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.”

When Needs and Wants Intertwine… Seek Beauty

Dear Reader: The hardest thing yesterday was leaving Rest in Peace’s front porch. I do believe that if warring politicians would just rock for awhile on Brooke’s porch… peace and unity would prevail. We Ya’s have solved so many world … Continue reading

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The World We Shape is the World We Touch

Dear Reader: I am writing this blog Thursday evening as the sun sets on our last day together. Already we had to drop Jackson off to start her first step towards her return home to New Jersey. It was almost … Continue reading

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Sunrise at Edisto

Dear Reader: Tuesday I rose at 6:30 and decided that I must see the sun rise-it was the same feeling I had in 2008 when I experienced the dolphin sighting at the jetties. By the time I dressed and arrived … Continue reading

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Jackson of the Sunflowers

Dear Reader: So many moments of joy intermingled with tears of gratitude for simply being alive and being back together, have already culminated in these first two days of our Ya Reunion! Libby decorated the front door in sunflowers and … Continue reading

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The Joy of a Single Step

Dear Reader: Yesterday every step brought us closer together and steps are no longer taken for granted. Accidents and mishaps have taken their toll over the years but it just makes the Ya’s even more grateful for time together. Like … Continue reading

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” We are Whole Only When We Take Into Account Our Shadows”

Dear Reader: The shadows of a person represent one’s weaknesses but without this recognition …we would not grow stronger and turn forward focusing on new opportunities and adventures. The Ya’s have all lost and re-discovered our shadows-after two and a … Continue reading

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The Secret ” Freedoms ” of Single Retirement

Dear Reader: True confession time! After I retired and subsequently became an ” empty nester ” I made a dramatic ” Scarlet O’ Hara” declaration, in which I vowed…that I never wanted to hear the question ” What’s for supper … Continue reading

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” One Moment of Happiness Everyday” ( In Spite of the News)

Dear Reader: For awhile now I have been in a quandary. I am by nature pretty happy-go-lucky but how do we brush away the troubling news we hear and see daily on our computers, radios, and televisions with so much … Continue reading

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Memory-The Necessary Ingredient to ” Living in the Moment”

Dear Reader: On my way to Daniel Island to see Ben yesterday … I had a rare opportunity to snap a quick photo from the car window… as I circled the first round-about and no other cars were on it! … Continue reading

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The Light Within…

Dear Reader: My neighbor, Virginia and her adorable little dog Meadows came with a Fall Surprise for me yesterday Double-Wow! Virginia and her husband, Finn, moved to Summerville to be near her mother, Myrtle, at the Presbyterian Village. Myrtle passed … Continue reading

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