Woman finds balloon in yard with father's message to son in heaven

Attaches it to a blue balloon

LEESBURG, Fla. – A wistful surprise floated down on a woman's yard Thursday afternoon.

In a Facebook post Susan Holtzclaw said a blue balloon fell out of the sky and into her yard with a note attached to it. The note was from a father wishing his 2-year-old son a happy birthday in Heaven. 

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Holtzclaw said in her post, "I just want to say God Bless you to the Father who sent the blue balloon up. And RIP my little buddy Josiah..."

The note stated:

"Dear my little buddy Josiah, happy birthday from your dad!

I have so much I want to say to you that there is no way this paper is big enough. The way that you fought and the love you were able to show us in the small amount of time you were here will forever inspire me to be a better person.Every thing good that I do in this world is because of the way you touched my heart. I can't imagine the amount of greatness we can achieve together and I love living my (life) from you. I knew you are only 2 years old (and didn't) understand a word I'm saying but one thing (you do) understand is that I LOVE YOU, I love you until I die. And when I am finally with (you) truly be able to show you how much I... (rest of picture cut off)."


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