by Judith Heaney | Oct 26, 2025 | 365 Reasons
When it comes to crafting, my girls still love heading into Michaels and exploring the aisles of creative possibilities, aisles filled with sketch books and artist pencils, markers and paints, miniatures and holiday decor, and so much more. When they were younger,...
by Judith Heaney | Oct 25, 2025 | 365 Reasons
Ever since my girls were little (with them, I tend to use the term, when they were knee-high to a grasshopper) they have been doodlers. In fact, pretty much since they were able to hold a pencil or a marker, we have had different options for them to draw, sketch, and...
by Judith Heaney | Oct 8, 2025 | 365 Reasons
Because we recently finished reading Remarkably Bright Creatures and have been reading several of William Shakespeare’s plays, I decided to share a few of my not-quite-polished short stories with my girls. Unlike the novels I’ve worked on and that my 17 year old has...
by Judith Heaney | Oct 6, 2025 | 365 Reasons
A few years ago, instead of taking down our Christmas tree, I thought it might be kind of fun to keep the tree up and make it an around-the-year tree. Maybe I didn’t want to have to pack it up and get it back in the closet, but actually I’d seen something online...
by Judith Heaney | Sep 29, 2025 | 365 Reasons
My husband and I have been introducing our teenagers to some of the 1980s movies that influenced or inspired us when we were teenagers—movies that stood out to us or had a strong impact on us in some way. The Breakfast Club easily is one of their favorites so far with...