Back in college, I did tend to go all out and dress up for
the school wide party. I think my favorite
costume was when me and two other friends dressed up as a blonde joke. We had a blonde, a brunette, and a redhead,
and went around telling blonde jokes. It
was pretty entertaining. (In case you’re
curious, I was the blonde out of the trio).
I think my creepiest Halloween was the year I had to fly on Halloween. I don’t know why, there was just something
about the airports and planes while taking a red-eye flight on a half empty
plane that was a little spooky, haha.
While I might not get excited about dressing myself up, I am
a big fan of dressing my pups up. They
might have a small wardrobe of their own. Last year I got my poor dog a koala
and shark costume, though my favorite was the pig costume for my parent’s
pug.
The Hubs is a huge action hero/marvel fan, and Thor is his
favorite, so it would’ve been perfect. I don't think the dogs would've loved them though, and since we didn’t really have anywhere to take them, I couldn’t really justify the cost for the sole purpose of putting
pictures up on facebook. They sure would’ve
been cute though.
Although my parents weren’t into Halloween, they were into
All Saints day. One year I was dressing up as some nun saint (though I can’t
remember which one) and actually borrowed a habit from some Dominicans we’re
friends with (I may have mentioned before I’m a pretty big fan of Dominicans). I’ll have to see if I can find a picture of
that somewhere. That was probably the best
costume I had for All Saints Day.
Speaking of All Saints Day, I saw this post by Simcha Fisher
and it made me think about which saints I like more or less. For the longest time, I had a really silly
reason for disliking St. Thérèse of Lisieux.
You see, my favorite saint has always been St. Theresa of Avila. I was born on her feast day, picked her as my
confirmation saint, and even was lucky enough to visit Avila when I was
younger. I've always admired that she was
intellectual, spiritual, and seemed to have a good sense of humor and balance
as well. I’m a big fan of her writing
too.
Anyways, when I was really young I decided that you couldn’t
like two saints with the same name, but that they were rivals and you had to
pick one, lol. So I was firmly pro-St.
Theresa of Avila and against any other saints by the name of Theresa. Even though rationally I know that’s silly,
that underlying feeling has stuck with me for most of my life, and I’ve
disliked Thérèse of Lisieux for no reason.
This year I’ve tried to learn more about her and get over my Theresa issue,
and she really does seem like a lovely saint, but man, deep seated ideas like
that are hard to get rid of.
This year I’ve also been doing more thinking about All Souls
Day. It’s a great opportunity to
remember and pray for our friends and family members that have passed away. My maternal grandfather’s brother, so I guess
my great uncle, has been on my mind lately.
He passed away when I was very young, like 5 or 6, and I honestly don’t remember
much about him, other than that he had some troubles. So I don’t really know why he’s been on my
mind, but maybe he needs some prayers. So if you could join me with praying for
him especially on this All Souls Day, I’d appreciate it. I’ll pray for you and your lost loved ones
too.
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