Author Archives: Becky Dingle

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.”

Blessed to See God in Our Daily Lives

Dear Reader: Each day as I walk through my garden and smile at a new bloom or flower peeking up from the ground…I see God. The seeds of life are under the ground and reveal themselves as God’s Handiwork. I … Continue reading

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Keep Hope Alive…

Dear Reader: Two weeks ago I bravely grabbed my lawn cutting tools and went to work on the Confederate Rose…toppling down branches that extended well above the garage/potting shed. I decided to keep the one stem that had bloomed at … Continue reading

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Make the Time

Dear Reader: The coronavirus has certainly changed many of our daily habits…thus changing our personal time-tables too. Prioritizing time is still important in life…but finding a way to keep family a top priority and close … without risking anyone’s health … Continue reading

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We Are Nature’s Greatest Miracle

Dear Reader: Isn’t it always a shock when we read something that really impresses us…only to discover that we have read that exact book passage, phrase, or message before? Time diminished the memory but not the effect on our psyche…our … Continue reading

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Pets and the Pandemic…A Difference in Coping

Dear Reader: Margot Theis Raven’s last book she wrote before passing away (from complications of breast cancer in 2014)…was interestingly enough about a little dog. It is a true story about a dog named Rags and the lives he changed … Continue reading

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World Kindness Day

Dear Reader: It is rather ironic that today is not only World Kindness Day…but also a Friday the 13th day. Since starting this blog (a decade ago) and doing all kinds of stories on a Friday the 13th month… year … Continue reading

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“One Chicken Short of a Bucket”

Dear Reader: You might remember Monday my stomach was doing circus acts …flipping, flopping, and flapping all day. I needed something in it…but something soft and easy to digest. Then I remembered the Chick Fil-A advertisement for their new mac … Continue reading

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“A Five Corner Hero”

Dear Reader: Happy Veterans Day! When I find myself in cemeteries where military tombstones and markers are in abundance…like the cemetery in Laurens where mother, daddy, and David lie…I feel such strong emotions for these men and women who ‘cut … Continue reading

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Sometimes It Takes Me All Day…to Get Nothing Done

Dear Reader: Yesterday was the right time to pause and settle down…my poor stomach has been upset for a few days…thinking it was probably just all the tension around the election but I decided to pamper it and eat some … Continue reading

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We Are Family

  Dear Reader:   Sly and the Family Stone…”We Are Family”…now that brings back some wonderful memories…I must have played that tune hundreds of times as both a teacher and a workshop presenter over two decades at least. I would … Continue reading

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