Halloween - or Samhaim - as it was originally known, is a Pagan holiday that celebrates the harvest before the long nights of winter. It is said to be the time when the veil between the living and the dead is the thinnest.
For those of us who have lost a loved one, it can be a time of special poignance, and bittersweet. While we celebrate the life in the harvest, we also acknowledge the darkness ahead.
The dying don't always get to see their dreams fulfilled, so this moment when the veil is at it's thinnest is a reminder to us, the living, to live our lives with as much tender beauty as we are able, while we are able. Life is, after all, ephemeral.
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