Distance is a strange thing. What’s close can seem far away, and what’s on the other side of the world can feel as if it’s in the same room. Ultimately, it’s less about how we measure it than the story it tells.
There’s no way around it. Some days just suck. I was having a day like this yesterday. And it took running across somebody else having a bad day for me to put it into a different perspective and move forward.
The story of Halloween and trick or treat is constantly evolving, and has been ever since people started doing it almost a century ago. For instance, some costumes that used to be acceptable might not be today.