happy halloween

I really wanted Trick or Treaters to visit our new home.  We've never had them before and this Halloween I was ready.

5pm passed without a knock.  It was getting dark and I was feeling a little bit sad.  I looked over at the enormous bowl of candy that was sitting by the door.  One would be enough, I thought.  Just one sweet kid in a costume.  And then the knocks came.  Costume after costume arrived on our front porch.  I saw a werewolf, a baby pumpkin, 3 ninjas, Batman, fairies, a football player, a fortuneteller, Ghost Busters, a couple of princesses, Snow White...

We ended up running out of candy.  As soon as Geoff went to the store to replenish our supply, a little witch came Trick or Treating.  I had to tell her I had nothing left to give her.  She looked up at me and dumped the candy from her bag into my bowl.  "You need candy" she told me.

I couldn't believe it.  This little girl couldn't have been more than 6 years old.  She probably had spent the past hour collecting all this candy and she dumped it into my empty bowl just like that.  I gave her back her candy, my eyes a bit teary.  "Thank you anyway" I said to her.  "You should keep this."

Last night was Halloween and Thanksgiving all wrapped into one.