{"id":15145,"date":"2026-03-10T11:10:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T11:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/balloons-from-heaven-bring-unexpected-blessings\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T05:58:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T05:58:53","slug":"balloons-from-heaven-bring-unexpected-blessings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/angels-and-miracles\/miracles\/balloons-from-heaven-bring-unexpected-blessings\/","title":{"rendered":"Balloons from Heaven Bring Unexpected Blessings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Today\u2019s guest blogger is <\/em>Mysterious Ways<em> assistant editor Daniel Kessel.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A few weeks ago, three children in Moreno Valley, California, released a trio of colorful, helium-filled Mylar balloons into the sky. Attached to each was a handwritten, heartbreaking letter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHi Mom, I miss you,\u201d one letter read. \u201cI hope you come and visit me soon because I have questions to ask, like why you had to leave&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Each of the letters carried a small expression of the children\u2019s grief. Their mother, 42-year-old Renee Finney, had recently lost a two-year battle with cancer. She\u2019d passed away five days before Mother\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n<p>The children, ages 16, 18 and 25, had spent Mother\u2019s Day weekend trying to raise the funds to give their mom a proper funeral. But even with a bake sale and car wash, they raised only a fraction of what they needed. The balloons were just a simple sendoff, but the best they could do to honor their beloved mom.<\/p>\n<p>The next morning, 35 miles away in Murrieta, California, Yvette Melton was leaving for work when she discovered the shriveled balloons on her front lawn. She noticed the letters, untied them from the strings, and started reading.<\/p>\n<p>Yvette\u2019s heart ached at the messages. She Googled the names of the children who had signed the letters, and found Renee Finney\u2019s obituary. <em>I have to get in touch with them, tell them how much these letters moved me<\/em>, Yvette thought. She called the funeral home. That\u2019s when she learned they\u2019d been having trouble affording the funeral expenses.<\/p>\n<p>Not if Yvette had anything to do with it. That day at work, Yvette showed the letters to her boss and coworkers. Everyone felt the same way: They had to help. Within hours, they\u2019d pooled enough money to match the Finney family\u2019s fundraising efforts. That afternoon, Yvette created a donation page on the crowd-funding site <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/LettersToHeaven\">GoFundMe<\/a>. By the next day, enough money had been collected to cover the funeral costs completely, and then some.<\/p>\n<p>The Finneys were astonished that the letters had such an impact. &#8220;I knew my mom probably wasn&#8217;t going to read them or reach her in heaven,\u201d Karries Finney, the eldest daughter, told <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/blogs\/headlines\/2014\/05\/balloons-travel-35-miles-to-bring-strangers-together-for-heart-wrenching-reason\/\">ABC News<\/a>. &#8220;But honestly, now I know my mom was in heaven blowing those balloons right back down and put them on that porch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It isn\u2019t the first time we\u2019ve heard a story like this. Donna Teti of West Chester, Pennsylvania, also released balloons with letters after her twin sister passed away. Like the Finneys, she soon received <a href=\"http:\/\/guideposts.org\/inspiration\/mysterious-ways\/mysterious-ways-heaven-sent\">comfort in the most surprising way<\/a>. And Don Palmer of Jefferson, New York, didn\u2019t release any balloons himself but was deeply affected by one that <a href=\"http:\/\/guideposts.org\/mysterious-ways\/mysterious-ways-happy-balloon-day\">landed on his property at just the right moment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever let go of something you never expected to hear about again, only for it to return unexpected blessings? <a href=\"http:\/\/guideposts.org\/submit-your-mysterious-ways-story-0\">If you\u2019ve got a story of your own, send it to us<\/a>. We\u2019d love to share it with our readers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s guest blogger is Mysterious Ways assistant editor Daniel Kessel. A few weeks ago, three children in Moreno Valley, California, released a trio of colorful, helium-filled Mylar balloons into the sky. 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