Vacation, all I ever wanted?

Posted on June 30, 2015 by heatherlauraclarke

We’re back from our first non-camping vacation with the kids, and I talked a bit about our adventures in my parenting column this week.

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(Namely: the kids sharing a room/bed and keeping each other awake, getting waaaaay off our schedule, and visiting “Canada’s Flordia,” as I describe Ontario my dear American friends)

… But going on a “real” vacation opened us up to a world of firsts: having the kids bunk together in one bed, turning them loose in an unfamiliar house (with expensive tchotchkes tempting them from every angle), living with a dog, driving long distances in big-city traffic, eating dinner much later than usual and generally spending our days in completely new ways.

As Ma Ingalls used to say in my favourite Little House on the Prairie books, “Sometimes a change is as good as a rest.” I wouldn’t say this has been the most restful trip, as we shuttle the kids to different sights and experiences they’d never get to see at home — like touching real elephants and giraffes at the African Lion Safari! — but everything about it has been different …

Read the full column in this week’s The Mom Scene

Category: The Mom Scene, Travel

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I’m Heather Laura Clarke. I’m writer living in beautiful Nova Scotia, I have a 11-year-old son and a nine-year-old daughter, I married my high school sweetheart, and this is the story of my handmade life.

I have depression and anxiety, and I fight like hell every day to keep it from taking over my life. Making things isn’t just a hobby — it’s part of what keeps me alive.

Whether I’m writing novels, decorating a room, busting out my power tools to build furniture, getting muddy in the pottery studio, sewing clothes for my kids, or cross-stitching a swear word, I’m all about using my creativity to craft a life I love.

I’ve been writing this blog since 2009, so if you dig deep into the archives, you’ll meet a bright-eyed 25-year-old newlywed who was basically obsessed with having kids, buying a cozy house, and supporting herself full-time as a writer. (Spoiler alert: she got exactly what she wanted.)