Its that time of year again. Crisp cool air, crumbling orange leaves, low laying fog, cold dark nights, dark early mornings , pumpkins, tea, pie, jeans and sweaters!

Which also means that Halloween is around the corner. I just love Halloween always have. I was raised christian for the most part and it makes me so sad now with all these political correct laws, and changes where they don’t want schools celebrating Halloween or saying “merry Christmas” now you have to say happy holidays, and its no longer Christmas break , its winter break and they don’t even do “Christmas ” plays anymore. Makes me so had and to fight harder to hold on to my traditions that made my childhood alive.

I have always loved Halloween. For many reasons,  I am superstitious, I do believe in angels, demons ( not monsters, just evil, and spirits. I still believe Halloween is the day of the dead, that it is very possible for the veil between worlds to be thinner and I do believe in ghosts and that its possible to feel them and see them. I have to , specially with all my experiences.

I love Halloween for dressing up , decorating, Halloween parties with friends and family, all the little kids dressed up trick or treating. I love seeing all the kids and handing out candy. I love carving pumpkins and all the festivities that comes along with it. I love going to haunted houses, corn mazes, to the pumpkin patch to pick our pumpkins and decorating my house!

As a kid, I never felt left out. MY mom did a great job sorting our candy. Not just mine but my siblings too and we traded what I can have and what they could have. I gave my siblings the candy I couldn’t have and they gave me the candies i liked best.

I always stuck to lower phe treats like hard candies, rockets, candy necklaces, candy apples, clear hard suckers, lolly pops, popyee candy sticks that use to be called smokes, star-burst, skittles, gummy bears, gummies, jubjubes, many hard candies are phe free. Specially if they are clear and not made with milk. Jaw breakers, carmel candies, werthers. just not chocolate!

As I got older my mom started giving me small presents while my siblings still got candy I got things like gift cards and books. I have never really been a candy person so it was something my mom did for me at easter and valentines day. I always looked forward to a bag of cinammon hearts, a stuffed easter bunny and my books.

Holidays are no reason to feel left out and its so possible to enjoy them just as much!

PKU or not, I love halloween and hope all the little pku’ers out there this year will too!!