Turn off the lights!

About a year ago a guy down the street purchased some interesting African statues and placed them on his porch and throughout his house. Those on the porch were strung with holiday lights and have remained lit throughout the year. When walking my dog or driving home I look at them and they make me smile. Driving home today, however, I couldn't help but notice my new neighbors and their house which was lit up like like, well, a Christmas tree. Last week I watched the cute kids in their costumes go door to door asking for candy and in a few weeks I will sit across from my slightly senile grandmother and give thanks for the fact that I don't consider Grace Livingston Hill a great literary figure and that I own no Tupperware with my name written on it. Until that time comes I beg of my neighbors to turn off the lights. Time moves fast enough. I don't need to be reminded of that everytime I pull into my driveway.