by Judith Heaney | May 8, 2025 | 365 Reasons
When I first met my husband, as an enthusiastic Foo Fighters fan, he tried and tried to convert me into a fan. Despite his best efforts, I held out for a l-o-n-g time, like years and years long. And then, it finally happened and he wasn’t even with me. I had arrived...
by Judith Heaney | May 5, 2025 | 365 Reasons
When our girls were younger, we had a variety of ways for them to work through the day’s challenges. Things like Bilibo spinning seats, bean bag chairs, a mini trampoline, swinging at a local park, and other sensory and fidget options. But as they got older, as they...
by Judith Heaney | May 4, 2025 | 365 Reasons
The best-laid plans of mice and men / Often go awry / and leave us only grief and pain / for promised joy! Many a time in my young life I have uttered these words (these, the more modern English translation of the Robert Burns’ original poem) made familiar to me by...
by Judith Heaney | May 2, 2025 | 365 Reasons
When we first had our children, we had all kinds of visions and ideas of what our days would look like. Some of this was based on what my life had been like as a kid, and some of it was based on the way families were portrayed in movies, books, and television shows....
by Judith Heaney | May 1, 2025 | 365 Reasons
As a fan of the sitcom, Friends, I have a handful of favorite, and often iconic, episodes whose scenes stick with me and whose turns of phrases I sometimes utter without even really thinking about it. You may be familiar with them, too; Joey doesn’t share food! (this...
