I happened upon a photo this week that jostled me, knocking me slightly off balance. The photo was taken during dark days…one of those ‘hard times’ everyone...
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~ Holly Bebernitz
Thursdays—Thinking Back
Personal & historical events, posted for the 31 Days of Blogging challenge.
Virginia’s Own Words
A fitting conclusion to this story to let my mother speak in her own words. Here is what she wrote to my father on their 50th wedding anniversary...
Mrs. Arends in Her Heyday
This story will not be complete until I tell you the beginning, who my mother was and still is, somewhere in the deep places of her soul. Virginia Wilson was...
The Elusive Culprit XI
As of this writing, mid-October 2020, virus restrictions are still in place for all of us, and my mother is still safe under the oversight of the Benton House...
The Elusive Culprit X
We were living contentedly in a new rhythm. I visited the Benton House at least twice a week, sometimes more. Ordinary days came and went. Holidays came and...
The Elusive Culprit IX
From July 2018 to March 2020 (the beginning of quarantine) I learned through trial and error how to navigate our new life. Be advised: the learning curve for...
The Elusive Culprit VIII
Transitioning Nana into assisted living at the Benton House was a step in the right direction. The staff of the Benton House is peerless. From...
The Elusive Culprit VII
Once my mother broke her hip at the end of June 2018, I realized fully why my advisors had said emphatically, “Leave her in her own home as long as possible.”...
The Elusive Culprit VI
When my mother broke her hip on June 23, 2018, I knew we had finally turned the corner we needed to turn, reached an inevitable point of no return. I had...
The Elusive Culprit V
The necessary business of selling the car brings up a key point I have not yet highlighted and it is crucial to anyone facing a loved one’s declining mental...
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.
