Still A Dreamer

100 kids – that’s about how many we see on Halloween in 2 hours where I live. In the country, it’s impossible to trick or treat on 2-lane blacktops to farms, so kids get bussed-in to little towns like mine where it’s also friendly and safe.

After you’ve finished answering the door to the many little goblins, princesses and bears, who sticks in your mind? This year, a 12-ish year old boy wore a good skeleton costume with different size cereal boxes affixed all over to his outfit – he was a cereal killer. That was pretty funny.

But who stands out every year and makes me curious is the child who comes and takes a small wrapped chocolate bar from my basket, hesitates, then quickly, almost surreptitiously, whisks another one away into their treat bag with a rather guilty face. I’ve seen one of these kids every year no matter where I’ve lived. Do you see that child, too?

It always makes me curious … do they like this candy so much and don’t get it very often? Are they just not getting enough in their life in some way? They could ask – kids that do, I always let take a second – but this child can’t ask, and needs to take. For some reason it just saddens me a bit – the other kids are having a big time, and this little one – a shy little girl this year – just looked at me real quick, then away, and took more. I wish I could spot her – or him – beforehand. I’d ask if they’d like another … and then they could feel good about being asked AND feel it was Ok to have more.

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