22 years have gone by since Max, Allison, and I met Binx and the Sanderson sisters in Halloween 1993. After our encounter with the sisters and watching Binx walk through the gate to Heaven with Emily, Max and Allison started dating. Mom and Dad loved Allison and they welcomed her into the family with open arms. Allison's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, did the same thing with Max. Max and Allison graduated from Jack Bailey High School in 1996. They went to Salem State University in 2000 (Allison majored in Early Childhood with a minor in History and Max majored in Criminal Justice and then later went on to complete a certificate in Childhood and Youth Studies. Max proposed to Allison during their graduation party and they married in 2001. After their first year as husband and wife, Max and Allison welcomed their first daughter, Emma, on January 1, 2002. Three years later, they welcomed their second, Lily, on December 24, 2005. They have another on the way and Allison is due by the end of April. I'm one lucky aunt! We also have another child in the family. I have a sister! Mom and Dad adopted Lucy Emilia from England when she was one week old. She was born on April 9, 2003.

And me, I have grown up and graduated from Bates Elementary School, Collins Middle School, and Jack Bailey High School. I also went to Salem State University like Max and Allison, but I studied English with a minor in Early Childhood. I have been working as a children's author at the Salem Publishing Company for about five years and at the Salem Preschool and Daycare Center with Allison for about ten years. Most of the stories I have written were based on the bedtime stories I told Lucy when she was young. Now, I'm currently writing a book based on my Halloween adventure. I met my husband Jack when he was in his first year working as the assistant childcare director and while I was in my second year as the child care specialist and Allison was in her fifth year as the head daycare teacher. Jack and I married on March 17, 2006 and we had our daughter, Chrystal "Chryssie" Emily on September 15, 2008.

Tragedy struck my family after Lily was born and after Lucy joined the family. Mom was killed by a drunk driver while she was returning home from work when Lily was three. Dad died from a heart attack when Lucy was eight and Chryssie was five years old. Everyone took the news really hard especially the girls. Lily, Emma, and Lucy loved Dad very much and he would tell Chryssie stories about Mom before he died. While Max, Allison, and I prepared Dad's funeral, Jack and I became Lucy's legal guardians. We love having Lucy with us and Chryssie loves to spend time with her. The two would play games and read stories together and Lucy was old enough to babysit her whenever Jack and I went out. When I grieve for both my mom and dad, I also think about Binx and Emily.

Halloween is still one of my favorite holidays after my first encounter with the Sanderson sisters. But this Halloween, it was the one the girls and I will never ever forget.