PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

BY DAN MILLER
(originally posted November 1, 2005)

When I was a kid, trick or treating was simple.... you just did it.

But, this year, my daughter McKensie introduced a whole new wrinkle.

Since there aren't a lot of sidewalks near our house, McKensie's cousin Mary Morgan took her to other -- "trick or treat safe" -- neighborhoods.... where her effort would produce a bigger payoff per distance walked.

But earlier.... as darkness settled over our little neighborhood, and McKensie waited to join her cousin.... she did something unique.

She practiced.
She walked to the few houses nearby....
She would ring the doorbell and say, "this is a practice trick or treat!"

The neighbors would say something like, "then, do you really want candy?"

McKensie would answer, "Well, OK, if you want to practice handing out candy."

Before her "practice" was over, she actually did pretty well.

I'll practice eating some of it tonight.

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