by Judith Heaney | May 2, 2025 | 365 Reasons
When we first had our children, we had all kinds of visions and ideas of what our days would look like. Some of this was based on what my life had been like as a kid, and some of it was based on the way families were portrayed in movies, books, and television shows....
by Judith Heaney | May 1, 2025 | 365 Reasons
As a fan of the sitcom, Friends, I have a handful of favorite, and often iconic, episodes whose scenes stick with me and whose turns of phrases I sometimes utter without even really thinking about it. You may be familiar with them, too; Joey doesn’t share food! (this...
by Judith Heaney | Apr 30, 2025 | 365 Reasons
Sometimes, despite my best efforts and despite all my planning, things still have a way of going awry and in those moments it can feel like the world has shifted from its expected and anticipated normalcy. You see, I am someone who likes to believe I have greater...
by Judith Heaney | Apr 29, 2025 | 365 Reasons
When I was in my mid- to late-twenties, I drove from Connecticut to Maine to visit a college friend. Given that I am in my 50s, there were no cell phones and so there were no map apps by which to navigate to my destination. Because I’d never been to her place before,...
by Judith Heaney | Apr 28, 2025 | 365 Reasons
One of my favorite parts of Facebook is clicking on the Memories heading and scrolling, through the years, a scroll along memory lane, if you will. This exercise of looking back and recalling days gone by is also something my teenagers enjoy alongside me; they take...
