by Judith Heaney | Jan 4, 2025 | 365 Reasons
Nothing can cause me greater anxiety than my teenagers’ anxiety. Ironic, right? And yet this is a deeply true paradox for me and one I find myself facing way more often than I want to. It’s not because I feel inconvenienced or annoyed by either of my teens’ emotions...
by Judith Heaney | Jan 3, 2025 | 365 Reasons
Pretty much from the time either of my girls could hold a crayon, a paintbrush, or a pair of scissors, they have demonstrated a proclivity for producing beauty in whatever form their supplies allow. Yes, this sometimes includes tiny specs of paper (or in one specific...
by Judith Heaney | Jan 2, 2025 | 365 Reasons
What goes through your mind when your teenager exerts a mind of their own? I mean, let’s face it, I don’t think any of us really like certain tones of voice with which we associate defiance or belligerence or, worse, disrespect. But what if we took a step back and...
by Judith Heaney | Jan 1, 2025 | 365 Reasons
Sometime around 2012 or 2013 I undertook a writing project called, Love in Marriage, wherein I catalogued 365 reasons I loved my husband on the premise that love is a choice and not merely a feeling. Those words resonated with many; unfortunately, those words also...
by Judith Heaney | Aug 5, 2024 | Reflections
I walk in green pastures, meadows overflowing with wildflowers of various colors and heights. Blues and yellows and reds and oranges and purples and whites. In the distance row upon row of sunflowers. They beckon me forward. There is a stillness in this wide open...
