Halloween past and present

When we just moved to Miami, must be 14 or 15

In my Jewish community, believe it or not Halloween does not exist.  We have our own dress up holiday, and like most of our holidays it commemorates a time in our history, and traditional food and song follow. 

I used to love Halloween mostly because of the dress up factor, the dark and gory stuff was not really my style, I liked the sexy and creative costumes.  During my single years Halloween was a night when everyone would step outside of themselves, and how a glimpse into who they really are or wanted to be.  Most of my friends at the time were very creative, ran fun night clubs, and loved to be the life of the party.






I did like the dark beauty of it all, I felt like my exotic looks fit in, and I felt beautiful.  Luckily growing up, I was mostly in diverse areas, so I never really stood out, but I never really fit in with any specific crowd.  I had friends from all walks of life, but was mostly drawn to the tall, dark, and handsome, like my husband :)

I just got home from my last Yoga class that was across town, and the crazy thing is I did not run across even one trick or treater.  Maybe in Los Angeles it is certain areas that everyone goes to, like the west hollywood parade, which is probably the wildest party in town.  On Facebook people are posting their Halloween adventures, and its fun to see mom's who are doing it with their kids for the first time, as opposed to how they partied before having kids.

I guess it is just a metaphor for life, we are always growing, changing, evolving.  I used to look forward to Halloween, and now I am happy to be home.  I actually do not miss the single years one bit, yes marriage and kids are a beautiful challenge, but I wouldn't change it for anything.  I feel like I did it all full on, and that is how I have been all my life.  Jumping into the next adventure, and the funny thing is that people from the different adventures of my life only knew the character that I was at that time.

I love being a mom.
I love being a strong woman in her 40's.
I feel blessed to have found my other half.
Thank God I met my Yoga teacher, Raghavan, everything else has bloomed from that point.
I am so excited to continue my journey of empowering women in pregnancy, birth, and all parents to be their best, feel their best, look their best, strive to be the best, so the kids see that is how to deal with life.

LET'S DEAL WITH LIFE HEAD ON!
FACE IT!

I am excited to start reading again, more details on that tomorrow, I keep discovering new things.

Be open to keep discovering yourself,
Magic Happens,
Coach Yulia