Halloween Has Ghoulish Consequences!

Do You remember being my age, or younger, and there were no real fears of Stranger Danger, or having to check your candy for needles, staples, glass, poison, tampering, before we ate it? Do you remember when Halloween used to be a day that you could choose to be anything you wanted? I can recall some of the costumes back as far as I can, and I remember being a clown first. My mother thought I would make a cute clown at like 2 years old. I saw my reflection and it scared the hell out of me. Yes I remember that far back. I remember being Wonder Woman, with the plastic body costume and plastiform mask and thinking that was the most awesome thing. In years after I was Barbie, GIjoe, Pirates, Old funky looking farmer, Supergirl, and those are just the ones I can remember. Now I'm scared to let my kids even go trick or treating. For one, even the adults are in costume. For a child predator, what better time to try to nab a child? There's screaming everywhere because everyone is trying to spook each other, everyone is already in costume. What are you gonna say? "Freddy Krueger took my child". Really? Thank you maam that really helps. Or for the sickos out there, they stick bad things in candy and you have to tell them absolutely no consuming candy until it's been checked back home in the bright lights of our kitchen. You have to tell your kids to stay in groups and never leave ANYONE behind. Keep your cell phones on you. Take a Flashlight. If anyone approaches you that you don't know, to run to a house with lights on for help. It really takes the fun out of it.

I suppose the same can be said about flying, and homeland security. Only this is applied at personal families' level. What we do to be safe? I encourage parents to be overprotective. Don't let your little one's out of your site? Even try alternatives to trick or treating, offer the kids an awesome party at home catered by you and your creativity! Food that looks gross but tastes great, drinks that look like slime. A costume contest! you can still hand out candy to trick or treaters. Make sure that everyone that attends takes home a good haul of good safe candy provided by you. Ask everyone who comes to bring one large bag of candy with you. Reserve a few scary movies on Redbox ahead of time and you've spent a few bucks for a lot of entertainment. If you get really ambitious you can even make a haunted house for the kids to try to maneuver through out of the garage or the porch area. There's a lot of fun alternatives to the standard trick or treating. I'm just not sure it's worth it to let the kids do it the old fashioned way. The world is a very different place.
Whatever your choice of entertainment is this year, whether it's with your kids if you have them, or without, stay safe, watch out for each other and have fun! There's the Freaker's Ball in Kansas City. Many people are having parties. A lot of the local bars and nightclubs are having costume contests.

As for me and my family, no costumes this year. We will hand out candy to those who knock on our doors, but it's become a tradition to watch the Ghost Hunters live on SyFy channel. this year they are going to be at the Buffalo Grand Central Station. They've Hunted there before and gotten lot's of activity. This year they will broadcast live from 6pm to midnight. If you log onto Syfy.com you can interact with the Ghost Hunters, press the panic button if you see activity and chat online with them. That's awesome to me!

Happy Halloween to all my friends and soon to be friends and followers and to all your family! Stay Safe!

A Part of American History

Today my son Kyle came home from school. He really likes American History and he told me today that they discussed immigration. So honestly I was thinking there was gonna be a lot of political crap thrown in there considering how the immigration issue is mushrooming here today in the States. Actually and Thankfully, his teacher had told the kids to find out where the beginning of our families had immigrated from since really America was founded by immigrants and continued to grow largely from Immigrated families. So Kyle, who because of his Asperger's Syndrome is normally  not outspoken at all in class, raised his hand. My grandmother is from Japan. She is first generation. Grew up South of Osaka. He had told his teacher that, and how my grandmother as a child during the World War used to walk to school with the bombers above, hearing them whistling as they fell. Grandma used to tell us stories of how everytime they heard the air sirens their mom used to make them all crawl under their front porch until one day my Grandma Katie told her mom that if their house was hit by a bomb that being under the porch was not going to save them. After that she refused to hide under the porch. When my grandmother got into her earlier twenties she met my grandfather who was a Marine, on the  base in Japan and as dashing as My grandfather was, he swept her off her feet. They came back to the states after my aunt and mother were born in Osaka. My mother was maybe two at the time I think.

So My shy Kyle, was so proud to tell about my grandma Katie. We were very blessed that my kids were able to have her in their lives. She was someone you really wanted in your life. She's the strongest woman I've ever known. Last year, three days before my birthday she passed from Liver Cancer because of Hepatitis. Because of issues that I have with my very cruel, and clinically insane step grandfather, we were not able to say goodbye, so there really isn't closure there. I think about my Grandmother every day and I am so happy that my kids remember her and are proud of their roots, and somewhat knowledgeable about them.

In a way, every single family is a living branch of American History since none of the origins of any of our families is native, save for the American Indians, who are the only true Natives of our country. I'm also very grateful to God that He is allowing my son to finally break out of his shell just a bit. It's taken so long to see progress with him, but I've never once given up, even though his dad has, and most of our family on both sides has. I know that he will bloom soon, he's just going to do it in his own time and not when everyone else dictates it for him. I will always be his mother, I will always believe in him because I see what no one else sees, and I will continue to encourage him. And together we all in this generation will write a new chapter in American History. Maybe we can all go back to being the land of tolerance and celebrating diversity once again. Maybe we can all try to educate ourselves about things like Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism that my son has, and of Bipolar Disorder, which I have. Fibromyalgia also runs in my family and is probably one of the least recognized Syndromes but is just as real and physical as Diabetes. So Here I am, proud of my son for speaking up. You just keep doing you Kyle! Never give up and you will succeed! And I will be standing there beside you when you finally do. You will offer something to the world that's important. I firmly believe it. After all, you have the blood of our ancestors in you, and we never give up.

Congrats to My Brother On His Marriage!

George and Erin Chatterton Eloped!

Welcome!

I'm so happy to be able to have this blog! I wanted to have my own page to do with what I please. I hope to show some of my photography, my writing, my friend's writing and art, reviews, rants, raves. I hope to share information about my struggles and insight into Bipolar Disorder, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Migraines, Fibromyalgia, Allergies, Asthma, and being a parent of a child with Asperger's Syndrome. There is so much we still don't know and are finding out about some of these conditions but they are REAL. They have physical and even genetic causes that are not even discovered yet. I hope to post my struggles as a Divorced single mother, a survivor of child sexual abuse and the post traumatic stress challenges I've faced with flashbacks and unreasonable fear and anxiety. I've come a long way, but I've a long way to go. I hope to become a published author someday soon. I am participating in National Novel Writing Month or NaNoWriMo for the fist time this year. I am known on many different sites, Webook, Facebook, Myspace, Twitter. I try to help wherever I can. My unique set of circumstances that has led me to this point in life also allows me the experience to help others with what I've experienced and what I've overcome.

I hope to share my views of the world, my music, any other artists I would like to help promote.If after reading about me there is anything you would like to know, feel free to ask. I want to promote literacy, help children and women who are or have been abused in any way.
If you want just for me to pray for you, or if you need advice that only someone who has been through what you may be going to can give, I will surely do my best. I currently am enrolled in school to be a Computer Forensics analyst. Catch the child predators, the stalkers, and any other criminals who think they can hide behind technology to play out their sick fantasies or induce harm upon others.
I also speak out against bullying. There is room in this world for everyone regardless of where people say they fit in. I look forward to sharing my work, my life, my views, and anything else I can come up with and journeying forward into the future with all of you.
Every life is important.

Be looking for my first posts. You never know what I may post about!