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EPISODE · Dec 7, 2025 · 7 MIN

The Balloon We Will Never Get Back

from The UnSeen Truth ( Formerly the Blank Check)

Send us Fan Mail🎈 My son let go of his red balloon by accident. It flew away, and he cried—because he wanted THAT one. Not another balloon. That one.I knew exactly how he felt.Because I lost something too. Someone I was not ready to let go of.  I jumped to catch... but it they were already out of reach.In 1986, Cleveland released 1.5 million balloons to prove they still mattered.The sky filled with color. Hope rose.Then a storm hit. The balloons crashed down. Streets jammed. Two men drowned in Lake Erie—lost in a sea of balloons that were supposed to bring joy.What was meant to lift them... buried them.💔 This episode is about:The things that slip through our fingersThe desperate ways we try to fill the voidWhat happened when I lost someone I lovedWhy balloons are meant to flyAnd the one thing that won't drift away when everything else does⚠️ This one hits different.If you're holding something broken tonight... if you've been reaching for something already gone... if you've ever watched something you love float away and wondered if you'll survive it—This episode is for you.🎧 Listen with headphones. Give yourself 20 minutes. And hold on to what matters.Because balloons are meant to fly.But you? You're meant to stand.This is The Unseen Truth.The red balloon is gone. And it's never coming back.But you're still here.And that means God's not finished with you yet. 🙏Support the show

Send us Fan Mail 🎈 My son let go of his red balloon by accident. It flew away, and he cried—because he wanted THAT one. Not another balloon. That one. I knew exactly how he felt. Because I lost something too. Someone I was not ready to let go of. I jumped to catch... but it they were already out of reach. In 1986, Cleveland released 1.5 million balloons to prove they still mattered. The sky filled with color. Hope rose. Then a storm hit. The balloons crashed down. Streets jammed. Two me...

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Send us Fan Mail🎈 My son let go of his red balloon by accident. It flew away, and he cried—because he wanted THAT one. Not another balloon. That one.I knew exactly how he felt.Because I lost something too. Someone I was not ready to let go of.  I...

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