June 5, 2017
"Whoa!" Brittany smiled, running onto the balcony with Bodhi. "We're in Florida baby!" She cooed. Bodhi squealed and held onto his mama. I stood behind her and wrapped my arms around her waist. She closed her eyes when I kissed her cheek. "I can't believe we're here." I smiled softly. "Me neither." She gently pecked my lips.
We were in Orlando, Florida to celebrate our graduation and Bodhi's upcoming 2nd birthday. Even though we graduated last year, we wanted to save more money to make this the best trip ever. Brittany's parents and her sister came along with us.
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"These ears look adorable." She smiled and put a little hat on Bodhi. He whined and tried to take it off. We went to Disneyworld first, we were going to spend the entire day here. Then tomorrow we were going to go to Discovery Cove with just Brit, Alyssa, and I. Then Sunday we were going to go to Universal Studios and go home on Monday. We went on a lot of rides and let Bodhi meet Mickey Mouse, his idol.
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"Ok, this is a surprise for Brit." I said to her sister as we stood by the dolphin pool. "She's going to love it, she loves dolphins." She smiled. Brit came up behind me and wrapped her arms around my neck. "What are we doing?" She asked. As soon as she said that, two dolphins jumped up in the air in front of us. "We're going to play with dolphins?!" She smiled. I nodded, making her squeal and kiss me all over my face. "C'mon Let's go." I smiled as we walked to the pool.
The trainer helped us do cute tricks like making the dolphins spin around and wave. The trainer let us give the dolphins kisses and do rides to the other side of the pool. "Did you have fun?" I asked Brittany. She nodded excitedly. "Brit, look!" Alyssa smiled and pointed to the pool. The dolphins were waving goodbye to us and we waved back.
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"Back to reality." I sighed as we sat on the couch with Bodhi. "I had fun; got a nice tan, got to play with dolphins, and had a great vacation with you and bubba." She squeezed Bodhi's cheek. I smiled and kissed her forehead. "I also got this cute charm from the gift shop." She raised up her bracelet. It was a silver dolphin. "I love it." I smiled and she smiled too.
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Charm Bracelet
Short StoryBrandon Horrell sadly lost his fiancée and son's mother to a car accident. After coming back from her funeral, he finds her charm bracelet that she was given by her parents at 16. Each charm tells a story of her life as he remembers her.
