Day 44 - Birthday Balloons

Today is Heathers birthday. Although we grew up with our families not celebrating birthdays, we always at least acknowledged our special day to one another. Earlier in the day, I sent a text to her husband with a few loving encouraging words. I can only imagine how hard this day must be on him and the kids. I actually felt myself begin to spiral into a state of melancholy and needed to snap myself out of it which is how I came up with what to do for today’s intention.

Instead of sitting around wallowing in sadness, I wanted to somehow acknowledge/celebrate her special day in a small way. I went to the local market and purchased a couple of balloons. I picked a small card and wrote a little note on it, punched a hole in it and attached it to the balloons using ribbon. I was going to walk to the ocean side park where this blog began, but on my walk home from the market it began to snow just a bit. So, I went home- warmed up for a minute and thought about where I could take these balloons and release them. And then it hit me.

Just down the road there is the most beautiful, quaint little church I have ever seen. It actually is the church that John F. Kennedy and Jackie O got married at. It is so beautiful and I love its pristine, elegant detail with almost a medieval/old world Italian character and charm. I’ve never gone inside but the outside literally is something to just marvel.  So, I walked to the adjoining parking lot, snapped a quick pic and let them go. I watched them as long as my eyes could see and as they spiraled up, high into the air I simply whispered Happy Birthday Heather.