Have you ever wondered where the trick-or-treaters who come to your home seemingly from nowhere originate? Well, be sure to be good to them because sprinkled in the group may be some angels.
Halloween is a
day the dead walk amongst the living. It sounds a lot more frightening
than it is. The dead don't want to hurt anyone; we want to visit the
mortal life we once knew.
The caveat is
that we cannot use the body we had when mortal, which leads to a lot of
body-swapping. Once done, we change into a child's body, and if we want
to see a loved one, we go trick or Treating. Little does a mortal who
opens the door realize; the little masked creatures awaiting treats are
their angels.
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Trick or Treating is going out of fashion, as parents don't trust
strangers to give their children candy, and adults find hordes of
children begging for food to be a bother. Our chances of visiting our
parents in disguise are lessening, but we are still in the shadows,
watching our houses and families through shining, inviting windows.
I wish it was
easier to pay our families a Halloween visit. The obstacles start with
us being lucky enough to borrow a body and then our parents being
willing to give out candy to urchins in the hope we would arrive.
Sometimes, our parents pass out hundreds of dollars of treats in the
unfulfilled hope we will be there; other times, we find a body, get
dressed, and see the porch light is out.
Occasionally, it all comes together.
Last year I
dressed like a wizard, wearing a mask. Pocket was a princess, Copper a
lamb, Jax a power ranger, Skye a headless horseman, and Blake an Ewok.
We came to the front door, pressed the bell, and our Daddy came out and
gave us candy. Then we looked in the kitchen window and saw our
beautiful mom. We waved, she waved back, and then our time was up. We
walked on the clouds all the way back to the Bridge. We gave the humans
our candy, went home, and went to bed with big smiles. We immediately
began planning for next year.
We will stay in our dog form and dress like a giant dinosaur, with one of us on top of the other.
I hope the light is on and the candy is fresh so we can say hi to you before slipping back into the darkness.
Awww, that is sweet!
ReplyDeleteThat's lovely. So happy it all came together this time.
ReplyDeleteA huge dinosaur would be memorable, for sure!
ReplyDeleteLove it
ReplyDeleteThat does make a lot of sense and we're really glad you shared that with us.
ReplyDeleteWow! We didn't get many Trick-or-Treaters this year. It started raining just as it got dark out. We did see an angel, a googly eyed spider, a little ghost, and a few we couldn't recognize. Maybe our doggie angels, Charisma, Ginger, and Joey were among them.
ReplyDeleteThat is a very cool story for a spooky night!
ReplyDeleteOMG! YOU guys were the T-Rex that came to our door!!! Mom wondered why we had broken out of the bedroom when that guys showed up, he was HUGE!!!
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