Chasing the Boogeyman

According to a 2009 study conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, nearly 16 percent of American serial killers were adopted as children

He turned and saw the outline of the killer’s white mask floating closer in the darkness…”

And then it happened.
The most magical day of all arrived.
Not only for the young, but also the young of heart.
Night crept over the town like a silent thief, and it was finally here.
Halloween.

This is what you do when you have a family. You get up when it’s still dark outside and you go to work so the people you love can have a better life. Even when you’re sick or tired and don’t want to.

After all, didn’t killers often return to the scene of the crime, observing the damage they’d caused?

“Innocence, once lost, can never be regained. Darkness, once gazed upon, can never be lost.”

Maybe that’s what grieving is all about: never forgetting what we’ve lost.