by Judith Heaney | Feb 21, 2025 | 365 Reasons
In her book, Dusk, Night, Dawn: On Revival and Courage, Anne Lamott has a wonderful quote about laughter: “Laughter is carbonated holiness,” and on Instagram, she added it is also oxygenation and salvation. What I like about her description is how laughter...
by Judith Heaney | Feb 20, 2025 | 365 Reasons
Have you ever looked out the window at the day and been struck by its incredible and perfect beauty? Whether the perfect shade of blue of the sky overhead that your eyes can capture in the limited view of the window or the sight of a small bird, maybe a robin, maybe a...
by Judith Heaney | Feb 19, 2025 | 365 Reasons
I remember when I was a young girl and I used to exchange handwritten letters with a couple of different people in my life, one a great aunt and other a penpal I’d been connected to through a school project. I would spend a good amount of time crafting my letters,...
by Judith Heaney | Feb 18, 2025 | 365 Reasons
the winding path of learning (photo by silviarita on Pixabay) As a parent, I want to admit that I love being surprised by my teenagers, whether I am surprised by a gift they give me, a drawing they choose to share with me, or when I realize they know way more about...
by Judith Heaney | Feb 17, 2025 | 365 Reasons
It is my professional opinion that everyone experiences important health benefits when consuming dark chocolate. Those benefits apply to both physical and mental health, from improving blood flow and helping with lowering blood pressure, providing some important...
by Judith Heaney | Feb 16, 2025 | 365 Reasons
There are times when I identify way more with Walter Mitty than I care to admit. Specifically, I am talking about the 2013 film version starring Ben Stiller for the way the movie removes the hen-pecked spouse angle and imbues James Thurber’s original short story with...
