggressive social media posts. Some people think...

AN UNFILLABLE CHAIR: GRIEVING THE LOSS OF A SPECIAL FRIENDSHIP FORMED ON MY BALCONY

by Darcy Wiley | Nov 12, 2021 | Grief, Relationships, Spiritual Formation

Every Tuesday, Jacquie Reed pulled into my driveway, shuffled up my steps with her blue canvas bag over her arm filled with scraps of paper, artwork, and her file folder, and spent an hour and half with me sharing both sorrow and beauty as we worked through her essays...

Till the Wheels Come Off: Loving Well in Midlife Marriage

by Darcy Wiley | Apr 24, 2021 | Books, Character Growth, Interviews, Relationships

Featuring an interview with Dorothy Littell Greco, author of Marriage in the Middle My husband and I picked up the minivan from the repair shop and headed out for a much-needed date night. Our van was a problem child, so the shop had become quite the hangout for us in...