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The Most Dramatic Flu Shot Ever, and Why Older Kid Tantrums are the Absolute Worst

Posted on October 28, 2015 by

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Just when you think you’ve moved into a comfortable stage of life when no one is likely to start shrieking in the mall or make a sudden pee-puddle on the floor of the grocery store, a whopping dose of parental embarrassment will smack you… Continue Reading “The Most Dramatic Flu Shot Ever, and Why Older Kid Tantrums are the Absolute Worst”

Category: Annoyances, Crying, Our Son, Sickness, Tantrums, The Mom Scene

Tantrum in aisle 12

Posted on March 11, 2009 by

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I was in the grocery store this morning, picking up some items for a shoot this afternoon, and was bombarded by screaming toddlers. It seems 9:30 a.m. is when stay-at-home moms decide to get groceries, and when tots get super-cranky. There was a boy… Continue Reading “Tantrum in aisle 12”

Category: Stuff we'll do

The end of an era

Posted on October 7, 2021 by

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My children have grown up smiling through the pages of newspapers across Atlantic Canada, and now they have a thick scrapbook of brightly coloured newspaper clippings to look back on — a storybook of their younger kids, captured forever on newsprint. 

Category: Our Daughter, Our Son, Parenting, The Mom SceneTags:

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.)

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