A Love Story ... Daughter, Mother & Mermaid

A Mother's Tail of her Daughters love for a Mermaid ...

My 3 year old daughter loves Bella the Mermaid. In fact she loves Bella the Mermaid so much that I love Bella the Mermaid. Her joy and excitement is SO strong that when I see Bella's alter ego, Josie, out of the water my heart races because looking at her reminds me of the moments where we've seen or talked about Bella. 
My daughter is fortunate enough to have gotten to see Bella 4 times in the last year. Three times on the Undersea Explorer and once at a private pool encounter. And every time has been a magical moment that has created a memory that will last a life time. I try to share the experience with every family member that comes on island and everyone has said the same thing. "Magical."

Bella, Juliette & their friends

The first time we saw Bella was in a magazine when we moved to Turks and Caicos. The picture was so beautiful and Bella looked so ethereal my daughter and I were both immediately drawn to her. I let my husband's visiting family take Juliet on the Undersea Explorers 'Mermaid Adventure'. When they came home the reviews were all the same. "Magical." "Best thing we've done." "Amazing." 

Because I hadn't gone on the trip myself I didn't really believe them and thought they might be exaggerating. The following week my family was on island and we all went on the same trip. This time my daughter required a full mermaid costume complete with pearls to ride the boat. After seeing all the sealife and turtles we saw Bella. "Magical." "Best thing we've done." "Amazing." Seeing my daughters face light up as Bella touched her window and blew her a kiss filled my heart with so much joy and is literally something I will never be able forget (and the time she drew a J on my daughters window who quickly proclaimed "she knows me!" with a flurry of excitement).

Juliette in her Mermaid Dress and Pearls, pictured with her Aunt <3

Josie does such an amazing job of making a personal connection with every individual on the semi-submersible that you can't help but be touched by her love and passion for her job. The following day we had to purchase a conch shell horn (which my 3 year old can blow...amazing) so that we could call Bella by ourselves. And has since been brought with us on our subsequent trips on the mermaid adventure.

Mermaid Bella & Juliette <3

Even with all Captain Jack Swift's "bad jokes" all I know is that this mermaid has affected me so much that to this day when I see Josie teaching yoga or walking around I see her through the eyes of my daughter and to me she will always be filled with magic and fairy dust. I am so grateful to Josie for her mermaid dedication so that Juliet has this magic and fairy dust in her life. We're truly lucky.