I’ve had these pictures in my camera since last November. Mom had asked everyone to think of Babe on her birthday and at noon – where you happened to be – if you could, release a red baloon and say a prayer for her.
I forgot all about it. My buddy Addis in Philadelphia emailed me the morning of November 13 to remind me to release my baloon.Â
Oh No. I felt SO bad. I’d forgotten the whole thing. 
I went back to work and after a few minutes I thought “Hey, its only 11:10. I can still do this.” I got on the phone and found a florist a few miles from here. “Do you have red helium balloons?” Of course they did. “I need five. I’ll be right over.” I left work without even telling anyone and drove to the florist. The wonderful woman was there with five red balloons already filled.
I got them and was watching the clock. I was afraid I was going to have to pull over on I-240 exactly at noon and release them. I pulled into work again at 11:58. Got out of the car, said something to my sister and let ’em fly.
Oh. I wasn’t sure if maybe my mom and dad may have forgotten too and my niece and nephew. Thats why I got five. One for each of us. When they went up one stayed alone (me), two stayed together (mom & dad) and the other two stayed together (DJ & Reanna). Pretty cool.
Later I found out my mom had bought five balloons too for the same reason. LOL. I don’t know if my niece & nephew even thought of it or not.
My dad had my mom get him a blue balloon because he wanted my sister to know which one was from him. 
Happy Birthday Babe!
