Article: Mothers of invention For moms who have a particular fancy, these extra-special gifts take flights of the imagination and turn them into memorable Mother's Days; For this son, sky's no limit

When Alaida Levya's son told her to take a flying leap last Mother's Day, she wasn't offended. She gave him a thumbs up, took a deep breath, and followed his command. She jumped out of a Cessna at 13,000 feet.

It was Pepe Levya's Mother's Day gift: a sky-diving trip. Alaida, who is 4-feet-11 and weighs 87 pounds, free-fell for a full minute before opening her parachute.

"It felt great, like a bird, like an angel," says Alaida, who lives in Hyde Park. Alaida has a history of heart problems, asthma, and high blood pressure, and her doctors had warned her to stay on firm ground. But she insisted on going up with Pepe, a hairdresser who owns Salon Pepe Levya in Boston. So off they went to ...

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