The Sun is a Daily Reminder that We Can Rise Again from the Darkness…We Can Shine Our Own Light

Posted on November 3, 2023 by Becky Dingle

Dear Reader:

Every morning when I rise these days… I still momentarily look around my new cute little room and for a few seconds wonder what I am doing here?

Then the memory gates abruptly open and the past few weeks come flooding through. It is still hard to take it all in… such a mixture of ups and downs… it is quite dizzying!

As I lay in that precious quiet pre-dawn calming quiet… slowly the pieces of my recent life’s puzzle start interlocking piece by piece. It is then I stop and thank God for His Guidance and blessings … and adult children.

It makes me even more determined to fight harder to restore my health and one day return the favor to them.

And friends… where do I start? All of your constant well wishes , cards. emails and texts… like the sun rising each day light me up… I have known several of you since the beginning of the post-over 15 years and my faithful Ya Ya’s for half a century! The power of friendships and healing! Amazing!

Yesterday my in-house physical therapist-Jim-arrived-so funny until the exercises began … wow! Haven’t had a workout like that since college PE! I was exhausted!

Then my assigned in-house nurse arrived… so sweet and she is gathering lots of information to get me energized too using different methods.

Still have more to come… hardly a day passes without another assigned arrival. All so pleasant ( PSST!) but between me and you this is what I would like to wake up too! 😂

So until tomorrow…

Today is my favorite day-Winnie the Pooh

Miss seeing my Confederate Rose blooming! Two years ago it toppled over and left only a small stump and from that… now look! Even my gardens are encouraging me!!!!

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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8 Responses to The Sun is a Daily Reminder that We Can Rise Again from the Darkness…We Can Shine Our Own Light

  1. Gin-g Edwards says:
    November 3, 2023 at 7:54 am

    Becky the hymn Great is thy Faitfulnesd has the words ..morning by morning new mercies I see…God will provide. Love you.

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  2. Gin-g Edwards says:
    November 3, 2023 at 7:54 am

    Becky the hymn Great is thy Faitfulnesd has the words ..morning by morning new mercies I see…God will provide. Love you.

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  3. Bernice Sturkie says:
    November 3, 2023 at 8:54 am

    Oh, Sweet Chickadee, what an inspiration you are
    to me and so many others! Thank you
    so much for your lovely daily gift of
    grow- your -faith words. May our Father
    continue to shower you with His blessings
    of precious health, comfort, strength and
    energy!!!
    PBJ (Peace, Blessing, n Joy),
    Bernice

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  4. Beth says:
    November 3, 2023 at 10:04 am

    Go Becky Go!!! Cheering you on each and every day.

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