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Happy Halloween, Dear Gracie

October 9, 2008

Dear Grace,

I don’t like Halloween. I hope to hide this fact from you until you’re old enough to a teenager; I don’t want to rain on your parade.

Really, though, I don’t like to be afraid. I’m not one of those people who finds it cool and fun and exciting to be scared. I hate being scared, actually. I don’t like scary movies. I have nightmares.

I would like to forgo Halloween celebrations for the rest of my life.

But… (imagine my long sigh here)

I love you more than I hate to be afraid, and when I got a note from your school about the annual Halloween parade, I couldn’t ignore it. I asked my Twitter friends where I could get a fun costume, and they told me what I already knew. I should sew one myself. I packed up you and your Dada, and we went to the fabric store.

Where I spent $45 on materials to make a costume so that you could celebrate my least favorite day of the year.

I know you’re going to love it. It will make you happy, and it will make your dad happy, and that makes me happy.

Happy Halloween, Dear Gracie.

Love,
Momma

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  • Lisa@BlessedwithGrace said:

    Can’t wait to see the final product.

    # 9 October 2008 at 6:06 pm
  • julia said:

    i can’t believe you are gonna make us wait to find out what it is! i can’t wait to see it.

    # 10 October 2008 at 4:34 am
  • Christina @ Cutest Kid Ever said:

    I don’t like to be scared, either, but I love Halloween. It’s always been a fun holiday with our friends.

    I can’t wait to see what you make for Gracie. :)

    # 11 October 2008 at 2:09 pm
  • Heather @ Not a DIY Life said:

    Hubby and I finally reached an agreement on Halloween, at least for this year. We’ll go to Trick or Trunk at our church, that’s it. LB’s costume will probably be a football player. Hubby has been given the task of finding a jersey. One less thing for me to do!

    # 12 October 2008 at 5:04 pm
  • Mariana said:

    Can’t wait to see what it is! I’m sure Grace is going to be as cute as always :) My baby’s going to dress up as Winnie the Pooh in a bee costume (strange, I know… but it was free!) and the 4-yr old is going to be a ballerina.

    # 25 October 2008 at 8:01 am
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    [...] it all together. She missed her school’s Halloween parade, and she missed Trick or Treating. The fun I was anticipating? [...]

    # 19 March 2009 at 8:51 pm
  • Dressing Up for Halloween | Feels Like Home said:

    [...] you’re a new reader, you may want to take a look at this letter to Grace. I wrote it last year, but it sums up nicely my feelings about the whole of the Halloween [...]

    # 1 November 2009 at 8:12 pm

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