by Pam Hernandez | Apr 24, 2019 | Children, Coaching, Fathers, Front Page, Leadership, Leadership Coaching
Recently, a headline caught my eye: “Know who’s not surprised by ‘Aunt Becky’s rule breaking? Every teacher.” It was referring to the college cheating scandal where several parents paid bribes to get their children into elite colleges. It’s written by a high school...
by Pam Hernandez | May 29, 2017 | Children, Fathers, Front Page, Generations, Mothers, Personal Growth, Relationships
I friend of one of my grown daughters sent her a text today: She said, “I’ve had a rough week and last night I dreamt that I came back to your old house for some mama Hernandez love.” I was so touched. And it reminded me that we never know the effect that we have on...
by Chelsea Hernandez | May 12, 2017 | Children, Front Page, Generations, Mothers, Relationships
My daughter Chelsea wrote this lovely tribute to mothers as seen through her eyes growing up. I was raised in a separate world from you. Yes, we played naked together in sprinklers and sat side by side in a turtle shaped sand pit But when our halcyon days ended...
by Pam Hernandez | Apr 2, 2017 | Children, Front Page, Mothers, Personal Growth, Positive Psychology
My daughter recently sent me the above pin she found on Pinterest as it reminded her of something I used to tell her. When she was in middle school, she was afraid she was a horrible person because she had mean thoughts about others. I would tell her you can’t always...
by Pam Hernandez | Dec 22, 2016 | Children, Front Page, Generations, Mothers, Personal Growth, Self Acceptance
One of my favorite writers, Brene Brown, says, “So many of us live our lives worrying about what people will think. We think to ourselves, “If I look perfect, live perfectly, and do everything perfectly, I can avoid or minimize the painful feelings of “I am not good...
by Pam Hernandez | Dec 9, 2016 | Change, Children, Fathers, Front Page
Watching all the memorials of the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, I found myself tearing up. My father enlisted in the Navy in June of 1944. He was only 17 and his mother had to sign her permission. He served through 1946 on the USS Enterprise. He...
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