A Surprise Trip to Paris for My Amazing Daughter

Ava G Start Date: Oct 23, 2023 - End Date: Oct 22, 2024
  • Paris, France

My Travel Story

by: Ava G Start Date: Oct 23, 2023 - End Date: Oct 22, 2024
Hey Everyone,

This campaign is near and very dear to my heart and I hope you all find it interesting and compelling enough to donate to. This campaign is to support my daughter’s dream of going to Paris.

My daughter, who is now 12 years old, (will be 13 years old in March 2024) has been obsessing over French for some time now. We started using Duolingo a few years to study languages together and she has fallen deeply in love with French. That prompted her to develop an interest and passion in all things French. Now she wants to take a leap across the world to visit Paris to see if it as exciting as she imagines it to be.

I would love to make this dream come true for her, but I am desperately lacking in funding. I live in Jamaica and my job doesn’t pay me enough to even save for a trip to Paris. This is something I just cannot afford on my own, but I would love to make happen for my sweet little girl.

Hence the reason I am posting on this site.

My daughter is, dare I say it ..the perfect child. LOL. She is humble, hardworking, conscientious, diligent, loving, respectful, and hardly misbehaves. She is a top performer in academics and always brings home the straight As. She strives for excellence in all she does and always makes her family proud. She was also able to secure scholarships for her outstanding academic performance which have assisted greatly in providing for her high school needs. For all her hardwork, she deserves some respite. She deserves some fun, She deserves an awesome gift. She deserves a wonderful experience and beautiful memory.

Before the pandemic, when I was still employed fulltime, I had made plans to take her to a hotel for a weekend to celebrate her birthday. She was very excited and was really looking forward it. She deserves all the finest things and I just wanted her to feel special, because she is. Right before the plan could be executed, the mandatory stay at home orders came in and we were forced to remain home bound for the next 2 years. And all our plans came crashing down.

Over the last 2 years, we have had to cut back on quite a few niceties as a result of me losing my job. We havent been able to properly celebrate birthdays or even Christmas since the job loss and I think its time for a positive change. She has been quite a trooper about the whole issue and makes herself happy and satisfied with the little I can now provide. I love her to bits and at times I feel so guilty for not being able to provide her with some of the nicer things in life. Whenever I express that to her, the response is always “its ok Mom, things will get better, I trust you”. It makes me happy to know that she is happy, but still makes me cry sometimes, because I feel so limited by my finances. I know she deserves better.

I havent spoken to her about taking a trip to Paris, but I have listened and I paid attention. I also know it would be a really awesome surprise for her to find out that her dream of going to Paris can be reality. I just want to do one really, really nice thing for her. I know this is something she would appreciated and be eternally grateful for. And I know she would love, love, love it!!!

If you assist with this venture you will be get to celebrate this trip with us through pictures and videos that will be email to each and every donor.

Please donate! I want to be able to surprise my daughter with a trip to Paris!! Help me to give this little Princess the best experience ever!

Merci
  • Paris, France