Hallow Ween and Parenting

what are you going
to be for Hallow Ween??
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my favorite memory
as the parent who "gets"
to go out with his kids
on Halloween
was when my son was perhaps
four or five
and it was his first night out

he was superman
and didn't know yet
he would grow
up to be an actor
(he's thirty one now),
but we could have guessed

the candy was boring to him
compared to getting to wander
all over the neighborhood,
going behind bushes
and then jumping
out
again
and again
as superman

his sister
older and into the candy thing
big time
(sugar free until we took Amtrak
across the country when she was two and a half,
and everyone had to offer the little cutie
some sweets,
and that's another story)
keep wanting him to move
along
he kept having fun

so
what is a sane parent
to do
with the sugar thing
and the hype thing

be present
find some great natural sweets
to make and give the kids at home:
apples, honey, pears, whatever
is in season:
dates

fat plus sweet = most deserts
so a date or fig or banana or apple
and some peanut butter
or tahini or almond butter
and
fill 'em up on healthy sweets
first

and then what to do?
ah, you'll figure it out

be present
give hugs
give love
most starvation for sweets
is a starvation for love
anyway

so pour it
on

and think about:
who would you be
if you could put on a costume
and have some fun

and i don't mean the usual
boring
dance too hard
halloween
dance things

also
ponder and
somehow take advantage
of
the hallow sacred night
night and the unconscious
imagination
not costume to buy
but the concoct string together
in the mind's eye
costuming

the play's the thing

let them be
in the play stage
of the world

there's probably a way
to avoid the candy thing
and you have
the fun of figuring that

your play
on your stage
the parent game


ciao
Chris