illness Archives - Darcy Wiley

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...

Becoming Unshakable {A Guest Post}

by Darcy Wiley | May 22, 2015 | Pocket Change, Sweet Tea

Social media is a funny thing. It’s sort of like a party where you’re having one conversation and overhearing bits and pieces of other conversations nearby. Sometimes there’s so much chatter it’s hard to get all the details of the conversation...

The Sacred Side of Sickness

by Darcy Wiley | Sep 28, 2013 | Buttons & Thread, Sweet Tea, Uncategorized

Three weeks ago, I felt a pack of vermin parachute into my sinuses and start a street fight. I knew the icy/hot running through my veins the first week of September had shot down my immune system and left me there for the taking. I walked around in a cloud for a few...

Comfort Food for the Trampled Soul ~ plus giveaway winner {Take Heart…in the Quest for Wholeness}

by Darcy Wiley | Feb 25, 2013 | Relish, Take Heart Series

We pull our chopsticks from their wax paper wrappers, snap them apart and graze them against one another, like twigs starting a fire or iron sharpening iron, to smooth out the splinters while our food steams and cooks in the kitchen. I turn the English and pinying...