This is a series I take no joy in writing, but the fact that I continue to receive both notes and calls from other people facing these same challenges with...
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Stories: fictional, historical, biographical. Devotional thoughts. Writing tips. Helps for home and hearth.
~ Holly Bebernitz
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Get Out of Jail Free
Whether or not you have taken a course in British Literature, you probably have heard the quote: “Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage.”...
Meeting of Friends IX
Deeply troubled, Bridey was still lost in thought. I regretted I had caused her enough discomfort that she had retreated into herself. I sometimes wondered if...
Managing Self
“Behave yourself.” How many times have said this? Or heard these words directed at you? Or even issued this directive at yourself, followed up by: "What was I...
Aaron’s Mother
Every time August arrives, my first thought is not of the approaching school year, though I spent 50 Augusts headed back to a classroom, first as a student...
Looking Beyond
Earlier this week we explored the subject of Expectations and that the word itself means “looking out” or “forward to.” Today we will focus on the...
The Fruit of the Spirit–Gentleness
Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness… Whenever I prepare a lesson or article, I always head...
The Elusive Culprit III
This is the third chapter in a series focusing on my mother’s journey into dementia and includes details of that deterioration. These descriptions are...
Tending Wounds
Probably…at this very moment you could point out a scar, large or small, neat, or jagged, you received when you scraped your knee, burned your arm, or got...
Meeting of Friends VIII
I was right about one thing. Bonny Bee was ready to go home. She stood and eased her chair under the table. “I’ve so enjoyed meeting all you ladies,” she...
Native Texan Holly Bebernitz moved to Jacksonville, Florida in 1967. After thirty years of teaching speech, English, and history on the secondary and college levels, she retired from classroom teaching to become a full-time grandmother. The change in schedule allowed the time needed to complete the novel she had begun writing in 1998. When Trevorode the Defender was published in March 2013, the author realized the story of the Magnolia Arms was not yet complete.