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In this volume Darya Funches explains: "We begin and end with Love. We actually interpret much of life at home and at work based on how we love ourselves and others. We learn how to unfold what is right for this moment, for this time. Fragments of our lives yearn to integrate and begin to come together when we address how we love and how we don’t. We heal old wounds, face deep truths, realize our souls’ dreams and reveal more of who we truly are and are born to be. Then we have more positive impact as parents, leaders, followers, helpers, artists, teachers, learners, lovers and change agents. We begin and end with Love.”—from Darya Funches, Author
1. Foreword
From the inner depths of her own awareness, Dr. Darya offers us glimpses of the silver lining of the clouds of despair, loss, challenge, judgment, manipulation, blackmail, and seduction that love so often brings.
2. Introduction: What’s Love Got to Do With It?
No doubt someone will be writing a brilliantly succinct synopsis.
3. Chapter Outlines
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What They're Saying...

“Your work is beautiful, healing, inspiring, touching me to the core of my being. I begin and end my day with a reading from the book, and that is helping me to remember who I am, and to focus on the important work we are here to do and to meet each day and interaction with love. My husband, Mark, and I also take turns reading out loud to each other. Soon, I’d like to hear you read selections from the book on radio programs. Thank you for having the courage to share the vision with the world. My spirit bows to your spirit.”

Susan Bowers, Earth Angels
Indianola, Washington


"I Send My Blankets Over You is more than a book of poems. It is a book of proverbs and psalms—a book of ancient wisdom—speaking through the author who is saying, “Wake up! Look at who you truly are.” Funches is a prophet of modern times, speaking just as Rumi, Buddha and Confucius did in their times. The work is profound. I find that the author challenges us to become intimate with ourselves for the first time in our lives, and to heal and educate our hearts so that we can use our minds and take right action in our relationships, work and leadership.

Recipe books, such as the Bible, give us guidance about how to live, stopping short of telling us how to mix up the recipe. In her writings, Funches tells us how to mix the ingredients of who we are into a dish that gives and receives love.

In a time of catastrophic events such as 9/11 and the collapsing infrastructure along the Gulf Coast, we can get a second chance in life. We are not just to read this work and put it aside. It behooves us to participate actively in the language of the work Funches offers us.

For school districts, educational leaders, teachers and all people who profess to be leaders, this book is a “must read,” offering perspectives and exercises in ethical leadership and moral responsibility that the world requires right now. Funches gives us insight into what true prophecy is all about."


Dr. Maxine Mimms, Founder and CEO
Maxine Mimms Academies
Founder, Tacoma Campus of Evergreen State College


“I Send My Blankets Over You can help everyone. These extraordinary poems and stories take you on journeys that are true to life. Within one story, poem or another, you find challenging emotional situations, the meanings and motivations of these situations and lessons to help us learn about loving self and one another.

I was captivated by the wit, warmth, and passion Dr. Darya brings to her work. The stories behind the stories will rivet and astound millions of readers. There is so much humor, along with recovery for different challenges. I laughed, pondered and cried. I cried, pondered and laughed. This book also assists couples who are engaged or married. What a wonderful gift to mankind. Thank you for your caring and sharing.”


Rebecca Wright, Wellness Therapies
San Diego, CA


“‘Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind’... is what I feel when I read the book I Send My Blankets Over You—Lessons of Love by Dr. Darya Funches. Dr. Darya’s poems, parables, and thought-provoking prose give me a sense of well being in my spirit. Each poem is like reading a verse, then the scripture, then the chapter, then the book, then the rest of the 65 books. It is definitely a book that can heal, deliver and set free a people from the plagues of self-doubt, hurt and pain that we as humans succumb to in our lives. I applaud Dr. Funches as she shares her spirit and giftedness with the world. Thank you for such a Beautiful Blanket to cover me.”

Minister Isa Nichols
Jireh-Shalom Foundation


“I can't believe I finally found someone who writes so beautifully and with so much meaning about love, life, and relationships. I learned so much from the poems in I Send My Blankets Over You. The poems helped my beautiful wife and me within our own marriage. The love that came pouring out from your writings was so inspiring it felt like magic!!!! I am sincerely grateful.”

Mario DiGiovanni, Feng Shui Stylist
San Diego, California


I Send My Blankets Over You—Lessons of Love is rich food for the soul. With the imagery of a great poet and the insight of a learned behavioral scientist, Dr. Darya takes us on a journey that entertains and enlightens. This book informs us about the power of love at any level—individual, group organizational—on which we operate. I finished it more aware of the many ways that love has been the healing ointment that took me through my most trying moments, whether as a leader, life partner or father. Give this book first as a gift to yourself and then to others.

David A. Thomas, Professor
Harvard Business School


“I Send My Blankets Over You is more than a book of poetry. It is a quickening force with a spirit of its own, revealing unconscious layers of the Id and how we Love. Like the Egyptologist Champollion who deciphered the Rosetta Stone, Darya Funches has a gift for deciphering codes, revealing what has been concealed. I began reading a literary work and then became an engaged participant in a therapeutic intervention of my own healing, transformation and liberation—as a reader of the book. With this first volume, Darya Funches has opened herself to the world, making it easier to see ourselves as translucent beings. This book is humorous, soul wrenching and insightful, a ‘must read’ for those wanting to move beyond old wounds affecting how they love and into being able to love self and another purely.”

Good Horse Nation
Portland, Oregon


Special Offer

SPECIAL OFFER: When you order I Send... from this site, you receive two additional benefits. First, you get a signed copy. Second, the book will also include a personal message for the recipient of the book written by the author. If you let us know the names of those who will receive the books, the books will be signed directly to them. Otherwise, Darya will sign the books generally.

If you are not interested in purchasing a signed copy with a personal message, or to purchase in bulk, please go to Author House and purchase the book there for $30 plus shipping and handling.