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.”

We Are One in the Spirit

  Dear Reader: I have to confess that sometimes I just don’t want to sing certain hymns in church…maybe they’re new with a difficult melody, or slow and drawn out or have 6 or more stanzas. I am afraid my … Continue reading

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A “Lantana” Friendship

Dear Reader: Starting with Libby’s birthday earlier this month… the Ya’s decided that we would take time to tell each other what we really feel about our special friendship (that have persevered over a span of almost five decades.) The … Continue reading

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Life is a Special Occasion…

Dear Reader: I was clearing off my dining room table a couple of days ago and spotted this Hallmark bag (I had been given after purchasing some cards earlier in the week) … Before I tossed it…I read the words … Continue reading

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The Blessing Tree

Dear Reader: I had a letter from Honey yesterday (with some pamphlets included) from a wonderful “treasure” she and Tarshie (Honey’s daughter) discovered in Clayton, Georgia. The family was in Clayton for a reunion with Mike’s side of the family. … Continue reading

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Grief is the Price of Love

    Dear Reader: Today’s blog post will be brief…though the grief that we all feel as low country residents, who adore our “Holy City,” will not be. This particular grief will linger forever in our memories and hearts. How … Continue reading

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The Bridge of Melodies and Memories

Dear Reader: The miraculous human body God created for each of us never ceases to amaze and astound me. Never was this more apparent than in time spent with mother at the Presbyterian Village. Those days were sometimes poignant, sometimes funny, … Continue reading

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Day by Day…

Dear Reader: I decided to keep the angel planter on the porch after the Christmas holidays came to a close last year. It just made me feel good seeing the ivy wrapped around the angel holding her candle (with even … Continue reading

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Larger-then-Life Reflections

Dear Reader: As sometimes happens…I started this post with one idea mulling around in my mind…but the “idea”  decided to take a detour and go in a different direction. Don’t you just love it when that happens? Yesterday I went … Continue reading

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“Angels are the Thoughts of God”…

Dear Reader: Saturday evening I was reading a couple of chapters from Marianne Williamson’s best-seller: Everyday Grace. Our Sunday school class has been reading it this year and we are closing in on the  final chapters. When I first came … Continue reading

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A Succulent Sunday in Summer

Dear Reader: It only took the first summer in my fledgling garden to realize that when the nineties begin to settle in…it is time to take the straggly petunias, the “see you next year” pansies, and “get me some water … Continue reading

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