by Judith Heaney | Aug 22, 2025 | 365 Reasons
It seemed like it was finally time. For at least a year before it was finally time the girls had asked about whether they could get a pet and we talked about getting them each a fish—a good starter pet. Still, it took us another year after those initial conversations...
by Judith Heaney | Aug 18, 2025 | 365 Reasons
As someone who is married to a composer and musician, I have come to appreciate the way some bands create incredible harmonies in their music, the way they combine their different voices to create a rich, vibrant, and complex sound, one with a depth that reaches...
by Judith Heaney | May 18, 2025 | 365 Reasons
Many, many years ago, when I had first graduated from college, I was somewhere in New England spending time with my best friend at the time and we decided to play a round of mini golf. In the moment, it seemed like a lovely way to spend a summer day; in retrospect,...
by Judith Heaney | May 16, 2025 | 365 Reasons
Tonight, I volunteered to help with a lock-in for the youth group at the church where my husband is the traditional music director. As an appointed overnight volunteer, I was the second grown up who agreed to stay up all night to keep an eye on all things youth- and...
by Judith Heaney | May 10, 2025 | 365 Reasons
Other than sleeping, there are a handful of activities that invite me to lose time with them and all of them involve story in some form, whether reading a good story, watching an engaging movie, or working at my laptop on one of my own stories. As our girls have...
