Effort and Attitude

Dear Reader:

Obviously these days this idea is a little more challenging -forcing yourself to eat when your body says ” No” is an extremely hard task to accomplish.

I told the Ya’s I need my personal air traffic controller to keep up with times … take medicine for nausea every eight hours diarrhea after a ” problem ” … force feed myself while gagging so I can take ” Big Blue” … a lot to keep up with… but I am not giving up… and I realize I must be kind and gentle… to myself…I went into this new drug under very weak conditions… flu/gag reflex to solid foods and it is just going to take longer for my body to adjust.

I remember reading something one time that stuck with me… ” Two things you are in control of in your life… are your effort and attitude.

And these two attributes are alive and well… stronger than ever… yesterday when the morning started badly… I thought ” Et Tu Universe.” But then a certain young man named Tommy Dingle heard about my misfortune getting something I thought I could eat… left work and arrived with the product! Another God Wink to let me know I have not been deserted… God will provide.

So until tomorrow… Trust in God… Trust in God! I am holding tight!

Today is my favorite day-Winnie the Pooh

Jo’s little Winnie is going with me to all my oncology visits… in fact ” Have Winnie Will Travel!” Stays right beside me!

Here’s some info… if for any reason your email doesn’t deliver the post… immediately go to the Chapelofhopestories website-it will be there! Give it a try if old ” Brain Freeze” ( me) messes up the date again! 😆

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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