“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...
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Stories: fictional, historical, biographical. Devotional thoughts. Writing tips. Helps for home and hearth.
~ Holly Bebernitz
Mondays—Managing
Managing life in general, posted for the 31 Days of Blogging challenge.
Managing Expectations
Philip Pirrip, orphaned, lived with his sister and her husband, Joe Gargery, the village blacksmith. Pip was visiting his parents’ graves, when an escaped...
Managing Obstacles
Most people hate change. We arrange our lives, our schedules, our family’s schedules and hope we can keep moving, unimpeded, toward our goals, carrying out...
A Truce with Stress
Monday’s topic this month is “Managing,” so when I decided Stress would be our second topic, I almost wrote: “Managing Stress” as the title. But do we ever...
Manager Wanted
Mondays’ topic during July is “Managing.” We begin with the most daunting challenge: Managing Self. If, like me, you talk to yourself, let me put your mind at...
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.