by Judith Heaney | Aug 8, 2025 | 365 Reasons
As I mentioned in a previous post, I recently started reading The Wings of Fire series alongside my oldest teenager and it has been a wonderful point of connection for the two of us directly, and with my youngest indirectly. All three of us tend to talk about the...
by Judith Heaney | Aug 7, 2025 | 365 Reasons
Experiencing disappointment is never easy, no matter how old we are or how many times we’ve experienced it before. It still tends to sting and stir up our emotions, emotions that are seemingly incongruous at best and difficult to sift through and process. Still, I...
by Judith Heaney | Aug 6, 2025 | 365 Reasons
Recently I have been reflecting on the idea of small beginnings. Small beginnings and baby steps along unknown paths toward the things that for me provide a spark of joy but can also carry uncertainty. If I am honest with myself, this likely has almost always been the...
by Judith Heaney | Aug 5, 2025 | 365 Reasons
I’m not sure when exactly my love of reading transformed into a desire that included wanting to write, or how that desire took root in my heart and mind. Because while I have many happy memories around reading—trips to the library, reading books in my class in which...
by Judith Heaney | Aug 4, 2025 | 365 Reasons
As with many children, especially toddlers, there was a time when our girls were young when they were far more stubborn than flexible. About pretty much anything. And everything. I took this all in stride because I remembered a story my mom liked to tell about one of...