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It wasn’t escaping from a birthday party.
It simply drifted through the air until it settled gently among my rose bushes outside Spokane, Washington.
Curious, I walked over to pick it up before the thorns could pop it.
As I untied the ribbon, I noticed a small handwritten card attached to it.
It read:
* »If this balloon found you, I hope something wonderful happens today. »*
I looked up and down the street, expecting to see children chasing after it.
There was no one.
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