Ray loved Halloween since he was a kid. When our nieces and nephew were old enough, he would take the day off to trick or treat with them in the neighborhood. We would decorate the house and he would buy something new to display on our trail of terror. He bought a spooky cd and would blast it through the neighborhood, calling the children to our house.

One year, our niece got frightened by someone dressed as Jason with a chain saw. She didn’t like Halloween after that house. The next year, Ray purchases an animated spider and brings over our niece to see him. He explained that Halloween is not scary and it’s make believe, just like the spider. She took one look at him and named him Spot. The name stuck! Spot would come out every year as part of our decorations.

After Ray passed away, I didn’t know what to do for Halloween and my niece asked “Where’s Spot?” She got him out of the attic and lovingly made some repairs. She is now 18 and has a job as an actor at a haunted attraction. She does the makeup and the costumes and she loves it. I like to think that her love of this holiday is because of him. This year, Halloween was amazing. Our trail of terror was a hit but we had an issue with our cd. The player has a continuous button so the cd will repeat but for some reason, it wasn’t working. I guess Ray is celebrating Halloween on the other side but he chose trick!