by Judith Heaney | Oct 4, 2025 | 365 Reasons
Today was one of those perfect fall days. The kind of day where the sun is shining, but it’s not like the hot summer sun. The kind of day where the air is cool and there’s a breeze shifting the curtains in the windows. The kind of day that offers an invitation to come...
by Judith Heaney | Oct 3, 2025 | 365 Reasons
As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, I love spending time reading books aloud with my two awesome teenagers. Right now, we are reading the New York Times Bestseller Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt, and I have to say it is an absolute delight—both the...
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...
