Ghosts & Goblins From Halloween Past
October 12, 2012
Posted By: Shaunescy
{Editor's Note: I love Halloween. At least I did in the past. This post is from the past. Excuse me while I sob in the spooky, cob-webbed corner!}
{Editor's Note: I love Halloween. At least I did in the past. This post is from the past. Excuse me while I sob in the spooky, cob-webbed corner!}
It's amazing that something I used to love now makes me melancholy.
When my kids were small, I loved Halloween.
I loved to decorate our "Haunted House."
I loved to plan frightfully fun parties.
I loved purchasing great costumes (I was a work-outside-the-home- mom, never did I attempt to make anything . I left that to the work-from-home-moms, a.k.a "The Seamstress!")
I even loved cooking ghoulish dinners, and creating slimy desserts.
Those were the days.
With two "adult" children and a 16- year old, no one plays dress up anymore.
No one carves Jack-O-Lanterns.
There are no more parties.
No school carnivals.
No frightful meals.
{Heavy. Sigh.}
In honor of Halloween - a holiday I used to love - let's take a look at the little ghosts and goblins of Halloween past.
My Halloween past.
{Don't mind me, while I sit in the corner and sob.}
You can't really notice, but I am a "pregnant" witch!
A favorite Halloween tradition was taking the kids out to West Side Farms in Healdsburg - the best pumpkin patch ever. It was my most favorite spot.
They had a little market where they sold garden vegetables, local crafts and goodies like jams and jellies. They also offered hayrides, had barnyard animals (probably the largest hogs on display I have ever seen), a ginormous haystack to climb - and of course miles and miles of pumpkins.
Sadly, sometime before we left the Golden State, West Side Farms was sold to a local vintner.
Instead of pumpkins, they now grow grapes.
I pride myself on the fact I take tons of photos, yet, after 2001, my collection of Halloween photos is sketchy, hazy - and mostly missing...
Yet, this shot from last year's Halloween party is enough to take my mind off feeling sad.
In fact, I may never be sad about my kids being grown and missing Halloween ever again.
Ever.
What was your best Halloween costume?
Mother of three, Katie Walters is the author of An Authentic Life , a member of BlogHer.com and is proudly invited to share weekly within the pages of Montana Parent Magazine's website.
