I found this Valentine dangling from a deflated balloon, tangled in the branches of a tree outside of my office building. It was an icy day the week before Valentine’s Day.
I found this Valentine dangling from a deflated balloon, tangled in the branches of a tree outside of my office building. It was an icy day the week before Valentine’s Day.
This is one of the saddest things I’ve read in a long time. I feel the writer’s grief as deeply as she does (even though I have never lost a brother). I hope the letter and balloon was able to bring her some peace, if only for that day.