If you are a single parent in this day and time and a part of the modern-day church, welcome to growth and development at a rate and speed you never expected. At Least Ten Years of Trick or Treat will take you to places that you never thought you would go as a parent. It will also force you to grow closer to your creator because it requires a strength and courage that is not available through man. It will help you live with unbearable pain that teaches you the true love of the father through the shed blood of Jesus Christ. Trick or treat, like all holidays, comes once a year. It brings the skeletons out of the closets, the ghosts from the dark, the distorted views of the things we see, and yes, exposure to the unknown. All of which exposes us to temporary fear as we learn that things are not what we thought they were, yet if we continue to move forward in good faith, daylight comes again, and the horrible creatures are not as bad as they were before. On October 31, 1985, I walked with my three children to a school celebration in Seattle, Washington. When we walked into the auditorium, one of the teachers said, “You are such a happy mother to have a daughter with such a long face.” I thought, Oh my god! No! Do not let it be repeated in the next generation. Internally, I realized the forces of evil were visiting again. I simply did not want to deal with this truth anymore. I knew that with this truth, I would have to move on as a single parent. I said, “What is wrong with you, honey? Why are you crying all the time?” We looked at pictures when she was happy and full of laughter. She responded, “Oh, I used to be happy until—”