by Judith Heaney | May 6, 2025 | 365 Reasons
There comes a day as a parent when your kids realize you are not perfect and you can’t do everything. For some of us, that can be a hard day. For me, it hasn’t been only one hard day. Every time my girls remind me I’m human, every time they see my weaknesses and the...
by Judith Heaney | May 5, 2025 | 365 Reasons
When our girls were younger, we had a variety of ways for them to work through the day’s challenges. Things like Bilibo spinning seats, bean bag chairs, a mini trampoline, swinging at a local park, and other sensory and fidget options. But as they got older, as they...
by Judith Heaney | May 4, 2025 | 365 Reasons
The best-laid plans of mice and men / Often go awry / and leave us only grief and pain / for promised joy! Many a time in my young life I have uttered these words (these, the more modern English translation of the Robert Burns’ original poem) made familiar to me by...
by Judith Heaney | May 1, 2025 | 365 Reasons
As a fan of the sitcom, Friends, I have a handful of favorite, and often iconic, episodes whose scenes stick with me and whose turns of phrases I sometimes utter without even really thinking about it. You may be familiar with them, too; Joey doesn’t share food! (this...
by Judith Heaney | Apr 30, 2025 | 365 Reasons
Sometimes, despite my best efforts and despite all my planning, things still have a way of going awry and in those moments it can feel like the world has shifted from its expected and anticipated normalcy. You see, I am someone who likes to believe I have greater...
by Judith Heaney | Apr 29, 2025 | 365 Reasons
When I was in my mid- to late-twenties, I drove from Connecticut to Maine to visit a college friend. Given that I am in my 50s, there were no cell phones and so there were no map apps by which to navigate to my destination. Because I’d never been to her place before,...
