by Judith Heaney | Jan 5, 2025 | 365 Reasons
Have you ever considered what kind of soundtrack your life might have if it were a movie? Or have you ever pictured your life as a musical where you and the people around you randomly break into song and dance? Personally, I’ve toyed with both of these ideas more...
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...