Author Archives: Becky Dingle

Dear Reader: I am always so delighted when I find a book I have tucked away for a rainy day read… and then re-discover it …on a rainy day! Actually yesterday didn’t turn out as rainy as forecasters predicted-much to … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Have you ever witnessed a child playing …giving into the sheer joy of a moment-they kicked a goal, caught a ball for the first time or heard the ice cream truck? It is one of the most beautiful … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: When I think back on my childhood. with so many early tragedies… I have to stop and remember that, in spite of the losses, God provided adult family and extended family members as strong examples of mentors who … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: After the amazing Fall Harvest full moon Wednesday came the most beautiful sunset Thursday evening! It truly left me breathless-the oranges and yellows were almost blindly bewitching! Sunsets bring back long-lost memories like a sunset I remember after … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: All the grandchildren’s Japanese Maples are turning beautifully this year-Jake’s is just a little farther along. In the Fall edition of Azalea Magazine, Summerville’s wonderful read … thanks to Will Rizzo-Editor-in-Chief, he included a field guide with interesting … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: This recent church message touched many congregational members… including my good friend, Dee Lesko. Haven’t we, as followers of God, been ” guilty of not hearing God’s knock on the door to our hearts?” Haven’t we become too … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Mandy came over yesterday to pick up a packet of lesson plans to teach a special Halloween lesson …at a request from her former school. After getting them packed up we headed out to run some errands and … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: How many times have we looked back on situations that initially disappointed us-perhaps a job interview that went wrong or a missed opportunity that passed us by-only later to discover there was a better job waiting for us … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: It might seem a stretch going from Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny to John Travolta in Phenomenon but both teach us lessons about the source of our problems and why we have trouble solving them. In both cases … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: As difficult as it was to leave Edisto Island and the Ya’s… I never fail to breathe a sigh of relief when I pull in my driveway and see ” Big Red” my thirteen year old geranium smiling … Continue reading →