Life Love and a Hard Work
story by Gen Yamaguchi
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Brittany, 6, and Tony Hernandez, 13, raise a ruckus in the bedroom while the rest of the family relaxes in the living room. From left are Violet, Fernando Jr., 14, and Fernando.
Fernando Hernandez wakes and fixes coffee in the kitchen of his family's modest trailer off Hustonville Road in Danville, Ky.
DeMarcus Macon, center, and his friends hang out at the entrance of Millennium Park in Danville, Ky., on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007.
Brittany Hernandez, 6, puts her face close to a large fan in the living room to cool off on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 20, 2007, in Danville, Ky.
Fernando Hernandez, center, strips tobacco leaves, while Elesban Ruiz, left, carries already stripped leaves to the press in a tobacco barn in Boyle County, Ky.
Fernando Hernandez takes a bite out of a chili pepper during dinner on Thursday, Oct, 18, 2007, in Danville, Ky.
Roberto Reyes carries a bundle of tobacco as other workers strip leaves in a tobacco barn in Boyle County, Ky., on Friday, Oct. 19, 2007.
First-grader Brittany Hernandez carefully examines what to do next for her assignment at Hogsett Elementary School in Danville. She received two excellent behavior reports so far this year.
Wrapped in a blanket, Brittany Hernandez is walked to Hogsett Elementary School in Danville, Ky., by her mother, Violet.
Violet Hernandez brushes daughter Brittany's hair to get her ready for school.
Violet Hernandez holds Princess while her daughter, Brittany, 6, tries to stay bed as long as possible before rising to get ready for school on Friday morning, Oct. 19, 2007.
Fernando Hernandez, right and his son, Tony, 13, dress themselves early on Friday, Oct. 19, 2007, in Danville, Ky. The space in which the Hernandez family lives is restricted. Tony and his brother sleep on the living room couch, and clothes are stacked wherever space is available. The Hernandezes are moving into a larger trailer in the same park.
Violet Hernandez, mother of three, hangs clothes behind her trailer home on Friday, Oct. 19, 200
Umbrellas sit silently in the doorway of Sheehan, Barnett, Hays, Dean & Pennington, P.S.C. law firm, on Thursday afternoon, Oct.18, 2007, in Danville, Ky.