by Judith Heaney | Jul 28, 2025 | 365 Reasons
When my girls were very young, they were almost always in my line of sight. Whether they were reading or watching a movie (at the time it tended to be on one of our laptop screens) or playing, they were within glancing-up-at-them distance. I don’t know if they were as...
by Judith Heaney | Jul 26, 2025 | 365 Reasons
I am not an outdoorsy person. I suppose I should have preceded that statement with the now-popular catch phrase, unpopular opinion. No matter. I am a city girl through and through. I do not love hiking (I have gone and don’t hate it, but it is not one of my go-to...
by Judith Heaney | Jul 25, 2025 | 365 Reasons
At least a few evenings recently, I have enjoyed some deep and wisdom-focused conversations with my teenagers. Believe it or not and contrary to some popular-culture memes, teenage wisdom is not an oxymoron as some may believe. In fact, I have grown to appreciate the...
by Judith Heaney | Jul 19, 2025 | 365 Reasons
One night not too long ago as I lay in bed, I was listening to the nightsounds outside our bedroom window. As I’ve mentioned recently, I have learned that certain songbirds, like mockingbirds and cardinals, add their songs to the evening repertoire of nature’s summer...
by Judith Heaney | Jul 17, 2025 | 365 Reasons
When I wake up in the morning, the sun shines through the curtains in our living room, the window that reminds me of being at the beach with a window looking out on the ocean. And, yet, despite the brightness of the day’s beginning, by the time it’s time for me to...