Hal LOW ween

Well it is Halloween night here and I had my first weird experience. A gang of trick or treaters showed up at more door, many of them over the age of majority. I detected the faint smell of smoke and wondered if one of them had shared a cigarette with the group. Much to my surprise as I went to stuff some candy into one of the sacks a cigarette was dangled between the fingers of one of the ghouls. A trick or treater who smokes, that has to be a first for me. I thought the smoking ban would have taken care of that.

Well you can not smoke in bars or restaurants so I guess it is our fault - we have pushed the smokers to far.

Next year I should expect kids smoking ganja.

My Halloween changed quickly after that. A ring at the door brought a little boy dressed up as a goalie. He was a mere 3 feet tall and had to be carried from the street by his father. Thanks little guy you reminded me of why we have Halloween. We dress up to scare away the spirits and some dress up to exercise their own demons. This little guy dressed up in a dream. His candy bag was empty except for two other houses worth of candy. I was reminded that it is not all candy in the bag that makes Halloween it is the hour of the day that you return from work.

I will forever remember this little guy, his dad and his mom.

Happy Halloween