I have always found it funny while handing out candy on Halloween night how such young kids are out trick or treating with their parents. The kids are to young to be eating candy, but yet there they are with their pumpkins full. But I give them some more candy with a smile and as they walk away think about how their parents will be enjoying it later that night. Well today our church held Trunk or Treat, which Billy and I have participated in many years. This year was going to be challenge because now we had our own children. How were we going to hand out candy and chase the girls? Well the girls napped at mom's today and Billy and I went to church to get ready. Mom brought the girls when they woke up. Once they arrived at church we made one lap around the parking lot. The girls stopped at very few trunks for treats, they just liked that they had so much open space to go and be free. We got maybe 10 pieces total of candy and two bottles of apple juice. The rest of the time they were at our trunk and were givers. I would give them two pieces of candy and tell them to put it in the bucket/bag/basket(whatever the child was carrying). They would gladly share with anyone passing by. When nobody was at our trunk they would start to wonder to the next trunk to find someone with a bucket so they could share the candy. I'm so thankful that they saw today as a time to give and not as a time to go fill up their pumpkin baskets with candy. I hope that they continue to be givers in life.
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