Take One

Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year. From the color of the changing leaves to the middling weather where it's not blazing hot but it isn't freezing cold either. On top of that, I am a big horror fan so it's really cool for me to see all the costumes people wear. Unfortunately, Halloween will be an exclusively inside activity for my neighborhood this year due to what's been going on. It's a shame because I do enjoy giving out candy and the kids like myself when I was their age, loved getting it.

What I will do to get you all more in the spirit of the holiday is tell you about a particular Halloween I had where let's just say I avoided a disastrous fate by choice. Enjoy the entertainment at my expense. This was back during my fourth-grade year. I headed out in costume to go trick or treating. Since we lived in a relatively peaceful neighborhood, my parents let me go out alone since they weren't the overprotective types.

Just as an aside, if any parents read this who don't let their kids trick or treat, can I ask you all to reconsider that? Don't get me wrong. It's understandable not letting them do it this year. However, if you do it due to certain beliefs or because you heard a poison candy story from your friend who heard it from a bunch of other people, that seems really silly to me. Your children only stay kids for so long, people. Then they find themselves in this misery-ridden…