This title of my most favorite song I hummed all last night awaiting news of Ben’s surgical procedure is the most comforting song to me 1 have ever heard… I can hear it today and still remember the first time I heard it.
When we moved to Lauren’s my freshman Year… Our family re-joined our Presbyterian Church and I joined the adult choir. I prayed every Sunday that my favorite singer ( Miss Haynie) would sing 🎶 There is a balm in Gilead!
From the first time I heard it -it touched my soul!
A balm -a rare perfume used medicinally and named for the region of Gilead where it was produced.
For me personally… these days a balm is my secret name and place where I can find that inner peace my body and soul craves!
So until tomorrow Wherever God lies… there you will find your balm… your peace!
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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