“Billy was a foil balloon that was born in a grocery store. He was a shiny silver balloon with a special message that said I Love You in bright red letters.” Billy the Balloon is a story that will assure, inspire, and give the reader hope that everything will be OK because everything happens for a purpose. It is story about how a farmer named Fred, his special needs grandson, JP, and Sally, a young city girl, are wondrously brought together for a benefit party by a balloon called Billy.