This past summer, a forty-something man was lingering in front of our
house. I put down my gardening trowel, strode over, and said hello. He
smiled and said, "Hi, I'm visiting from the west coast, but a long time
ago, I grew up in this neighborhood." We chatted for a bit and then I
asked him, "Did you know the Vances, the couple who built this house?"
He responded with this life-changing comment, "I didn't really know
them. All I remember is they always had great Halloween candy." In that
moment, a self conscious half smile flitted across his face and erased
thirty years. And just like that, I knew a torch had been passed. I wanted
us to
be known like that; known for abundant generosity and a sweetness of
spirit towards the young. So it's movie size candy for the kids this year. It's fine if our names are lost to the ages if
we can deserve this epitaph, "They had great candy..."
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| Movie size candy: $1/box from Walgreens. A bargain for all that happiness! |
This past summer, a forty-something man was lingering in front of our
house. I put down my gardening trowel, strode over, and said hello. He
smiled and said, "Hi, I'm visiting from the west coast, but a long time
ago, I grew up in this neighborhood." We chatted for a bit and then I
asked him, "Did you know the Vances, the couple who built this house?"
He responded with this life-changing comment, "I didn't really know
them. All I remember is they always had great Halloween candy." In that
moment, a self conscious half smile flitted across his face and erased
thirty years. And just like that, I knew a torch had been passed. I wanted us to
be known like that; known for abundant generosity and a sweetness of
spirit towards the young. So it's movie size candy for the kids this year. It's fine if our names are lost to the ages if
we can deserve this epitaph, "They had great candy..."
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