by Judith Heaney | Mar 22, 2025 | 365 Reasons
Spring, for me, is the kind of season that is suddenly right there, all around you, with its splashes of colors and new life appearing along the roads and walkways; it brings a brightness to everything, including my spirits. Of course the return of some normalcy also...
by Judith Heaney | Mar 13, 2025 | 365 Reasons
As we make our way through the second week of cold viruses here, I am celebrating something that’s truly and wonderfully contagious here, and that’s the laughter our family shares. As my girls ate dinner tonight, I considered how much I am missing our opportunities...
by Judith Heaney | Mar 1, 2025 | 365 Reasons
Over my years as a writer I have embraced entirely the existence of Spotify and have likely spent more time than I intended carefully curating playlists for my different writing projects as well as writing moods; they’re sort of like mixtapes I’ve created and...
by Judith Heaney | Feb 21, 2025 | 365 Reasons
In her book, Dusk, Night, Dawn: On Revival and Courage, Anne Lamott has a wonderful quote about laughter: “Laughter is carbonated holiness,” and on Instagram, she added it is also oxygenation and salvation. What I like about her description is how laughter...
by Judith Heaney | Feb 19, 2025 | 365 Reasons
I remember when I was a young girl and I used to exchange handwritten letters with a couple of different people in my life, one a great aunt and other a penpal I’d been connected to through a school project. I would spend a good amount of time crafting my letters,...