Category: Mommy confession

When summer sports suck

Posted on April 19, 2016 by

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It’s that time of year when parents get panicky about registration forms and deposits. No, not school — heck, school’s easy to get into. I’m talking about the Seasonal Summer Sessions of Sanity-Sucking Sports. While the pain of bringing a child into the world… Continue Reading “When summer sports suck”

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

The day I missed Zumba

Posted on February 3, 2016 by

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I missed Zumba on Monday, but not because I didn’t want to go. I really, really wanted to go. I even got dressed in my Zumba zwag at 6 a.m. (for my 5:30 p.m. class) Who wouldn’t want to wear this shiz ALL OF… Continue Reading “The day I missed Zumba”

Category: Balancing act, Career, Healthy-ho, It's all about me, Mommy confession, WAHM, Zumba

Five New Year’s resolutions this mom is NOT making

Posted on December 29, 2015 by

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A new year means parents are often inspired to “start fresh” and implement new healthy habits — or drop some of the bad ones. But just because there’s a new calendar on the wall doesn’t mean you’re not already doing a great job raising… Continue Reading “Five New Year’s resolutions this mom is NOT making”

Category: Goals, Holidays, Mommy confession, The Mom Scene

The Christmas I Kind of Gave Up

Posted on December 28, 2015 by

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The Christmas I Kind of Gave Up {Heather's Handmade Life}

We didn’t write letters to Santa for the first time ever, and I felt terrible about it. (But we saw him at the mall (finally) and I at least got my annual photo.)     We didn’t bake sugar cookies like we always do.… Continue Reading “The Christmas I Kind of Gave Up”

Category: Holidays, Mental health, Mommy confession, Traditions

I got a semicolon tattoo so I’d be honest about my mental illness

Posted on November 18, 2015 by

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Chatting at the bus stop with my five-year-old, volunteering at my three-year-old’s preschool, and hopping in my minivan for groceries, it’s always there: A little black semicolon tattooed on the edge of my right wrist. When I heard about #ProjectSemicolon, which involves displaying a… Continue Reading “I got a semicolon tattoo so I’d be honest about my mental illness”

Category: Hard times, It's all about me, Mental health, Mommy confession, Tattoos, Zumba

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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