Happy Halloween, everyone!
Just got off the phone with my youngest daughter, who is preparing for a party this evening, the good food/interesting liquor (she's fallen in love with something called "UV Cherry Vodka," I believe she said) and a stack of horror films. She sounded so impossibly cheerful and happy that it was the best New Year's gift I could have received. (Feel free to look that one up if you care enough. Otherwise, pm me and ask.) Anyhoo...nothing like a happy, happy phone call from the daughter who just got the job she so wanted at the local gaming store to set the day right.
I have to admit, despite missing certain things about my children's childhood terribly, I most certainly do not miss the "trick-or-treat, worry about drunk drivers, poisoned candy, sexual predators" aspect of my children's celebration of Halloween. I also don't miss putting on the cursed "Halloween Carnival" at the elementary school. (A good 80 hour per week volunteer job that made me despise the color orange for years.)