Mom Blog - Marci Darling

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Spread the sparkles! Navigating life's storms with MOM (Monarch of Magic)

Divorce Divas Unite!

August 28, 2019

I love writing meaningful quotes on index cards and taping them up around my house. My bathroom mirror is so full of inspirational quotes it’s nearly impossible to see myself!

How Coaching a 6th Grade Football Team Helped This Glamour Girl Cope with Death and Divorce

August 27, 2019

Get open and stay open, because that’s how the miracles happen.

Mud Pies and Treehouses… A Thing of the Past?

July 3, 2019

When I was a child, I walked home from school through Mr. Farley’s lush green apple orchards. A fresh crisp apple was the perfect tonic after a long day

My Beautiful Barbarians

May 2, 2019

This blog post is a combination of one I wrote in 2007, continued in 2013 and finished in 2019, although maybe I’ll add to it in another 6 years. My

Healing and Dealing with Grief and Trauma

April 9, 2019

I haven’t wanted to post because there’s just so much, so much deep tragedy and trauma in my life. I don’t want to write any of it down because I

Ten Best Hallucinations from my Beloved Parents

September 7, 2017

The other day my Dad woke up and said with a smile, “Marci, why did you spin our bed around and rearrange our room last night?” “I didn’t spin your

“Take me out to the ballgame, take me out to the crowd…

September 4, 2017

I just returned from another late night at the hospital with my Dad. He was agitated and distressed, and it turned out the only thing that soothed him was singing

How Abbott and Costello are Helping me Care for my Very Sick Father

August 28, 2017

So I just went out to help my Dad out of the car. He appeared to be talking on his phone, but when I got closer, I realized he was

Eleven Rules I Never Thought I’d Make at My House

August 26, 2017

Eleven Rules I never thought I’d make at my house: No dirty Navy songs at the dinner table. No gory stories to the children of missing limbs, bloody faces, missing