I was 16 the last time I dressed up for Halloween, as a kid, because my younger sisters needed an escort to the Girl Scouts Halloween Party...
I dressed up as Miss America 1976...using a dress, high-heeled shoes, wig, and bra (stuffed with newspapers) belonging to our Mom, and proceeded to escort them for an amusing 1 mile walk to the party that embarrassed the hell out of the little darlings, freaked out the Den Mother when she opened the door, and for which, I think, the sisters have yet to completely forgive me. ;-D
Cathleen Falsani, is an irreverent religion columnist and author of The Dude Abides: The Gospel According to the Coen Brothers & Sin Boldly: A Field Guide for Grace.
She now calls Laguna Beach home, and I've just discovered her 8 yr. old blog, The Dude Abides.
A post she wrote the day before Halloween is a touching, amusing, and thoughtful piece about Halloween from the perspective of her adopted son, experiencing it for the 1st time, and how her own childhood experiences, and then lack there-of, shaped her life, and her current thinking on the subject, as well as a little bit of a history lesson.
PUTTING THE 'WE' BACK IN HALLOWEEN WITH WEE MAN
The story of her son, Vasco, and how he came into her life, is touching, and you can learn about it on this blog:
VASCO'S HEART: Save One Life, and You Save the World Entire.
The Dude Abides will join my OC Blogroll.
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