Author Archives: Becky Dingle

Dear Reader: For all the thirty plus years I taught in the classroom and made presentations I was always aware of the number of participants not really listening…even when they pretended to hear. For teachers, everywhere, it is an on-going … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Putting a generation between you and your grandchildren produces miraculous changes in one’s perception of the precious moments of childhood… lost on parents living in the “Hurry Up, We have to go” stage of life. When I think … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday Jo Dufford referenced the book One Perfect Word by popular author, Debbie Macomber. The idea behind this theme was to choose one word that would be your lantern, your mantra, to guide you for the year. (* Jo chose … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I came across another Steve Hartman true story that hit home with me…not the plot of the story necessarily…but simply the essence of it. A wedding gift that made one couple re-think their priority in opening it. Have you … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: When you think about it…we each have one story, one life, that is subject to change, in not only a moment’s notice, but in one second of time on earth. One is a number that signifies the opportunity … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Something happened today to me that has never happened in the entire twenty-something (or is it thirty-something) years I have been telling a Christmas story at the Christmas Eve service. I received a book in the mail that … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: For the past 24 hours I have been like a woman obsessed…I watched ESPN until 2:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, woke up at 8:00 to pick up copies of the Post& Courier for memory keepsakes for the boys, picked … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: We have talked many times about guardian angels and how they appear most times as just another face in a crowd of many…who tells you something you need to hear or warns you about potential disaster in the … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Have you ever considered the idea that nothing is possible without faith in things we can’t see but feel? If we just picked up the Bible and started reading it from front to back with no faith, whatsoever, … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday was a day when I had to make a decision…be disappointed in the timing of rain and freezing temps producing only a cold, wet Saturday morning for us or find things to be happy about and get … Continue reading →