That was part of the propellant that got her associated with our organization. Her son Larry Carleton is our secretary.

Pat came on our board of directors in October of 2002, when we were just a year old. She lent a steadying hand to that board. She was a strong personality and a dedicated person.

She's just the master chef in the kitchen. When she was measuring out the milk for nine children, she made sure each glass had an equal amount. Otherwise, the kids would get on her about it.

He would have been 50 this year.

Being a good psychoanalyst, in short, has the same disadvantage as being a good parent: The children desert one as they grow up.

For about 30 years, Halloween was taken over by pranksters. By the '30s, pranks were causing cities millions of dollars of damage. They considered banning Halloween in many cities, but instead, parents got together and came up with party ideas for kids, and a lot of them involved dressing up and costuming.