Yesterday Was National Love ❤️ Your Pet Day!!!

Dear Reader:

I look at my three adult ” children” these days and all three of them have and adore their canine pets! I am the proud grandmother of five amazing grand dogs!

These dogs bring such love to their individual and extended families. Mandy and John just returned from visiting John’s parents -flying to Alabama and the excited love of being reunited again made everyone happy!

John, Mandy, Eva Cate, Jake,… AND WINNIE! 💗❤️♥️

Walsh, Mollie, Rutledge, Lachlan, Eloise … and Dolley!

Dolley and cousin Pip bonding… the little cousin and the ever-growing Dolley (who is almost unrecognizable from picture to picture) …the growth rate of labs is incredible! But Pip’s self-image of being an **” ALPHA ”** dog is hilarious! He is always attracted to **BIG DOGS!**

Tommy sent this picture of the family canine clan ( including a visiting cousin ( Winnie) minus Dolley!

I never grew up with dogs because mother couldn’t ( quite simply ) afford one… and I was in the same boat, as a single parent, only had one dog Christie for two or three years and then I and Ben were in college or Vietnam so David and mother had to raise it and finally only mother was left ( after David’s death) taking care of Christie -the Pekinese, she ended up having to put Christie down! So much on mother!

So today I am one happy grandmother watching my three adult children being able to share their love and devotion to their dog or dogs with their children.

Dogs love with their eyes and it is the deepest most sincere love you will ever get from any of God’s creatures!

We must always remember to include all kinds of love from God’s creatures in our lives!

Celebrate National Love Your Pet Day!

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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