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Charlotte91裸聊视频檚 special wish was to visit her favourite theme park in Florida five years ago, when she was three-years-old. The family stayed at Give Kids the World Village, a non-profit resort. Alicia said the whole family packed their bags and left behind their routine of doctor91裸聊视频檚 visits and stress. The week-long trip was their first family holiday away from home.

91裸聊视频淲hen we were in Florida, I didn91裸聊视频檛 see Charlotte as a sick kid,91裸聊视频� Alicia said. During the trip Alicia was constantly overcome with tears of happiness and joy which she hadn91裸聊视频檛 experienced in years. 91裸聊视频淚t was remarkable and unimaginable; I had feelings I haven91裸聊视频檛 felt before of what it was to feel like a normal family.91裸聊视频�

At the resort, Charlotte and her brothers started every morning with waffles and sprinkles and were treated like 91裸聊视频渞oyalty.91裸聊视频� Charlotte also surprised her parents when she rode a therapeutic horse. Her mom joked that Charlotte was always terrified of cats, dogs and butterflies, but she rode the same horse three times and wouldn91裸聊视频檛 get off!

Once home, Charlotte returned to treatment for her chronic lung condition. Even five years later, Charlotte still talks about her wish experience that brought so much light into her life.

91裸聊视频淢agic truly does exist and I91裸聊视频檓 so glad we got to experience it as a family,91裸聊视频� Alicia said.

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