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...
by Pam Hernandez | Apr 4, 2016 | Children, Fathers, Front Page, Mothers, self confidence
When my girls were young, one of their favorite books was The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch. The Paper Bag Princess. Quick storyline: Elizabeth, a beautiful princess, lives in a castle and wears fancy clothes. Just when she is about to marry Prince Ronald, a...
by Pam Hernandez | Mar 20, 2016 | Boundaries, Front Page, Mothers, Relationships
Mending Wall is the title of one of my favorite poems by Robert Frost. (scroll down for full verse) There are two seemingly contradictory lines in it that I love. The first: “Good fences make good neighbors,” which means when we stay on our side of the fence, we’re...
by Pam Hernandez | Feb 13, 2016 | Change, Children, Front Page, Mothers, Personal Growth, Well-being
Last night I spoke at a UNO women’s basketball game. It was their “Pink’d Out” night raising awareness of breast cancer. As a two-time survivor I was asked to speak along with another woman I met that evening, Ashlie. We were a study in contrasts. She is only 33, a...
by Pam Hernandez | May 29, 2015 | ebook, Fathers, Front Page, Mothers, Self Acceptance
When you’re a woman with children, this question is freighted with meaning. When you’re a woman with children and you are working outside the home, the question is even weightier. Are you a wife, a mother, a daughter, a professional – some weird combination with...
by Pam Hernandez | May 9, 2015 | Career, Children, Front Page, Mothers, Personal Growth, self confidence
My mother is an inspiration for much of the work that I do today. This is my gift to her. Back in 1964, my family moved to Lincoln, NE from Grand Island Nebraska where my father was a teacher, administrator, coach, and my mother was a frustrated homemaker. The...
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