Author Archives: Becky Dingle

    Dear Reader: This photo shows Eva Cate’s baggage…packed and ready to go. Since I will be seeing her on the Fourth…tomorrow…it wasn’t as sad as it might have been. But isn’t it strange how in only five days … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Have you ever had a sneaking suspicion that there is more than one of you inside yourself? I was reading an article about the different “me’s” that exist throughout the days of our lives and I thought….”Maybe that … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: The past couple of days, though they turned out fine, have definitely been a combination of “Oopsy Daisy” and “Oh me!” It started Monday night…well, actually about 2. a.m Tuesday morning. …with Eva Cate sitting straight up in … Continue reading →

  Dear Reader: Isn’t this quilt gorgeous? Many talented women in our church worked long and hard to create symbols of our church as a memento to our hard-working, talented Associate Pastor, who is leaving us. Sunday was our Associate … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: The older I get the more I realize how true this statement is: “Life is a beautiful struggle.” The harder we have to fight to maintain life the more beautiful it becomes. It starts to manifest itself through … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I have always been drawn to morning glories and I find myself walking over to the side fence to check on the ones planted beside it each morning. They are really growing and spreading…each bloom a purple vision … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: The old hymn, “We Gather Together”  is most often associated with Thanksgiving or a way to sing “grace” before a meal with a large gathering or group. Yesterday, as I watched the proceedings, in my cool air-conditioned house…of … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Brene Brown, Ph.D. (The Gifts of Imperfection) has observed and identified the one single thing that separates the men and women who feel a deep sense of love and belonging from those who don’t…the belief in their worthiness. In … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday I was scrolling through some documents…still trying to attempt to clean some out when I came across the title of today’s blog and had forgotten all about this little poem I wrote about the chapel several years … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I have lived long enough to realize that after every major storm there comes a time of stillness and intense beauty. I have lived through several hurricanes, including Hugo….and I , now, realize that all destructive forces have … Continue reading →