Author Archives: Becky Dingle

Dear Reader: Last year I was so excited about this time of the spring season (It’s officially spring right now!) with my “Passion Vine” blooming away during Holy Week. I read all kinds of ideas and suggestions how the vine got … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Rebecca….the English derivative of the Biblical name Rebekah means literally “secured.” For a person who has spent far too much of her life seeking “security” here I discover I have been “secured” the whole time. Most of us … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday, the idea for the “body and soul’ relationships we discussed in the blog came from a chance meeting of turning the television station to PBS, which was showing short video clips of Wayne Dyer’s most popular messages. … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: *Pardon the last minute insert but at 3:56 yesterday afternoon the number of views rolled over to 50,000. This blog reminds me of the tortoise and the hare….some bloggers have picked up that number in a few hours … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: These days I don’t look on life as a race…in fact I am quite content to just “meander” along its paths. I am in no hurry to reach the finish line….there are still “mountains to move” and oh … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: As I walked out of the house yesterday morning, the early sun’s rays hit the (now blooming) Bradford Pear tree sending shadows of its branches across the yard. It seemed to be the perfect metaphor for my return … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: This was the first photo to enter the chapel of hope stories blog. Little did I know that hot day in August of 2010….that the rocking chair Honey gave me at the baby shower for Mandy would come … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Maybe it was the photos from yesterday’s blog depicting St. Jude’s Chapel of Hope in Trust, North Carolina,  but suddenly last night I grabbed my “little c” scrapbook (dusted it off) and began going back through it again. … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: A little before seven o’clock yesterday morning I was checking emails and responses when I glanced out the window and saw the most beautiful sunrise with colors of pink and orange unveiling. I threw on some jeans, grabbed … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: It took me a good part of my life (to date) to distinguish solitude from loneliness. And oh what a difference there is! Once I understood that we are each connected in this universe to all other living … Continue reading →