I used to believe that if I let go of a helium-filled balloon outside, it would reach my daddy in heaven. My sister and I would get those balloons they give kids after eating at Shoneys and come home and write notes to our Dad in sharpie.
A childhood belief about people

others believed things like this
- My sister told me once that if I sucked too much helium out of a balloon, my lungs would explode.Anon
- I used to let go all my balloons so my great grandma would get it in heaven— lissa
- My friend believed that eating bread crusts or eating mustard will give you curly hair.— Linda from Southern California
- I used to believe that eating raw potatoes would give you worms, like dogs get.— A Wild Cowgirl
- I used to believe that eating chicken skin will give me nightmares.— zihui
- I usesd to believe that eating orange peel would give you worms. so used to eat it anyway out of spite.— troy