Happy Halloween

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This is the first year that my hubby and I haven’t been home for Halloween. I won’t be answering the door armed with a basket full of all kinds of different candy for the trick or treaters, both tiny and big. I won’t be listening for Jack’s high pitched bark alerting me to new customers waiting for their candy. It is weird not having purchased loads of temptation to hand out to others. Actually I have to confess that last year, I filled our copper tub with bags of candy and taped a sign saying “Help Yourself” and that worked like a charm. This year the poor kids aren’t even getting that, I’m sure that they won’t cry too hard. Blandford is a very generous town when it comes to Halloween parties and candy giving.

I remember years of going door to door with my two no matter what the weather was, we trudged through snow, we braved the rain and we shivered through windy nights. There were two, I think, balmy Halloweens which were awesome, no freezing, it was bliss. My two loved Halloween, or at least coming back home to go through their stash, they loved that. So did I when my sister and I would come back home, to go through all of the candy, getting happier with each piece that turned out to be a favorite. My favorites, notice that there is more than one, were Snickers, Three Musketeers, Reese Peanut Butter Cups, M & M’s, Nestle Crunch, Hersey’s Kisses, Kit-Kat and Twix, quite a list don’t you think? This year for once I won’t have to be tempted for days by any leftover candy, that will be a change. Actually Halloween is usually the gate opener for the holiday season of copious eating because in just a few more weeks we have Thanksgiving to prepare for and then devour. Shortly afterwards comes Christmas and all of its own goodies. So the eating season commences for one and all, an American tradition in the best sense. Personally I can’t wait to start cooking pies, stuffing, birds and other delectable treats.

So Happy Halloween everyone, and for those who live across the ocean, have a piece of candy just for kicks, it’ll be yummy I promise. 🙂

Regret

Explain your biggest regret — as though to a small child.

I would not want to contaminate a small child's mind and psyche with the idea of regret. I think that regret is a toxic emotion and can get in the way of your life. Forgiveness is one of the biggest and best gifts that we can give to ourselves and others, that is a much better lesson to communicate to a small child than what regret is or what it does. I would talk about future choices and how since I went down one path in the past perhaps if I wanted a change later on, I could walk down a different path.

Small children should have the luxury of living in the present pure and simple. They have more than enough time to find out what life has in store later on, I would much rather spend my time with a small child being silly, laughing and listening to what they have to say. Small children are so much fun to listen to, I mean really listen to what they have to say, I miss that from my days as the French teacher in pre-school and Kindergarten. I loved sitting on the floor with them and inevitably one or two would crawl onto my lap and tell me what was on their minds. It was the best. I love babies, toddlers, children and animals.