Most people probably remember the last time that they dressed up for Halloween when they were a kid. For me, I was over 30. After I moved back to Syracuse in 2011, I was hanging out with my mom on Halloween evening and we decided to just get dressed up in case we had any trick-or-treaters. My mom simply put on a witches hat or something like that but for me, she had bigger ideas. After looking through some of the items in our basement, we came up with this idea together. I was to be the cat that played the violin.
My mom loved the costume so much, she asked me is we could go to her friend Mary's house who lived just about a block away. When we got there, I rang the doorbell, and her husband Dominick, this big Italian guy answered and yelled to his wife, "Mary! You gotta see this, there's a cat out here playing the violin!" We all laughed so much together and I'll never forget that look on Dominick's face as he turned into a little kid right in front of us. That was the thing about my mom, whenever something made her smile, she always wanted to share it with others and I'm so glad I got to see it firsthand for so many years.
My mom loved the costume so much, she asked me is we could go to her friend Mary's house who lived just about a block away. When we got there, I rang the doorbell, and her husband Dominick, this big Italian guy answered and yelled to his wife, "Mary! You gotta see this, there's a cat out here playing the violin!" We all laughed so much together and I'll never forget that look on Dominick's face as he turned into a little kid right in front of us. That was the thing about my mom, whenever something made her smile, she always wanted to share it with others and I'm so glad I got to see it firsthand for so many years.
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