Find Something that Makes you Happy and then use it to Make Others Happy!

**… the thought behind the creation of the blog post!**

Dear Reader:

It was August 7, 2010 … three months after my first grandchild ( Eva Cate was born) when Honey persuaded me to visit her… Mike had discovered a ” treasure” on one of his motorcycle trips and now she wanted to show me the The Chapel of Hope in ( amazingly named town of Trust North Carolina! So off we went!

From the first moment I entered the chapel I felt the builder’s and creator’s presence-Beverly Barutio ‘s amazing story of faith in fighting cancer that lead her from Savannah to Trust and her mission to thank God and St Jude for directing her path and giving her more years of life.

On one of my visits, a news reporter from a nearby newspaper in Tennessee told me that he always wanted Beverly to tell the story of how her little Chapel had changed so many lives… but she adamantly declined.

Her mission was to create it and that she had faith someone would come along one day to tell the story. Bill looked at me… “You are that storyteller .”

I had never even heard the term ” blog” but with a leap of faith on August 7, 2010. I started….( Beverly had passed away from the next return of cancer …five years before I took up her quest) …but I have heard from her husband and children thanking me for ” taking up the torch.”

Soon I realized I would have to find a way to combine my journey with cancer amid Beverly’s earlier trials and do my part intertwining our separate mission stories and also our missions together. And to date it has been a daily love task to continue this combined unity of love!

Eva Cate and the post would grow up together ( She is turning 14 this year!

**My first steps inside the Chapel of Hope… and my everlasting thank you for showing me my direction in** **life… Honey and Mike!** 💗

As my blog grew I began to pick up familiar expressions you still recognize today… ” God Winks” ( from Squire Rushnell’s books) and my eyes became open to seeing these daily signs on ordinary days.

When the tenth anniversary arrived ( August 7,2020) Anne Peterson… my multi-talented friend, sent this to me.

In fact yesterday I received the most beautiful card and message from Anne. along with the most beautiful spiritual verse … that I now have memorized!

Accompanying verse read: **Romans: 12: 12 – ” Be JOYFUL in HOPE, PATIENT in AFFLICTION, FAITHFUL in PRAYER.”**

And my final ” contributing ” Editor” Winnie the Pooh… with his words of common sense wisdom

I couldn’t do the post without Winnie! It’s always my ” FAVORITE DAY” with him!

**… And inside she wrote Romans 12:12…because every time she reads it she thinks of me.**

” Be JOYFUL in HOPE, PATIENT In AFFLICTION ( me) and FAITHFUL in PRAYER.” *** I will memorize this verse to heart!

This August 7 2024 will mark the fourteenth year of my daily blog post!

Another contributing ” editor” is Winnie the Pooh … of course.

Me and Winnie … What an adventure the post has been so far.

Exactly what happened when I took the leap of faith and started the daily blog post!!! Hopefully my gift to you.

So until tomorrow…

After seeing Patty’s Apostle plant… Lassie sent this gorgeous picture ! Her pond filled with Dutch Irises… supervised by Buddy standing by!

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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1 Response to Find Something that Makes you Happy and then use it to Make Others Happy!

Kim Smyth says:

January 21, 2024 at 8:59 am

I need to commit this verse to memory as well. I feel I have been VERY patient in affliction, and I hope I will be rewarded on the 23rd with good news, and I pray that the result is something I can handle, and full recovery is in my future!

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