Trust the Timing of Your Life…

Dear Reader:

The longer I live the more hindsight I have… these days it consumes the breath and depth of my present life. I openly acknowledge that everything in my life has happened for a reason at the time it was supposed to happen. ( though at the time I couldn’t see it … many times.)

Over the past two days I have spent time with my brother Ben … to see another specialist… then time with Eva Cate and Jake while John and Mandy got out for a much deserved dinner outing… and ending yesterday as I watched Rutledge and Eloise ( Lachlan was at a day basketball camp) … Walsh and Mollie were finishing up work so they can fly out today… to Mollie’s parents in New Hampshire and then on to Maine for their annual summer family vacation!

Enjoying grandchildren ( and Winnie) golf cart rides with family as the sun sinks beneath the creeks and rivers of Hobcaw… all time well spent… heart-felt time. Like the picture I snapped when Winnie put her paw on Eva Cate’s hand as she fell asleep on the sofa… minutes later Winnie, too, fell asleep and I looked down and saw this- heart-felt moment…

So until tomorrow…( I could not believe that the 10th and final ” Faith Directive” was this one! I honestly have been pulling 1 of the 10 directives out daily …after shaking the box and closing my eyes -this was the last one) A true ” GOD WINK” !!! Believe in healing! )

Today IS my FAVORITE DAY! 🤗

And who says books can’t bring fun to children in the summer? Eloise is learning surfing moves due to books!

About Becky Dingle

I was born a Tarheel but ended up a Sandlapper. My grandparents were cotton farmers in Laurens, South Carolina and it was in my grandmother’s house that my love of storytelling began beside an old Franklin stove. When I graduated from Laurens High School, I attended Erskine College (Due West of what?) and would later get my Masters Degree in Education/Social Studies from Charleston Southern. I am presently an adjunct professor/clinical supervisor at CSU and have also taught at the College of Charleston. For 28 years I taught Social Studies through storytelling. My philosophy matched Rudyard Kipling’s quote: “If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.” Today I still spread this message through workshops and presentations throughout the state. The secret of success in teaching social studies is always in the story. I want to keep learning and being surprised by life…it is the greatest teacher. Like Kermit said, “When you’re green you grow, when you’re ripe you rot.”

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