Darryle Pollack on October 31st, 2009

It’s like any other day.  And that’s the problem.

No excitement.  No carving pumpkins.  No parties.  No trick or treating.    No costumes.

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No more making memories.

I miss  it.   And what I miss most—- those little plastic pumpkins that come home filled up and I get to steal sort the kids’ candy.

Boo-hoo.  And Happy Halloween to you!

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5 Responses to “when the nest is empty on Halloween”

  1. I hear you!
    With my kids grown, it’s the one day a year I wish I lived in the middle of town…

  2. Ellyn Roth says:

    I know! I used to love Halloween when the kids were little!

  3. Boo-hoo for all of us. We don’t get trick-or-treaters where we live —so the only good thing about Halloween these days is that you don’t feel embarrassed buying huge bags of chocolate.

  4. Susan @ 2KoP says:

    My family is ridiculous about Halloween. Each year we do a theme. This year, with 2 high school seniors and two middle schoolers and a crazy fall preparing for a bar mitzvah, I decided they were on their own. But no, Mama, this is our last year all together for the THEME. So, I stayed up till 3 a.m. for days sewing our costumes (Spies, secret agents and detectives theme). It took me so long because I was crying through most of it realizing that it would probably be our last time. Here are some of our past themes:

    http://2kop.blogspot.com/2008/.....theme.html

  5. That’s fantastic! As you can see I liked dressing up, too, and wasn’t as good behind the scenes. So I can’t decide what’s more amazing—your sewing and creative abilities—or that you got all four kids to agree on a theme.

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