I woke up to the realization that the Halloween that we once knew is gone. The oldest is in college, Number 2 is going to a party, Number 3 is not going trick-or-treating, and we are writing a note so the bus can drop Number 4 off at a friend’s house. No trick-or-treating, no hay rides, no walking the neighborhood. In a blink, the life we once knew with the kids is over. We have been trick-or-treating for 19 years. We even tried to force pumpkin carving last night and only got half finished.
On a slightly more positive note, you should see some site improvement because I deleted my sidebar widget that loaded headlines. I worked several days on that project…never mind.
As a reminder, A couple of weeks ago, while sending 2 and 3 out the door, Number 2 asked why I haven’t been writing notes to put in their lunches this year. Last year, on the days I’m not traveling for work, I got up early, made the kids their lunches, and put a note in each one’s lunch box. Their mom started it. She would write something sweet…mom-type stuff. That is not really my thing, so I would look for cool quotes that seemed to fit the day or something they were going through. For 2, 3, and 4, it’s a note on a napkin. For Number 1, it’s a text.
Quotes:
1. “Don’t wait until the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.” – William Butler Yeats
2. “No man is free who is not a master of himself.” – Epictetus
3. “The more you know, the more you realize you know nothing.” – Aristotle
4. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
Bonus quote for the wife and me. “In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln
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— Wisdom (@Wisdom_HQ) October 28, 2025
— Wisdom (@Wisdom_HQ) October 28, 2025
— Wisdom (@Wisdom_HQ) October 28, 2025