10 Balloons

Some plans don't always go how you want them to go and last night our 10 month balloon release kind of felt like that. I loaded Tyler for our afternoon errands yesterday and our final stop was the Card and Party Outlet to pick up our 10 blue balloons for Landry. When we arrived home I got Tyler out of the car and then I got the balloons out, and just as I was was walking to the door I hear a loud POP followed by another loud POP! I was so mad and close to tears because our 10 balloons turned in to 8 balloons. I thought about driving back and getting 2 more balloons but Ryan was going to be home soon and we had some where to be at 6, so I decided that at least we still had some balloons and really that is all that matters.
As soon as Ryan made it home we made our way to Landry's Grave Site to release our balloons to Heaven. Well, the wind was blowing really hard just as Ty released our balloons and they flew away only to get stuck in a tree. Luckily, Ryan was able to grab them down so we could try one more time to send balloons to Landry. Tyler was all ready for his second chance..... well they got stuck, too! This time the balloons were too high and there was no way for us to reach them. As you will see in one of the pictures Ryan did try and lift Tyler up but it did not work. Ty just kept saying Oh, no! Landry's balloons never made it to Heaven yesterday, but they are in tree close by.....
This Morning on our way to school (we drive by the Grave Site) Tyler said "Landry's balloons are stuck in a tree." Landry's 10 months balloons are stuck in a tree and maybe they will stay there for a while so we can always remember our balloons that were meant for Heaven but instead they stayed close to Landry's Grave Site.

We changed out the flowers in Landry's vase and went with something bright for this Summer. The only thing that has been disappointing this Spring is the Rose Bush we planted will not bloom. It has leaves but it shows no sign of blooming. Part of me is ready to dig it up and try again.

Sure we had two balloons pop and then when we did release the balloons they got stuck in a tree, twice, The important thing to remember is that we did try and send balloons to Heaven, and just because Landry did not get these balloons he knows that we still love him always and forever.

After we left the Cemetery we headed to have a wonderful meal with friends we have not seen in a very long time. It was a wonderful and meaningful way to end our bittersweet day.