Author Archives: Becky Dingle

Dear Reader: I remember Uncle Herschel telling me one time:  “There are two ways to be rich, Becky….earn more or want less.” Uncle Herschel was a very wise man. I spent most of my working life living from paycheck to paycheck … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I woke up yesterday feeling so good with a big smile on my face. There was no particular reason for it besides just being happy to wake up to life. Now that I think about it….that’s a really … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I think the vast majority of us during different stages (or at least one stage) of our existence have lived lives more to please others than ourselves. At least I know that was true in my case. Whether … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Wasn’t yesterday the most beautiful day yet? It was a “Zippity do-Dah” day! I couldn’t stay inside yesterday afternoon, so I just started wandering around the garden, yard, and then neighborhood….for once not worried about watering or planting…just … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Even though the remarkably talented Pete Seeger wrote (what some music critics deem) the most influential folk song from the sixties (“Where Have All the Flowers Gone“)…it was the equally talented trio of Peter, Paul, and Mary whose beautifully … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I love to sit in my Lazy Boy recliner and stare at the painting on the opposite wall that Mandy created for me when the den was going through renovations and transforming into my Happy Room. Isn’t it … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: How many times have we looked in the mirror (tongue-in-cheek) and thought “Time is no friend of mine!” But then stepped away and compared our life today to the past and suddenly seen exactly what a friend time has … Continue reading →

                    Dear Reader: During her writing of  Simple Abundance Sarah Breathnach discovered (while researching the Victorian Period) that worldly goods were once viewed as evidence of God’s favor. And even today … Continue reading →

  Dear Reader: While finishing up Alice Monroe’s latest novel….I read a passage where one of the main characters, Marietta, called her three granddaughters to her side “Lickety-split.”  It made me pause as memories flooded back from my childhood from … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: In Kate Wolfe-Jenson’s latest newsletter she talked about the beauty of God’s plan for the universe…prioritizing the importance of connections within all living organisms in the universe. She gave the following example that I found quite interesting. Recently, … Continue reading →