Author Archives: Becky Dingle

Dear Reader: Yesterday found me dusting off the tops of my Race for the Cure memory boxes… packed full of memorabilia that brought tears to my eyes. My thoughts took me back to those early years and the first family … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: How many times have we been warned through stories, movies, family advice, teachers, and sermons to live our lives fully so at the end of it we will have no regrets? The add-on conclusion is that the only … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Maybe it is just me… but I am seeing and feeling more kindness among my fellow life travelers in recent weeks. The strained, stern, self-contained/centered isolated expressions are being exchanged for lighter tones, more door holdings, smiles, grins, … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Thursday I built up this wonderful story in my mind that Rhea’s arrival home ( from the hospital) was going to coincide with my first moonflower bloom of the season. Last year my one and only moonflower bloom … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday I mentioned we finally got a long overdue thundershower …and as Goldilocks discovered , repeatedly, ” It was just right.” It wasn’t violently windy, or tumultuously overpowering in its intensity… but a nice steady downfall that immediately … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday I happened upon an article on faith ( by Liz Helgeseh) …differentiating it from the term belief. A belief is man-made in nature, thus subject to varying interpretations that can cause separations among differing religious sectors…but faith … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: The nice thing about growing older is that our hindsight plays a larger role in our ever changing perspective. We are finally able to understand how some of our earlier major disappointments and rejections took us in another … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I do believe every morning we should add ” curves in the road” … as one of our ” thank you’s” to God. Have you ever considered the possibility of having one long straight path to follow along … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Lin-Emmanuel Miranda’s wildly popular ” Hamilton ” Broadway show has many memorable songs throughout the production but Miranda’s ( and my) favorite is ” The Room Where It Happens.” He said he thought it was the best song … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: One of the funniest “Golden Girls” episodes was when the ” girls” won a spot as contestants on the fictitious ” Grab that Dough” game show. From the get-start everything went wrong but finally the moment came when … Continue reading →