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CANDY MONSTER

And avoiding the lure of immediate gratification...

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Stephanie Mason-Teague
Oct 25, 2025
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It’s time.

Time to admit that we will never again wear the raggedy white T-shirt with fake blood artfully splattered down the front, or the extra-long braided black wig with an attached beaded headband. I remember the year my husband dressed as a werewolf and the year I dressed as Pocahontas. I don’t think we wore those costumes in the same year … that w…

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