discipline Archives - Darcy Wiley

Media Manifesto {A Less Digital Life…Day 10}

by Darcy Wiley | Oct 10, 2013 | A Less Digital Life, Pencils & Pens, Pocket Change

The square on my calendar seemed familiar, as if I had some kind of big appointment slated for the day. September 26. But nothing showed under the date. I got right to cleaning my office that morning, cramming for company the next day. And in a stack, more like a...

Sidestep the Poet’s Pitfall {Preserve Your Story ~ Day 19}

by Darcy Wiley | Nov 15, 2012 | Pencils & Pens, Pocket Change, Preserve Your Story {31 Days}

In previous lines of work, when I sat at the teacher’s desk adapting curriculum for little English language learners, or when I wrote and edited and created design full-time for church ministries, I’d hear the bell ring or watch the clock tick to 5:30 to close out my...

The Wardrobe Picked Out for You {Free Baby Shower Printables!}

by Darcy Wiley | May 17, 2012 | Buttons & Thread, Sweet Tea

Her dress stretched taut over her belly like fabric tightened across a needlepoint hoop. It was her third hiding in there, a girl after two boys. But no matter how many times I had seen it happen (or felt it happen), it could never get old, the chance to witness this...

Grace in the Grocery

by Darcy Wiley | Jan 11, 2012 | Pocket Change, Sweet Tea

I have squeezed his shoulder with the Vulcan death grip. I have growled low and almost yelled out “I am Mommy, hear me roar!” I have stared him down and let him know not to cross me. All this in the middle of the grocery. He sits next to his little sister, too close...