Home on Halloween

There’s nothing this mom wouldn’t do for treats for her kids.

Martha Tolles

It was Halloween, but our children had bad coughs. “We’ll miss all the treats!” our son, Steve, complained. I looked at his disappointed face as he sprawled on the couch in his skeleton costume, his mask cast aside. His sister, Cindy, was too young to understand what was happening. It was going to be Cindy’s first time out for trick-or-treating. Her grandma had sent her a princess outfit, but when I tried to put it on her, to my surprise, she screamed. Then I realized the costume was the same orange color as the hot packs they had applied to her legs when she was in the hospital. The treatment was to help prevent paralysis. It had been heartbreaking when our little girl came down with polio, but luckily, it…

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Good Old Days (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2023

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