SPECIAL DELIVERY

My phone chimed that someone was at our side door.

“Are you expecting someone?” I called to my son Alex as I picked up my phone to see who was captured on our Ring doorbell.

“No.” He called back.

When I looked at the camera no one was on the side porch. “That’s weird.” I said thinking that they’d moved to the front of the house. I was ready to switch cameras when something caught my eye.

“Never mind. It’s a Mylar balloon!” I said with a laugh as I watched it float over our fence into our backyard.

Alex came out of his room. “Really?” He went to the back door.

When I got out to the deck, Alex was already going down the stairs. “It’s over by the air conditioner.” He called to me.

I looked over the railing and watched as it slowly came towards me.

“Catch it!” Alex said as he turned around to come back up the stairs.

The star shaped balloon floated over the railing, the ribbon attached to it going right by my face.

“Got it!” I cried as I held the ribbon and looked at the silver balloon with Happy Birthday printed on it.

I held it out to Alex. “This is so sweet. How did the universe know?” I laughed again.

It was going to be my birthday in just a few days.

We went back in the house when my husband Steven came into the room. “Was someone at the side door?” He asked.

I held out the balloon. “This was.”

Steven looked confused. “Did someone delivery that?”

I couldn’t help but smile. “I’m going to chalk it up to serendipity!” I walked over to my chair at the dining room table and tied the balloon to the back of it. Stepping back to admire it I clapped my hands together and looked at Steven. “It’s perfect! My birthday week is starting off great!”

“Birthday week?” Steven laughed.

“Hey, it could have been any kind of balloon.” I looked over at Alex raising my eyebrows. “But it was this!” I pointed to the balloon that was swaying back and forth from the air blowing on it from the vents. “You’ve got to admit this is pretty awesome.”

“Okay.” Steven nodded. “But you do realize it’s some kids birthday balloon that got away from them? Right?”

“Nope.” I shook my head. “It’s a birthday present to me from the universe!”

Alex shrugged his shoulders. “You’ve got to admit it is pretty weird that it showed up in our yard just days before her birthday.”

I smiled at at Alex. “Thank you!” I looked back at Steven and nodded my head. “See? He understands serendipity!”

“Okay. You win!” Steven laughed as he came over and gave me a kiss on the cheek. “It’s your first birthday present.”

“Exactly!”

As Steven headed out of the room he called over his shoulder. “It also makes it one less thing I’ll need to get you for your birthday!”