Author Archives: Becky Dingle

Dear Reader: I had an epiphany last evening as I pondered the direction my thoughts would choose to travel for the blog today. The realization of my acknowledgement that God leads each of us along our individual paths through our life journey … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: The other day as I started out the door something seemed off to me…however, I shook the feeling away and kept going with all my “important” busyness. It was only later, when I returned home, and started to … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Sometimes the most interesting things in life start with one small pause…a quick observation. I will always thank SCE&G for bringing traffic to a complete standstill last week while they were trimming trees on Highway 17-S. Main Street. … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Don’t most of us remember hearing our parents’ advice to us (over and over) when we would start squabbling with our siblings or neighborhood friends…”Remember if you are angry, take a deep breath, count to 10, and make … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Memorial Day didn’t turn out quite as badly as the forecasters first predicted for our area…we certainly had some rain but it wasn’t continuous or torrential. We have a lot to be thankful for when so many harbor … Continue reading →

  Dear Reader: As a former South Carolina History teacher…it was always fun to teach students about all the “firsts” that happened in Charleston. Charleston has always been known for many first events in our country’s history… mostly good “firsts” but … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Taking chances…I have never been much of a risk-taker…especially financially… mainly because I felt during all those years of raising children as a single mom… that I couldn’t afford to take a chance on opportunities that I might … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Ah…there is nothing like it in the world! The sweet scents of flowers in May. I think every perfume in the world should come from a southern garden at this time of the year. Even if April showers … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: “When you are most simple is when you feel really free.” Why has it taken me a lifetime to learn this lesson? Slow learner, I reckon. It is not as if I have ever had the extravagant means … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I don’t know how many times I heard my mother use that expression, “Oh we’ll make do”  when worried about financial matters (which was a lot of the time) when we were growing up. But she also, always … Continue reading →