by Judith Heaney | Oct 2, 2025 | 365 Reasons
There is an old, and ridiculous, expression that has irked me for many, many years, that children should be seen and not heard. I have traced the origins of this phrase from its coining by John Mirk in his 15th century religious writings directed to “young maidens,”...
by Judith Heaney | Oct 1, 2025 | 365 Reasons
When I was 14 years old I had a friend in the neighborhood with whom I spent a lot of time. I remember at one point in the summer we were intent on getting ourselves into the Guinness Book of World Records and decided to do that by earning the record for two people on...
by Judith Heaney | Sep 30, 2025 | 365 Reasons
Every Sunday my husband and I spend some time mapping out the coming week and this almost always begins with updating our oversized whiteboard makeshift calendar for the week. This is the place he and I look multiple times a day to see what’s coming up for that day or...
by Judith Heaney | Sep 29, 2025 | 365 Reasons
My husband and I have been introducing our teenagers to some of the 1980s movies that influenced or inspired us when we were teenagers—movies that stood out to us or had a strong impact on us in some way. The Breakfast Club easily is one of their favorites so far with...
by Judith Heaney | Sep 28, 2025 | 365 Reasons
When I was in high school we had to take at least a semester of a foreign language as part of the curriculum to earn our diploma. The choices back then were French or Spanish, though I’m fairly certain some of the advanced college course students considered Latin as...
