Hallowe'en!



Tinkerbell-2006



For me, it's not going back to one moment but to one day every year. I am a lover of Hallowe’en, not the spooky, scary aspect but the dressing up and trick-or-treating part. From as far back as I can remember, Hallowe’en has always been fun and exciting. There was always something about that night that holds the child in all of us. My favourite part was not the candy; I'd always save it and never end up eating it, but I loved finding and carving pumpkins, roasting the seeds, decorating the house and, most of all, making and wearing the costumes. My Dad has made my Hallowe’en costumes for years. My Dad learned to sew from his father and, while I was growing up, he taught me how to use the same sewing machine he was taught on. The first time my Dad made a costume for me was when I was pre-school. He made me a Maid Marion costume and Erich had a matching Robin Hood outfit. My Mom says we were cute! In my past 16 years, I have had home-made costumes of a unicorn, a princess, a mystery princess, a witch, the goddess Athena, Tinkerbell and one of the Three Musketeers (Dartagnan, to be exact). My parents have had a part in all of my Hallowe’en costumes even if they have not made them directly. They help with makeup, hair and good accessories to complement the costume. Hallowe’en costumes and the entire season are so amazing to me. Hallowe’en is the best time of year because you can be whoever you want to be, you can accept strangers’ candy without risk of kidnapping, you can watch fall leaves change colour, you can carve pumpkins and eat the seeds, and, most of all, you get to be the child that's inside all of us but, like ghosts and goblins, only comes out once a year. ~Rach



Unicorn-2000