Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

We spent some time with our daughter, son-in-law and two grandchildren, as well as our son-in-law's parents visiting from the east. There was a supposed block party, but it was unplanned and the hours too long, and it was kind of depressing. Somebody should have organized it. We had a good time anyway, seeing the next block's over-the-top decorations, maybe between twentyfive and fifty. Lots of blood and gore, blow up cats and hearses, and a frankenstein being electrocuted. We keep the little boys away from the gory side as much as possible. The the boys and their dad played games in the street and another boy joined in. We had sandwiches on a card table on the sidewalk. Then my husband and I went home, so the other grandparents could have the trick or treating experience by themselves. Our area has the little parade then candy passed out or left by the door for two hours. We are doing the honor system, because our block has a lot of stairs. I'll leave the candy out and whatever happens happens. Last year I sat on a chair on the garage roof and watched the costumes for a while, but really our hub is not that active. There are certain streets we used to take our children to when they were at home with us, but now, we don't bother. We're happy with the photos sent from our kids. It's their turn now.