It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new.
But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful.
There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.
Alan Cohen
"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend.
Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
Groucho Marx
The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live.

Thursday, November 1, 2018

The Day After The Night Before

Halloween when I was growing up was a Event ! Costumes and Candy were the topics of conversation for weeks. Anticipation .. going out in a group or just with your baby brother and dad .. it was all good clean fun.

Now we have to watch every step the children take, who opens the door to the house they go to, will the people at the house be nice or friendly or mean ?
Do Not Let the children eat anything until we get home and check it for poison or razor blades ...

At this point, a party at home with friends and decorations is the Best idea for Halloween.

Last night, in my gated community, with street lights and house lights and the odd alligator lurking in the lake ... not one child came to the door.
I waited and expected something, a tiny hint that this at least would be "normal" .. like Things Used To Be.
But no .. not one little munchkin yelling Trick or Treat and holding out a bag to be filled with goodies.
I found it sad ... adding to the sadness I already feel with the isolation and crime statistics and hearing good news from NY but ..... I am not in NY .

That might have to change.

So what did you do for Halloween ? Did you get a lot of Trick or Treaters ? Did you dress up and scare the children when you opened the door ? lol

My dad would not scare the children but he would always put on something silly and answer the door and act surprised that people ( little people) were there ... chatting with them and getting the favorites out for those who didn't like nuts and those who loved marshmallow chocolates and not even one wanted an apple.

He enjoyed Halloween. So did I.
But sadly , not anymore.

It really is just for children ... with imaginations and the wonder and excitement of getting to go out in the dark, dressed crazy for a couple of hours and ask people for candy. Who wouldn't like it ?

Another year .. another Trick or Treat ...




9 comments:

  1. One year just for fun (we are adults) we dressed up and took our mugs and went to the houses we knew trick-or-drinking. Of course it wasn't really for drinks - just to make people laugh.

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  2. No children in my life right now and no sidewalks on my little street so no Halloween to speak of :(

    When my kids were tiny, before I had #4, I made their costumes and they were three blind mice. I was pretty proud of myself and it was a blast. After that, it was all bought because they wanted to be ninja ghouls every year. Happy memories though.

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  3. No sidewalks, no street lights, dark skies ordinance, and houses are on at least 2.5 acres where we live. Plus coyotes, bobcats and snakes. So no trick or treaters since we moved here 23 years ago. We get pix of our grand nieces and nephews in their costumes and enjoy those.

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  4. Unknown .. that sounds both creepy and fabulous :)

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  5. Yes, I've lived in a neighborhood in Midland, TX where we got many hundreds, and out in the boonies in Ft. Worth and in a townhome community in Athens, GA where we got none. Here in my Atlanta neighborhood, the crowds go down certain streets, so while only the kids on my street come to my door as they pass by (I had about 25 come by early), I can walk a few streets over and it's like a crazy carnival. I always loved it as a kid :) I did a tiny bit of decorating outside...

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