Mom Told Us Halloween Was “Canceled This Year” Because It Was Too Expensive — But When I Accidentally Found Six Plane Tickets to Arizona Hidden in Her Purse, I Realized She’d Been Lying for a Reason That Would Tear Our Family Apart Before the End of the Week
Story: “The Halloween That Disappeared”
When I was twelve, Halloween was the most sacred night of the year in our house.
We didn’t have much — a small two-bedroom rental, hand-me-down costumes, and plastic pumpkin buckets that had seen better days — but my siblings and I lived for that one night.
Mom would help us carve lopsided jack-o’-lanterns, Dad would play spooky music from an old speaker, and we’d go door to door in our little neighborhood until our bags were heavy with candy.
It was our family’s tradition.
But that year — the year everything changed — Mom canceled Halloween….The full story is in the comments!