š Haunted by Love: Honoring Legacies on Halloween
- Geri Watson
- Oct 31, 2025
- 1 min read

Halloween isnāt just about costumes and candyāitās a season of shadows, stories, and remembrance.
As the veil between worlds thins, we find ourselves drawn to the mysteries of what lingers. Ghosts, ghouls, and things that go bump in the night may dominate the dƩcor, but beneath the surface, Halloween is deeply rooted in honoring the past.
At Orionās Legacy, we believe that even the spookiest season can be a time for healing.
šÆļø Ghosts of Memory
Grief often feels like being hauntedānot by fear, but by love that has nowhere to go. The scent of a favorite candle. The sound of laughter echoing in an empty room. The sudden chill of remembering.
This Halloween, instead of pushing those feelings away, what if we invited them in?
Create a āMemory Altarā with photos, letters, or small tokens that remind you of someone youāve lost. Light a candle. Speak their name. Share a story. Let the haunting become holy.
āļø Legacy Writing Prompt: āIf You Could Visit Me This Halloweenā¦ā
Imagine your loved one could return for just one night. What would you do together? What costume would they wear? What would you say that you never got the chance to?
Write it down. Let it be silly, sweet, or sorrowful. Let it be yours.
š§” A Season of Transformation
Halloween reminds us that transformation is possible. That masks can reveal as much as they hide. That even in darkness, thereās room for light.
So, letās honor the ghosts we carryānot with fear, but with love. Letās write their stories. Share their smiles. And remember that legacy is the most powerful kind of magic.



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