Halloween: An Ancestor Story
Halloween: An Ancestor Story Once there was this lady, let's called her Ms. Wanda, whose favorite holiday was Halloween. It had been her favorite since childhood, when she dressed up as Wanda the witch. Ms. Wanda grew up in San Francisco. She attended John McLaren Elementary School. In first grade, her school had a Halloween parade. Wanda marched with her classmates around the school yard twirling her skirt and waving at her mom, who was there. Later, Wanda and her classmates had cupcakes as the teacher read them a scary story. After dinner, that same evening, Wanda and her brother went trick-or-treating with their mom and friends in the neighborhood. People ran and hid from Wanda, the Witch. She thought it was so funny. It was her first and last Halloween as a child, but she still loved dressing up in costumes at home and thinking about haunted houses and goblins and brews and spells. It wasn't until Iya or Mama Wanda was a grown person that she realized her affinity with th...
