by Judith Heaney | Aug 30, 2025 | 365 Reasons
From the first moment the Friends character Joey (played by Matt LeBlanc) first uttered those words—Joey doesn’t share food—my husband and I have used them as a familiar refrain for me. It doesn’t matter if we are out to eat or here at home, or (and maybe especially)...
by Judith Heaney | Aug 29, 2025 | 365 Reasons
After we had our girls, I began to wonder why it is we respond to the question regarding how we slept last night with the phrase, I slept like a baby because I came to understand that babies do not tend to sleep through the night. In fact, they are not supposed to...
by Judith Heaney | Aug 25, 2025 | 365 Reasons
While I may not be able to tell you whether it was sunny or raining that day, I can tell you I will never forget the day in 2017 when our 17 year old who was nine at the time asked me about the word, anti-disestablishmentarianism. Apparently the autocorrect on her...
by Judith Heaney | Aug 24, 2025 | 365 Reasons
Today I’m feeling a wee sentimental and simply want to say that as we close in on the end of the summer and the end of the month, I find it amazing that I’ve been doing this blog for almost eight months. As much as these words are intended to highlight my remarkable...
by Judith Heaney | Aug 23, 2025 | 365 Reasons
If you create anything at all, you likely will understand the sense of risk and vulnerability woven into the act of creating. Whether you are trying a new recipe or writing new words or exploring a new medium for your art or even a new brush for your paintings. No...