Hello friends, welcome to relatable. It's Thursday. That means that the week is almost over. You

have almost made it and that means that Halloween is next week and then it's November and then it's

Thanksgiving and then it's Christmas and then it's the end of the year and I just can't believe it.

2018 is probably the year that has gone by the fastest for me. I just cannot wrap my mind around

the fact that January was almost a year ago and then I started this podcast at the beginning of

the year or in March basically. I cannot, I cannot wrap my tiny little mind around that. It's

amazing to me but I'm really excited about the holidays. We're actually like I said on Tuesday

and join a fall and I'm excited about Halloween too. I know Christians have mixed reviews about

Halloween. When I was growing up we never decorated for Halloween. My mom wouldn't let us. I think

the scariest thing that she let me put outside was maybe like a card jackaland and maybe

one time she let me put out like a fake spider web but we were only allowed to decorate for fall.

Not Halloween and I was never allowed to be anything scary. One time she let me be a witch but I

had to be like a pretty witch like a cute witch. I couldn't be a scary witch. My husband was raised

the exact same way. I think it's hilarious. Our parents who are so similar growing up which

has been a great thing for us but it's just so funny to look back at some of the stuff that our

parents didn't allow us to do or made us do. I don't know how you guys feel about dressing up for

Halloween. If you think it's just harmless. If you think it's you know the state of your heart or

if you think it's this hedonistic terrible thing that we should avoid at all costs. Either way I think

I understand the position. I still like Halloween. I actually think that it's a good ministry

opportunity maybe. Like last year for example we sat on our porch and I think I dressed up as like

a 70s person or something like that and we met all of these people and all of these families

that we had never met before and we got to talk to them and it was it was really fun. You could even

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