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.”

Finding our “Verve”!

Dear Reader: Monday I had lunch with a friend at O’Charlies. We were seated in the bar area and I happened to look up and see this sign. “Come on back for Good Times.” I found myself automatically smiling. Wouldn’t it … Continue reading

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“I Love It When a Plan Comes Together”

  “Personal Photo of the lake at Wakendaw Lakes Subdivision) Dear Reader: One of the most famous lines from the popular television series of the eighties (The A-Team) was spoken by the lead character, Colonel John “Hannibal” Smith,  played by … Continue reading

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Well, “Bless My Blooms”

(Gift from Joan Turner) Dear Reader: Easter has come and gone again….in waves of spring showers. The sun actually peeked out for a few minutes yesterday morning while I was picking  flowers in the garden to take (for everyone) to … Continue reading

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Oh Happy Day! Easter

(Gerdasmitart) Dear Reader: It might take a stretch of imagination to visualize Jesus belting out “Oh what a beautiful morning…Oh what beautiful day”….from the musical Oklahoma…but I feel sure Jesus must have felt that way…on that long ago Sunday morning. … Continue reading

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That Hopping “Hoping” Easter Bunny!

Dear Reader: I thought it just wouldn’t be Easter if we didn’t stop and give thanks for the Easter Bunny too. After all he/she is a very important part of our childhoods. (Much better than the tooth fairy because you … Continue reading

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When Faith and Hope Collide…Miracles are Born

(gerdasmitart) Psalm 59:15 “Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you and thou shall glorify me.” Dear Reader: Good Friday is definitely a day filled with paradoxes. Trouble and human suffering take center stage but do … Continue reading

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The Chapel’s Gift of Hope-Ambika’s Story

Dear Reader: I have realized that with Matt’s story and Reverend Kenneth Brown’s story, as well as Ambika’s today, what connects all three is the amazing “anchor” of hope that manifest itself in a little chapel in the North Carolina … Continue reading

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The Chapel’s Gift of Hope-Reverend Kenneth Brown’s Story

Dear Reader: From New Zealand to Gadsden, Alabama, St. Jude’s Chapel of Hope once again brings hope and faith to another pilgrim -named Reverend Kenneth Brown… by providing him the guidance he needed to make a life-altering decision. I have … Continue reading

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The Chapel’s Gift of Hope…Matt’s Story

(Painting by Gerda Smit) Dear Reader: Since Easter is all about hope and its resurrection in all of us, through the sacrifice of Christ, I thought for the next few days that I would share how St. Jude’s Chapel of … Continue reading

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Gratitude from the Peanut Dude

Dear Reader: I think all of us were glad to see a little rain fall yesterday morning…to help wash some of the pollen off our roofs, cars, steps, and everything else imaginable….including us. Honey sent me two photos (from yesterday) … Continue reading

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