The Grief Balloon
May 14, 2009 by Anna Farmery
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My friend is a widow who has 3 small children and I often write about how much I learn from them…yesterday yet again they showed me a wonderful way of coping with grief.
When I went around the eldest boy was blowing up balloons, after blowing up about 6 in a row he then painstakingly tied ribbon to them….he then gathered them up and asked us to go into the garden. He smiled as he let each one fly away in the wind.
I asked him what the balloons were for and he said “His mum had given him a pack of …read more
