balloons.... hmmm
I am so full of analogies or comparisons lately. I see things as what they are and then something turns on inside and I the unassuming balloon becomes... something else.
Jack loves balloons I have posted pics of him throughout his three years of him and numerous holidays and coinciding balloons. Nothing was different for this his third birthday. He had an awesome balloon that said Happy Birthday and had an abundance of zoo animals all over it. He loved it. It had the mandatory weight at the bottom so the possibility of floating away was beyond my scope..LOL
He had it in his room, every room of the house and finally yesterday out on the back deck. The weight was doing its job and no matter how far or hard he threw it, it would land with a thud. It would float and bob but still remained at its premeasured and standard five feet. As I was in and out of the house it would take note of its location and go on my way. It was at times in his hand around his feet or just, "lurking".
At about 4 pm I step back out onto the deck and just see the shimmer of mylar passing on by the neighbors tree and house. Jack is looking up and saying bahoon, bbaallhooon. Pointing, looking and then he said bye bye...We watched it go.
Nothing we could do
Just watch it go and think..
What did I do wrong, how did it get away?
Why wasnt I watching closer.?
Where is it going?
It was just right here in my hands and now it is way up there just a little spot in the sky and no matter how hard you look it is just.. gone.
I hope it lands somewhere nice because Jack really loved it and it really was nice.
We watched it turn and dip on the wind, ANdy saw it kinda stall in the area of the river then it just went .... up.
I am silly huh. I looked at it and said, bye.
I had all my strength not to cry.
Jack loves balloons I have posted pics of him throughout his three years of him and numerous holidays and coinciding balloons. Nothing was different for this his third birthday. He had an awesome balloon that said Happy Birthday and had an abundance of zoo animals all over it. He loved it. It had the mandatory weight at the bottom so the possibility of floating away was beyond my scope..LOL
He had it in his room, every room of the house and finally yesterday out on the back deck. The weight was doing its job and no matter how far or hard he threw it, it would land with a thud. It would float and bob but still remained at its premeasured and standard five feet. As I was in and out of the house it would take note of its location and go on my way. It was at times in his hand around his feet or just, "lurking".
At about 4 pm I step back out onto the deck and just see the shimmer of mylar passing on by the neighbors tree and house. Jack is looking up and saying bahoon, bbaallhooon. Pointing, looking and then he said bye bye...We watched it go.
Nothing we could do
Just watch it go and think..
What did I do wrong, how did it get away?
Why wasnt I watching closer.?
Where is it going?
It was just right here in my hands and now it is way up there just a little spot in the sky and no matter how hard you look it is just.. gone.
I hope it lands somewhere nice because Jack really loved it and it really was nice.
We watched it turn and dip on the wind, ANdy saw it kinda stall in the area of the river then it just went .... up.
I am silly huh. I looked at it and said, bye.
I had all my strength not to cry.
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