It was one of the ugliest balloons in the whole store.
\nIt was also one of the greatest joys of the entire day.
\nIt landed on the hot stovetop.
\nIt floated up to the very highest point of the ceiling, from which only Dad could reach it.
\nAnd it survived.
\nIn the end\u2014it was an honor for him to fall asleep tied to its string around his wrist.<\/p>\n
You won\u2019t believe it, but even the fate of that balloon is, in Pa\u2019s understanding, already \u201cdecided.\u201d
\nAfter her birthday,
\nshe will write a little note,
\nattach it to the balloon,
\nand release it.
\nSo it will fly to another country or another planet (she hasn\u2019t decided yet).
\nAnd whoever receives the balloon will call her.
\nAnd they will be friends.<\/p>\n
Happily ever after.<\/p>\n
The \u201cafter story\u201d of the tale\u2014yesterday, after the wild birthday party, the balloon came home tied to her hand in exactly the same way.
\nToo pretty to abandon.<\/p>\n
This morning at 7:22 a.m., I gave the balloon\u2019s owner a little poke for a good day, saying goodbye and wishing her a great day at kindergarten\u2014exactly five years ago, at 7:22 a.m., I had poked her for the very first time.<\/p>\n
From early morning, I was hanging onto sentimentality by the arm.<\/p>\n
Ah, those moms\u2026<\/p>\n
V.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-17539","istorija","type-istorija","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/viktorijos.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/istorija\/17539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/viktorijos.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/istorija"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/viktorijos.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/istorija"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/viktorijos.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}