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 | Feb 8, 2017 | Change, Front Page, Generations, Personal Growth, Well-being
Did you ever play Crack the Whip as a kid? It’s where a bunch of kids line up and hold the next one’s hand and the leader of the line runs crazily in random directions. The rest of the kids follow (like a whip). When inevitably two kids lose their grip and the whip...
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 | May 13, 2016 | Front Page, Generations, Relationships
I watched Pleasantville last night, a movie I hadn’t seen in years. It inspired me to write this blog, which is more my personal philosophy than the personal growth aspect of my work. Still, it seemed relevant to so many things going on in the world now and I know it...
by Pam Hernandez | Apr 8, 2016 | Career, Children, Front Page, Generations, Mothers
“I so wish I could give my girls a more just world, but I know you’ll make it a better place.” Marmee to Meg and Jo in Little Women At more than one women’s gathering lately, I have heard Baby Boomer women lament that Millennial women don’t seem to appreciate the...
