{"id":945,"date":"2013-10-31T12:48:13","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T12:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/index.php\/2013\/10\/31\/halloween2013\/"},"modified":"2013-10-31T12:48:13","modified_gmt":"2013-10-31T12:48:13","slug":"halloween2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/halloween2013\/","title":{"rendered":"All Hallows Eve 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Pumpkin\"Halloween snuck up on me this year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Normally in anticipation of this most ghoulish of holidays, I watch a horror movie a night (last year I actually posted a \u2018review a day\u2019 based on this tradition) have a \u201cSpook-tacular\u201d Word Count Podcast and enjoy getting dressed up for the season.<\/span><\/p>\n

This year there are so many things going on, that the fun part of the season just escaped me.<\/span><\/p>\n

My wife and I have had a tough year. We\u2019ve 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\u2014the good and the bad\u2014happens to everyone. Why does this year feel so different?<\/span><\/p>\n

Perhaps I\u2019m focusing on the wrong things.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are exciting things happening, after all. Been working on a Kickstarter program that will be released shortly to fund an anthology I\u2019m putting together with fellow writer M. J. King (you can like the page on Facebook<\/a>, follow progress on Twitter<\/a> or bookmark the website <\/a>to stalk us).<\/span><\/p>\n

This weekend, I\u2019m participating in my first 5K ever\u2014at 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.<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now all I need to do is stay focused on the positive until the funk has passed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Perhaps, with this being Halloween, it\u2019s time to take of this mask of depression and move forward.<\/span><\/p>\n

Have a safe one!<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Peace<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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