My Favorite Things…

Dear Reader:

Had an epiphany yesterday… why weren’t my symptoms matching my ” sick” feelings… when it comes to this mysterious ” bug. I did have the classic flu signs, took all the standard medications and got in and out of it in about five days… went off all medicines except an occasional Tylenol if my head was hurting but no fever with or without Tylenol. One down. Check!

Two Covid tests almost two weeks apart-both negative! Check!

So what ? Early in the morning hours I sat straight up in bed… hot red face and fuzzy concentration ( ” fog brain”) ” Menopause Part Two! ” Nobody should have to go through it twice!

Than all the pieces started falling in place… my last chemo drug required a daily harmone drug taken with it and now for over a week -closer to two… I have been in limbo without any cancer medicine while waiting on the new drug being Fed /Ex’ed today!!! Hallelujah!

So hope is alive and if it had not been earlier, the ” ” Indomitable ” Jo Dufford showed up on my front lawn with more ” surcies” than I could even take in!

We had to form a line to get everything on porch.

Every surcie Jo picks out for someone says something about the recipient! As much as I love love love every single surcie… it is Jo’s original version of ” These are a few of my favorite things” that put me in tears. Jo and I double dog dare you readers to sing along to the familiar tune!!

So until tomorrow… I am completely overwhelmed by the support, foods, flowers coming in… Susan Swicegood sent both … she is so good with orchids and the ones she sent with her food dishes are breathtaking.

**Susan Swicegood’s card said it all! AMEN!!!!**

Today is my favorite day… Winnie the Pooh

Let’s pray today is the beginning of a very effective chemo pill and a return home to Wellmore for my brother!!! 💗💗💗🙏🏻

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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