by Judith Heaney | Oct 2, 2025 | 365 Reasons
There is an old, and ridiculous, expression that has irked me for many, many years, that children should be seen and not heard. I have traced the origins of this phrase from its coining by John Mirk in his 15th century religious writings directed to “young maidens,”...
by Judith Heaney | Sep 27, 2025 | 365 Reasons
One year ago I woke up in the wee hours of the morning to the sound of rushing winds and driving rain. I’d been following the reports and models for Hurricane Helene for Western North Carolina and, having grown up on the East Coast and gone through hurricanes growing...
by Judith Heaney | Sep 26, 2025 | 365 Reasons
One of my favorite days of the week is whatever day we make our way to the library because there is nothing I enjoy more than perusing the stacks for fascinating fact books and books focusing on other intriguing topics and people. As I stack our books on the small...
by Judith Heaney | Sep 3, 2025 | 365 Reasons
Because I know I can sometimes spend too much time mindlessly scrolling through different social media feeds, I try my best to limit how often I let myself open the different apps on my phone, especially if I’m working on something like writing or if my girls and I...
by Judith Heaney | Sep 2, 2025 | 365 Reasons
Apparently, when I was a little kid going to bed at night, one of my parents—usually my mom—had to come into my room with me, inspect beneath the covers, and smack the bedcovers along the bottom of my bed to kill the lobsters I was convinced were hiding in my bed...
