Category: It’s all about me

When moms make time for dreams

Posted on February 19, 2020 by heatherlauraclarke

I can scroll through years of photos, and the same ones keep showing up. Badly-lit, boring pictures of laptops. Sometimes it’s a laptop sitting on my knees, with taekwondo classes or dance practices happening in the background. Other times, it’s a laptop sitting on…

Category: Career, Dreams, It's all about me, Novel, The Mom SceneTags: career, dreams, goals, parenting

What it’s been like going off my antidepressants

Posted on January 22, 2020 by heatherlauraclarke

Mom’s mental load

Posted on January 14, 2020 by heatherlauraclarke

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Playing this silly, wonderful game is a way to temporarily pause the intensity of my thoughts and let my brain float away on something fun and frivolous — like decorating a themed nursery for baby Sim twins, or designing a Victorian mansion with a haunted graveyard out back.

Category: It's all about me, The Mom Scene

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I’m Heather Laura Clarke. I’m journalist and blogger in beautiful Nova Scotia, I have an 9-year-old son and a 7-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 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.