Love & Light
Marci Darling is a writer, filmmaker, speaker, teacher, educational consultant, performer, and M.O.M. (Monarch of Merriment) to two teenagers. She believes storytelling, art, and innovation are the keys to creating a world of unique thinkers and sparkling minds. She is passionate about boldly telling her own stories, as well as teaching and empowering others to do the same.
We do not escape into philosophy, psychology, and art--we go there to restore our shattered souls into whole ones.
Anais Nin
THE MANY HATS OF
Marci Darling
NEWLY RELEASED
Books
Magic Carpets, Flying Ships, and Moonlit Kingdoms: The True Travel Stories of Marci Darling
Travel heals me, inspires and ignites me, educates me, and flings the doors of my heart, soul, and mind wide open. Travel My Darling! Make Magic!
Divorce Diva: Navigating Grief and Loss with Hope, Humor, and Chutzpah
Picture this: Marci Darling, Holly Golightly, and Zelda Fitzgerald stumble into Auntie Mame's bedroom, cocktails in hand, for an evening of dish and swish about their recent breakups. After a bit of tomfoolery, Divorce Diva is born, a nonfiction book about one woman’s journey from broken-hearted bubby to badass babe.
FRESH FROM
The Blog
A Few Little Words that Changed My Life
I hesitate to share this story because it’s so deeply personal, but when something has this big of an impact on me, I want to
Shoe Shopping
Oh Hello Darling! Where have you been all my life? In all your exquisite luminescent pink? Your delicate curving arch, like a quivering rainbow of
Learning to Love The Truly Dazzling World of Solitude
Conjure up a parliament in old England: a stately room of soaring ceilings, carved wooden chairs and podiums, colorful flags and the smell of lemon
“I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no more hurt, only more love.” Mother Teresa
I’ve seen things during my time that there are no words for, and now, at the age of 54, when the amount of loss and
Two Dresses and a Spinning Wheel
I spent this morning going through my closet, looking for two dresses: one to wear to a wedding and one to wear to a funeral.
Jolabokaflod- An Icelandic Book Flood and Signing at the Wenham Museum
Hello My Darlings!! I recently learned that Iceland has a dreamy Christmas tradition involving the gifting of books on Christmas eve, followed by a night