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THE RED BALLOON

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hearts_sToday is the day!

Today is the day

I put it all behind me.

Today I banish the fears

That once haunted me.

I put them in a shiny red balloon

And watch them float away,

High in the sky, on their way to nowhere.

All of the  things that laid my soul bare,

All are gone with the balloon in the wind.

Rising higher and higher

Until they vanish in the sunlight.

Gone as if they never had been,

And I am left with the love, the knowledge,

The presence, and the power of God.

Thank you, God, for red balloons!

From Looking For You, by Verlie Rider, 2012

I wrote this one a few years ago, and sometimes I still go back to it to remind myself that it is possible to put all of the bad stuff in one place and send it on to a different…

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About The Owl Lady

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Viv Drewa is a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though she studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan, her passion has always been writing. She had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about her grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, she rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as "From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. Viv took creative and journalism courses to help in her transition to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. She worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout or the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints." She also has a business promoting authors. Owl and Pussycat Book Promotions. Viv, her husband Bob and their cat Princess, live in Port Huron, Michigan.

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