All Hallows Eve 2013

Halloween snuck up on me this year.

Normally in anticipation of this most ghoulish of holidays, I watch a horror movie a night (last year I actually posted a ‘review a day’ based on this tradition) have a “Spook-tacular” Word Count Podcast and enjoy getting dressed up for the season.

This year there are so many things going on, that the fun part of the season just escaped me.

My wife and I have had a tough year. We’ve lost people–family and friends. Health has been an issue as well. There has been a general over-all malaise this year that I just cannot explain. I mean life—the good and the bad—happens to everyone. Why does this year feel so different?

Perhaps I’m focusing on the wrong things.

There are exciting things happening, after all. Been working on a Kickstarter program that will be released shortly to fund an anthology I’m putting together with fellow writer M. J. King (you can like the page on Facebook, follow progress on Twitter or bookmark the website to stalk us).

This weekend, I’m participating in my first 5K ever—at the ripe old age of 48. Although this charity event is in memory of a dear friend whose loss is still felt very deeply, there are nearly 100 of us on the team and we more than doubled our fundraising goal.

My children are good, my father survived losing a kidney and the aftermath of infection and rehab, my wife and I are still very-much in love.

Now all I need to do is stay focused on the positive until the funk has passed.

Perhaps, with this being Halloween, it’s time to take of this mask of depression and move forward.

Have a safe one!

Peace