THE BOOGIE MAN
EVERY HOLLOWEEN NIGHT WHEN WE WERE CHILDREN MY MOM WOULD CUDDLE WITH US AFTER WE WENT TRICK OR TREATING, AND SHE WOULD TELL US SCARY STORIES, SHE'D SPEND A GOOD DEAL TEASING ME BECAUSE THIS IS ALSO MY BIRTHDAY. AFTER HOURS OF SCARING US WITH HER STORIES SHE WOULD BEGAN TO GET FRIGHTEN ALSO. WHEN MY DAD WOULD GET HOME HE WOULD FIND HER SOUND ASLEEP WITH US IN OUR ROOM. SHE'D GET SO SCARED SHE WOULDN'T WANT TO GO AND SLEEP ALONE IN HER ROOM! MY DAD WOULD ASK HER "LETTY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" SHE WOULD REPLY IN SUCH A CHILDLIKE VOICE, " I WAS AFRAID OF THE BOOGIE MAN!" WE WOULD TEASE HER EVERY HOLLOWEEN NIGHT NOW THAT WE ARE GROWN UP. I LOVE YOU MOM AND MY LIFE, AND THE LIFES OF EVERYONE YOU TOUCHED WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. YOU LEFT SUCH A VOID IN OUR HEARTS, YOU WILL BE MISSED IMMENSLY BUT NEVER EVER FORGOTTEN... I LOVE YOU SO MUCH MOM. YOUR SON MARCUS <3