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.”

Leaving a Capsule of Future Advice

Dear Reader: I had to chuckle to myself when I read StoryWorth’s question for this week. “What advice would you give your great-grandchildren?” I don’t admit to being very good at math but even I know how to add… and … Continue reading

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From the “Pits” to the Pendulum

Dear Reader: I still remember the sheer terror I felt as a youth going to see Vincent Price’s movie version of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Pit and the Pendulum. The whole neighborhood gang went and I didn’t want to be … Continue reading

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Waiting on the Next Bloom

Dear Reader: I am waiting on the next moonflower bloom to appear and open. Don’t you remember how excited I was when a couple of weeks ago the first gorgeous bloom appeared? I was at one of my lowest points-tired … Continue reading

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How Can Our Faith be Trusted… if Never Tested?

Dear Reader: In Ecclesiastes 3… Scripture reads ” To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the Heaven”… Apparently God must think we are all challenged learners since just when we thought the worst … Continue reading

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God Blows Away Expressions like ” I’ve Blown It.”

Dear Reader: How many of us have thought to ourselves ” I’ve blown it… if only I had a second chance?” From the Creation on…the number 2 is the first number that we can divide another number from…as in initially(first) … Continue reading

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Burdens Give Us Wings

Dear Reader: I slept last night. What a joy to be able to say that… I had not slept through the night since Ben arrived. I never knew when Ben would appear in the morning-could be six or ten. He … Continue reading

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” God’s Inspiration on a Summer Morning”

Dear Reader: ” Humble Yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.” This whole recent experience …caring for my brother who is experiencing short memory loss and confusion …has definitely left me completely humbled … like never before… … Continue reading

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Upon Entering New Thresholds

Dear Reader: Whenever I am looking for just the right words to describe the complexity of my feelings and emotions that have become cocooned within me …I turn to my Irish poet John O’ Donohue. In his collection of prose … Continue reading

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We Are All In This Together

Dear Reader: . nwould give Tomorrow is the day I meet Lee and Vikki ( with Ben) to start a new journey in his life. There is no way to completely make things all right for my brother. I feel … Continue reading

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Deep Breath… It’s Game Time!

Dear Reader: This Tuesday will be the day I drive Ben over to Wellmore Assisted Living on Daniel Island and I have been praying constantly that this move is a positive game changer! We are certainly both apprehensive …yet in … Continue reading

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