WE were honoured and blessed to be invited to a fellow BB member's memorial for her baby boy in April.

It was just a backyard BBQ and it felt like a kids party....comfortable, happy and inviting. Yes, I wont lie there was some crying and emotion but we were there to celebrate his birth rather then morn him.

Lots of girls chipped him and we bought balloon's with a little note attatched to the bottom and 5 sunflower seeds for the person who found the balloon to plant. The balloons were different shades of blue and white and come one what birthday party isnt complete with balloon's

Mum and Dad had a special one...a red one just for them. EVERYONE at the party released their balloons at the same time....it was such an enlightening thing, all of us standing there watching these balloon's floating away...spreading his joy over the world.

As much as his mum would have been crying inside and out, she held a smile on her face and I hope that by allowing us to celebrate his birth with her it helped give her the comfort and love that she needed then.

ETA and she had a reply from one of the finders of the balloon's which made the day even more magical.