It’s no surprise to me how many people we’ve met that tell us that Halloween is their favorite holiday, and/or the favorite of a person they love with Down syndrome.
There’s a lot of theatrics to Halloween. You can be whatever you want and people are like…cool!
In my experience, Halloween is the most generous of holidays.
I admit that when Marcus was a child, the future scared me. A whole lot. In fact, I used to cry on his birthday more out of fear than joy. Seems silly now, it’s just – look at that kid! He was so full of life and I had the devil whispering on my shoulder…
Finally, I woke up and noticed the futility of all those years of asking, “What are you going to do when he grows up?”
The letter was a state level winner of the Letters About Literature contest sponsored by the Library of Congress. It was written to author Beth Vrabel about her book, Pack of Dorks
Halloween may never be the same again.
Have you told your friends?
You can get your own copy of the book and animated short HERE, and request an autographed copy, too!
Amazon carries the book only: Black Day: The Monster Rock Band
and ASK YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE. (Ours does! And a few other book and music stores around the country do, too!
