Halloween
I'm not a fan, I must be honest.
The thought of fear being instilled into people...
As a creative, my mind is easily spiked to include
manifestations of the most horrific kind that purely and surely couldn’t be
true.
I’m much more an “I believe in angels and magic”
type of person. Thinking of Halloween as
something evil and inviting bad spirits around isn’t a welcome thing at my
door!
Last year, a simple drive to collect my daughter
saw me drive past some child size teddy bear thing on the pavement. Strange. As
I drove closer I couldn’t help but take my eyes off the road and stare. The head of this creature seemed to stare
straight into my soul and cocked his head to one side with increasing intensity
of weirdness. Freaked out, I began to
wonder if I had imagined this. I’d never seen anything like it before.
Yesterday, a parcel arrived for me. It was ‘prep’
for an upcoming biopsy I have to have. UGH.
31st October. More
horror to add to this day. So where is
the light in this shade?
2 years ago my mother came to live with us. People love her. She laughs at everything. Which is wearing,
you can imagine. She and I are chalk and
cheese. She has dementia and the
laughter and chatty side of her is magnified.
Her old house was in an area of town where they
used to put up signs saying “No trick or
treaters” as it was constant knock knock knock at the door to the point of
driving everyone crazy.
Yet in my road, there are rules. If you have a
pumpkin out, it means you can knock.
Despite my surgery that day, we will be well stocked with ‘treats’ and I
will leave mum in charge! Opening the door to well dressed children while
parents stand back looking on. No doubt
mum will love the banter and if it puts a smile on her face for a few hours,
there is nothing evil about Halloween at all.
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