It's interesting, because we feel as though we want to move forward, yet we still hang onto the remains of the previous Halloween. We're closer to the last one than the next one. It feels more about the memory, than it does the promise of a new day. As if we've awoken from the sweetest dream and are unsure if we will ever be able to see or feel those things again. It's hazy.
As time goes on, as November turns into December turns into January, the remnants of the previous Halloween fade away. Pumpkins rot, the last of the forgotten decorations are torn down and stored away. Christmas violently takes over the world, temperatures drop, snow begins to fall, covering the last of the dead leaves, blurring out even the potential for delusions of a permanent October. It feels like hope is gone, like we will always be stuck here, almost a year away.
But one day, this day, a page turns. 300 days til Halloween. It sounds like a lot, and yet it suddenly doesn't.
Two straight months of "three hundred and something" has made us bitter. But today, we hit a milestone. Tomorrow morning? The 3 will be erased from the countdown. Progress is being made. We can see it now. There's evidence.
The road back to Halloween, once October 31st has passed, is never a short or easy one...but now, at the 300 day mark, it feels like we're really on the way.
Last Halloween is still visible in the rear view, but this Halloween is on the horizon, calling us.
Stay spooky, my friends.
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