[sylvie]

my daughter & i decided this evening that we're going to get a pumpkin and carve it.. i am off Halloween night, and so we'll hand out goodies to the trick o' treaters this year, which feels exciting to me. i am usually working Halloween nights so that co-workers with young children can have it off to take their children out..

So sitting on the front step, with Halloween goodies, our mittens and hoodies on, decorations up, jack o' lantern lit & admiring the creative, cute costumes and.....well, time with my 16 year old daughter who has been making some not so good choices in her life. i worry about her, a lot.. And her wanting to do this with me, excites me.. This is the very reason i don't give up on her, she knows everything right now, and is stubborn, tests my patience and i'm certain is trying to turn me grey - but she wants to spend time with her momma..

That's gold right there ♥