Category: Parenting

Pandemic-weary parents trying to ‘hang on a little longer’

Posted on May 26, 2021 by heatherlauraclarke

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Sometimes I cry, thinking about how this pandemic is scarring their childhoods. They can’t play tag (no touching!) or run a lemonade stand (germs!) or crowd together in a tree fort (social distancing!).

Category: Pandemic, Parenting, School, The Mom Scene, Uncategorized

The magic of something new

Posted on April 22, 2021 by heatherlauraclarke

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When your child is wonderful at something new and unexpected, it’s like you’re seeing them again for the first time.

Category: Our Daughter, Pandemic, Parenting, The Mom Scene

‘Daddy isn’t working right now’

Posted on March 25, 2021 by heatherlauraclarke

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“I think we have to tell the kids this time.” “I know.” My husband works for Air Canada — except right now, he doesn’t. He’s on his second layoff since June 2020. When we were both temporarily laid off in the spring, we didn’t… Continue Reading “‘Daddy isn’t working right now’”

Category: Our Daughter, Our Son, Pandemic, Parenting, The Mom SceneTags: covid, covid19, pandemic, parenting

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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.)