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.”

A Long Awaited Rendezvous…

  Dear Reader: When I “laid my eyes” on my college roommate, my sister in all ways but biological, my friend forever-Brookie…I knew Covid had to take a backseat…while we physically hugged. I told God we needed Him to protect … Continue reading

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The Last “Wheady” Mile… Until Becoming “Real”

Dear Reader: Yesterday was “Real I.D. Drivers License Day.” For the past couple of days we have experienced a little of everything when it comes to weather…some wind, on and off torrential showers, gray skies and bursts of sunshine followed … Continue reading

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The Divine Spark In All of Us

Dear Reader: By now many of you have heard my story, the setting-home, the time… the night before my first surgery, the plot my left breast mastectomy, for breast cancer. *It would be the first of four surgeries in all…to … Continue reading

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In the End What Matters…is What One Scatters

Dear Reader: Occasionally I like to look back on earlier posts written the same month or season I am in now…and see what was on my mind back then….compare and contrast my thoughts about life and my place in it. … Continue reading

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Being Thankful and Grateful for Yesterday

Dear Reader: Monday started out a little “iffy.” I was all excited about calling the local DMV to schedule my appointment to finally get my new drivers license. I had to wait on some missing documents to be certified/copied, then … Continue reading

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Learning to be Comfortable Just Being…Me!

Dear Reader: If I am being completely honest with myself…I, sometimes, think I did more with less where I was… at the busiest time in my life… than I do now with an abundance of time. Yet…I still wouldn’t go … Continue reading

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Faith is Fluid…

Dear Reader: Once we realize that the one “constant” in life we can not change is change itself…the better off we are. As much as most of us would love to see an ending to this pandemic…we are beginning to … Continue reading

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We Can Be Uncertain in Life…And Still Be Certain of God’s Love

Dear Reader: These days…everything seems different. Sometimes it is so subtle I almost overlook the clues that I am in a different place  than I was years ago…and especially these days…where I was just months or weeks ago. Back when…I … Continue reading

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The Magical “Good” Glasses

Dear Reader: It is strange but as soon as I saw and read the visual message from the “natural life chirp” yesterday (today’s title visual post)… I imagined a pair of “magical” eyeglasses that allowed the viewer to only see … Continue reading

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“The Bright Lamp of Knowledge”

Dear Reader: The garden stepping stone in front of some fresh flowers at the house appeared via UPS (from Jo and Colby) yesterday afternoon…early birthday present. I love it…as soon as the flowers wilt I will place it in the garden…the … Continue reading

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