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MY HALLOWEEN STORY

One year, when our son was still very young, we took our son to go trick or treating. He was all dressed up as one of his favorite cartoon characters from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. We had already gone to several homes and was close to working our way back home. We had decided to go ahead and stop at maybe a couple of more homes, then head on home ourselves. We came to this one house that had several people in the front, so we waited for the crowd to thin out a little, it didn't take too long. The lady that was handing out candy at this particular home kept telling the kids to come on in, which I believe she had meant as, come on in onto her front porch, so she could hand out the candy. All the kids were taking the candy and leaving, so the next group could come up and collect theirs. We finally made our way up to the porch, and she was still telling everyone to "Come on in". I was shocked and shaken at what happened next!! There was someone standing at her front door, with the door wide open. Next thing I knew, my son had just simply walked into their house and the person standing there just let him walk on by!! Without even a thought, I started calling out for my son and went quickly into their house. They must have been having a Halloween party, because there were lots of people inside. Thankfully, he hadn't made it too far into the house, he was standing close by the front door. WHEW!!!! Was I glad I found him right away!!!  I apologized to everyone for just running into their home like that, but they understood and just thought it was cute at what my son had done. That night I hugged my son tighter and held him closer than I probably ever did before. When we returned home, I had a little Mother to son talk to him about the dangers of doing such a thing. I'm sure it was all just a matter of confusion with all the people there, and the lady yelling to "Come on in". I tell this story now, and can laugh about it, but it was definitely no laughing matter at the time....Parents, please remember to keep your eyes wide open when taking your kids trick or treating this Friday. Thank goodness my story had a happy ending, but thinking back on it....there are so many different ways my story could have ended.

 Do any of you have a Halloween story you would like to share?

I want to wish ALL of you a very HAPPY HALLOWEEN full of treats, and no (bad) tricks!!! Have fun everyone!! :)