This is a very personal story, written as a huge THANK-YOU to editor of Aerostat Magazine, Ed Lubbock, and owner of hot-air balloon, Serendipity, Phil Hebdon.

Serendipity was our family’s hot-air balloon in the ’70s and ’80s, and my dad was her pilot. I had no idea that she was still flying, until thirty years after the death of my father when I had an experience of hearing his voice while crying for the loss of my marriage. The message was, “Just get up in the balloon”, and before I knew it I was flying in Serendipity and building bridges and new beginnings with my husband.