by Judith Heaney | Feb 4, 2025 | 365 Reasons
The other day I read a post from singer/songwriter JJ Heller that resonated with me. It was fairly short, but its point definitely hit home. Her first words spoke to the sense of fear and anxiety life too often stirs in us: “There are and always will be things and...
by Judith Heaney | Feb 3, 2025 | 365 Reasons
In my experience with teenagers, which includes teaching college freshmen and high school seniors, a short stint as an interim youth minister, and now raising up my two girls, I’m just going to go ahead and say it: if a teenager ever refers to you as a genius without...
by Judith Heaney | Feb 2, 2025 | 365 Reasons
If you have a brother or a sister, you likely have experienced sibling rivalry over the years, whether overtly or rather more discreetly. And, if you are a parent, you have definitely encountered the competition and jealousy between your children; unfortunately,...
by Judith Heaney | Feb 1, 2025 | 365 Reasons
Life can feel overly serious at times, and that is one of the reasons I like to look for some of the more lighthearted reasons why I love my teenagers; and there are many as I am learning. As we head into a new month, I have been considering where we are as a family...
by Judith Heaney | Jan 31, 2025 | 365 Reasons
For several years, when our girls were younger, I decided it would be fun to make Fridays homemade-pizza night for our family. Years before that, my husband and I discovered the Boboli brand pizza crusts and used those occasionally. We also thoroughly enjoyed...
by Judith Heaney | Jan 30, 2025 | 365 Reasons
Back when I was a newspaper reporter, I dove into many in-depth feature articles as part of my story assignments, including one story in which I went back to school. Indeed, I was young enough at the time that I attended the local high school for the day as a student...
