Hat and Umbrella

I used to love Halloween - I would do a sensory Drama with my class and invite other classes, we'd all dress up, sing songs and act them out, play with all types of light up Halloween toys and have great fun. Then  I would then take all the resources home, decorate the front of the  house, dress up as a witch and scare all the local children when they knocked on my door with a  scary witches voice - they would get treats if  didn't run off screaming!  
Now however, given it is the night my mum died, it's hard to get in the mood for this day, and I often turn off all my lights and retreat to my attic so no children are tempted to knock on my door. Last year I went to a Halloween Masked Ball and tried to rave all night and into the morning - I had fun taking photos and watching The wall of Death, but overall it was not an experience I wanted to repeat! So tonight it will be the attic again! 
My blip is my dads hat and my mums old umbrella - she died shortly after midnight so I like to think dad passed back between the veil of life and death and took mum with him. A piece of whimsy my mum would not have countenanced, but it's a nice thought for  me, even though like her I am not religious!