Introduction Prompt My children enjoy Halloween and so do I. Every year we normally have a party, but not this year because I'm in school. So, this year we are going to hand out candy. Along with have one friend come and watch Halloween movies.
“Help me with these bags,” I yell to my children as I enter the house. They jump off the coach run up to me and start pulling at my arms to grab the bags. They ask me what's in the bag and I tell them candy. “What’s all this candy for mom?” “It's for Halloween. We are going to fill up bags of candy to give them out to the trick-or-treaters and make Halloween baskets for your friends.” My children started to jump around with smiles on their face. I set up the table so that they can help me get the bags and basket together. Candy is spread out all over my dining room table. The kids set with their knee bent of the edge of the chair ready for me to direct them. I start handing them the trick-or-treaters bags and told them witch candy to put in the bags. As we bagged up the candy, we talked about the past Halloween parties I had. We laugh about all the games I made up. Their favorite game was bobbing for worms. I put gummy worms at the bottom of a bowl and filled the rest of the bowl up with whip cream. The rule was, you would have to dig in the bowl using only your mouth, pull all the worms out and place on a plate on the side of the bowl. The first one to get all the worms out won. That game was so messy, whip cream was everywhere. They continue to go around the table reflecting say, “mom do you remember.” Dropping one candy after another into the bag we were to finish up the bags. Moving along to the Halloween baskets my children switch gears with her conversation to which candy they’re going put in them. My oldest daughter does not like chocolate so she tells my other children they can have all the chocolate. My son tells them that he was all the Lemonheads. After they finish getting their baskets ready their faces are let up like fireworks on New Year’s for Halloween. My heart is filled with joy as I look at them with a half-smile. I enjoy hearing them talk about memories and how happy it made them. They don’t even know how happy these little things make me feel. I watch them talk, laugh, smile and chuckle as they go back and forth. Every second I look at them my stressors go down. I stop worrying about my unpaid bills, my mortgage needing to be refinanced, and the semester coming to the end. I immediately went to a positive place thinking about how some of the little things could change the way you feel. My mind was open to what really makes me happy in my life.
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Amir
11/15/2018 06:08:19 am
GREAT POST!!! This looks to be a very strong Introduction to use for your Research Project! It's interesting because Halloween is over this year and I've been thinking about it recently before I read your post... a sign of the Law of Attraction? Most likely. I don't really believe in coincidence all that much,
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Erin Lynch
11/19/2018 07:16:52 am
Great use of description language in the scene you were setting. I agree with Amir and this would be a great introduction for your research project. Nice work!
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