Category: Growing up

The end of a trick-or-treat era

Posted on November 1, 2026 by

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Halloween night was a change that could not happen gradually. All the fun of the night was ripped away in a single painful yank. Taking my kids trick-or-treating was something I loved doing for 16 years, and I will never, ever do that again. Full stop.

Category: Growing up, Teenagers

I’m Heather Laura Clarke. I’m a writer living in beautiful Nova Scotia, I have a 15-year-old son and a 13-year-old daughter, I married my high school sweetheart, and this is the story of my handmade life.

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