halloween

If you know an Angel you may also plan every moment of your life around tactile sensitivity.  Some Angels need lots of input like heavy pressure, running, and jumping to feel their body.  Some Angels need less input because any little touch, smell, or sound may set them off because it hurts.

My Angel bounces back and forth between the two and we never know what each day will be like.

Halloween is a particularly scary time to the sensitive Angel.  There are scratchy costumes, smelly goodies, loud neighbor kids,  strangers coming to the door, and all kind of "not normal" goings on.

The one bright spot was the pumpkin.  K did not like the feel of the pumpkin guts and had to take a bath after touching them.  She was very happy to stand by and supervise the carving.

Jim carves a pumpkin like a man.... with power tools!

He did pretty good I think.  I love how our little pumpkin has a scar that looks like a mustache.

Here is the end product!  spooky!

K loved it so much we had to spend the rest of the night with the lights off.  (that significantly cut down on the tick or treaters)