Halloween 2013 - Fun For All

We are Americans and we are resilient.  Halloween 2013 proved that to me.  As the world fell apart as it does every day during the news "never ending" hour I went out on a gloomy, windy, wet night and my inner child was extremely grateful.  At the Thistledown Racino in Cleveland, OH I witnessed grown folks all dressed up in Halloween costumes and having the best of times.  Bills?  What Bills.  Problem at work?  Who cares.

For a moment no one was worried about government officials who don't give a damn about the people they were elected to represent. You know the ones.  They always vote for war, to cut food stamps and health care for children and working families.

Once again we proved that we don't buckle under pressure.  We know that we are free and they can't take that away from us. No one is going to crush our spirit although our pockets may be lighter.

We know how to laugh it off, play it off and get it off.  From children to old heads we delighted in ourselves as we dressed up in crazy costumes to match our outlandish antics and it felt good to feel like a kid again.

Marveling at the grand prize winners pictured above, I couldn't help but think that our standard of living may be reduced but our invincible, creative, free and unapologetic American soul remains as strong as our faith in an unseen GOD.

Where else are you going to find jamming Halloween parties in nursing homes and little tikes who can barely walk screaming, "Trick or Treat."  We stand strong in our ability to openly express ourselves.

So a grand time was had by all as kids and those who still want to be, donned their favorite get ups and went out into the night to celebrate who we are.