It has been a tough week for North Penn area kids, their parents, and their neighbors. To be sure, we were spared the worst of Superstorm Sandy's wrath. Yet, there are families in our community right now without heat and electricity and many of our streets and parks are unsafe due to fallen trees and power lines. Some of our schools will be cancelling the planned Halloween parties and parades for this year. With several of our local schools still without power at this time, it is likely that more cancellations will occur.
I don't envy the borough and township supervisors who are being asked for answers and decisions regarding whether to postpone trick-or-treating tonight. Nor the school officials who are faced with similar decisions. Some neighborhoods in our area have been ravaged while others look just as they did on Sunday.
Most of our local boroughs and townships have refrained from making a call about tonight's festivities. Others have suggested proceeding with great caution. One has requested that families wait until Saturday night to trick-or-treat, though rumors suggest not all residents will follow that advice. It is a bit confusing and it has kept me and the local news outlets pretty busy today as we try to stay on top of the latest declarations.
But, I have a suggestion... If we can all agree as a community, for the sake of our children, to answer the door with a smile and a piece of candy or other treat, whether it be tonight or Saturday night, I believe we will have saved Halloween.
As adults, it is easy to forget how fun it once was to dress up and traipse around the neighborhood in the dark in hot pursuit of delicious candy (often on a school night, woo woo!). Let's do our part, regardless of whether we agree with their parents' decision to let them go out tonight or Saturday night, and help make this a Halloween to remember - for how fun it was. Its as simple a treat and a smile. :)
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