by Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Jan 22, 2020
This new year, dawning of the new decade, I’m going to need you to say it! I’m going to need you to say that you are accountable for your actions whether someone calls you on them or not. I’m going to need you to say that we all make mistakes, that’s a normal thing...
by Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Jan 14, 2020
Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry busted into the decade with the most jaw-dropping life example of breaking culture. I do have to say that I predicted it, but hey, I’m not always right on these things. They are leading the way along with African...
by Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Jan 7, 2020
I can remember when Dr. King was killed. My mother sobbed and my dad looked profoundly sad. They had moved my sister and I into an all white neighborhood three years before his death and we were dealing with a lot. My parents, my mother in particular, knew that the...
by Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Oct 22, 2019
Let me talk to parents a moment here. “To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.” – Katherine Paterson, author children’s novels Fear Wears Many Disguises Fear is a very strong motivator. It’s an invisible accomplice...
by Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Sep 24, 2019
”I’m impatient.” Remember that statement from last week’s blog? But was I really? I mean was that just a part of who I arrived here to be or did I absorb it from the woman who lettered in it, my mom, who quite probably learned it from the woman who mastered it, her...
by Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Sep 17, 2019
I have learned a lot about patience from my youngest son much more out of necessity than desire. Until this became a mandatory assignment for my need to parent him in a way that would help him love himself, I embraced, loved and committed myself to my impatience. I...
