Balloons for Heaven

Last weekend we had a balloon release for Adrian. We usually do it on his actual birthday, but we weren't able to do it with our friends/family due to other reasons, so we postponed until the weekend.

Let me tell you, I have the best family and friends ever. This year was the hardest to cope with since the first birthday. And I've never seen so much love and giving for us. It means the world to me. I wish I had such amazing people around me all the time when we lost our son.

Before the release, I had to go into a store and get a BBQ brush, and I noticed they were selling papers to donate $2 to the Pregnancy and Family Care Centre in Belleville, which we used for our pregnancy with Adrian, and they were able to direct me to a couple support people. They helped my family in many ways before and after him, so it was only natural for me to do the donation. Instead of my name being on the paper, I wrote "In Memory of Adrian, June 2nd - 06". The cashier saw and read it, and paused, teared up and looked at me and said that was very very sweet and that she was sorry. The lines were long, and she was affected by my donation to the centre. It was clear that my story made an impact on her. It is nice to see there are others in the world who are amazing, and I don't even know them!

We then picked up the 30 balloons, and met everyone at the cemetery. It was pouring rain, but that didn't stop anyone from coming out. How I managed to hold my composure this day is beyond me. I have no idea. I had so many emotions I probably couldn't even process.

Fact is fact though, we have amazing friends and family. Friends are family. We walked to our section of the cemetery and let every balloon go, and watched them fly high into the sky, and some into a tree. We then headed to our place for a chillaxed time at our place for a bbq. It sucked it rained, but I'm still glad we had everyone come.

My friends surprised me with a figurine that touched my soul. It's perfect. I look at it everyday and it's just amazing. I received another figurine on Adrian's birthday, saying Birthday Boy and really, I'm just amazed how many this year have strive to keep this little boy precious in our lives.

So, THANK YOU friends and family.