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...
by Darcy Wiley | Feb 11, 2013 | Fresh-Cut Flowers, Sweet Tea, Take Heart Series
All around is green pasture coaxed out of dry rock and sand with the water from pretend rivers, drink corralled down from the Colorado. The sculpted form of a camel lays down in the middle of it, water stored in the bump on his back, chin on the ground, legs tucked...
by Darcy Wiley | Feb 7, 2013 | Buttons & Thread, Pocket Change, Take Heart Series
When you’ve watched shooting stars and new constellations freckle the sky in another hemisphere, boiled water from a dirty creek to make your porridge and wash your hair, walked the streets of shantytowns and felt the dividing line of color, sipped the rooibos and...
by Darcy Wiley | Feb 5, 2013 | Take Heart Series
Thanks for visiting 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 homepage sidebar or enter...
by Darcy Wiley | Feb 4, 2013 | Take Heart Series
To start off our February Take Heart series, I’ve asked my friend Jenna Woestman to share about her struggle with infertility and how she has dealt with the discouragement that comes along with her condition. Here she tells the story of her miracle baby and how...