by Darcy Wiley | Aug 6, 2013 | Buttons & Thread, Pencils & Pens, Pocket Change, Sweet Tea
When I named this year the year of the Cheerful Giver, I expected I was to be the giver, searching out sources of joy and using them as fuel for nurturing my loved ones in a happy, lighthearted way. As it turns out, most of my education in cheerful giving would come...
by Darcy Wiley | Feb 6, 2013 | Buttons & Thread, Sweet Tea, Take Heart Series
It had been so long since it had surfaced, that I almost wondered if it were still there. Without our difficult dog around to test my patience and with the kids moving well-beyond the tough days of toddlerhood to become more cooperative and self-sufficient, the waters...
by Darcy Wiley | Jun 18, 2012 | Buttons & Thread, Gift from the Sea ~ Summer Book Club 2012, Sweet Tea
In the year that I turned two, I bid farewell to both of my grandmothers. Elsie flew away to Heaven. And Mamie bought a one-way bus ticket to West Palm Beach. If you would have asked me as a toddler what made her pack her bags for the Sunshine State, I would have said...