by Judith Heaney | Apr 26, 2025 | 365 Reasons
I don’t know if you’re old enough to remember the Heinz ketchup commercial from 1977, but it’s a classic that is lodged in my mind. It incorporated the lyrics from Carly Simon’s song, Anticipation, and it included two boys who were best friends and one was spending...
by Judith Heaney | Apr 25, 2025 | 365 Reasons
Some of my favorite moments with our girls involve music and, as I’ve written in previous posts, I am all about shared experiences and music can easily create those kinds of experiences. In fact, that is exactly what we enjoyed tonight as I led us down a rabbit hole...
by Judith Heaney | Apr 24, 2025 | 365 Reasons
(this post contains affiliate links) Have you ever come to the end of a day and looked forward to bedtime, not for your kids, but for yourself? A day when you’ve been in what seems like constant motion and done thing after thing after thing and your mind is fixed on...
by Judith Heaney | Apr 23, 2025 | 365 Reasons
Sometimes, I forget. I forget that new things can feel overwhelming to the autistic or neurodivergent brain. I forget that my girls are experiencing something new because, well, it’s not new to me. Fortunately, my teenagers have gotten pretty good at communicating...
by Judith Heaney | Apr 22, 2025 | 365 Reasons
What is it about rainy days and the way they can inspire creativity, make you want to take a nap, or sometimes even bring you down? Whatever it is, there’s definitely a rainy-day energy here today. Even so, we managed to explore some new ideas in our school portion of...