I was inspired to look for pictures of Halloween tonight by a blog post from my daughter Rebecca. She is a new mom and took her daughter Maxine to the local Pumpkin Patch for her first Halloween. By sharing her thoughts, it made me remember the trips to get pumpkins with Rebecca and her brother and sister.
The picture above is a result of a trip with my dad and his grandchildren in the fall of 1991 according to the date on the photo. In the photos taken that day, there are many different expressions on their faces while they cleaned the pumpkins out, drew on the faces, and then "helped" Grandpa carve them. The one expression that is displayed in every photo is joy.
You can see the joy of self-expression in their own unique pumpkin face. The joy of spending time with each other and the extra special attention of a loving grandfather. The joy of finding the icky, stringy inside of the pumpkin, and knowing that homemade pumpkin seeds are in the future.
What you can't see is the mother of the children, who is also the daughter of the grandfather. You can't see the love she has for the four of them but rest assured it was and still is there. A happy memory of a time when my children were small and Halloween memories were made by sticking your hand inside the pumpkin.
One day in my life where joy and love spills out of my heart and was captured in a simple photo.
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