Mermaid | FULL MOVIE | 2000 | Drama | Samantha Mathis, Ellen Burstyn | Inspiring Story

foreign [Music] foreign [Music] once upon a time there was a mermaid and she liked to play with real people on top of the water but daddy said that she was very naughty and so he went away [Music] relaxed you have been very Nazi mermaid and now you must be punished the mermaid was very sorry Connie's never to be naughty again and she swam away forever looking for her daddy [Music] hi Mommy and honey we have to get ready [Music] foreign [Music] Pizza yes will you go ahead and eat I'll clean this up can dead eagle play interpret first mommy crying I'm just tired honey go on eat your pizza before it gets cold what happened oh she just dropped her milk is she any better just a phase the doctor said just a way of putting herself outside of her pain choke her out of it and stop talking that way we're months is a pretty long phase referring to herself in the third person as though she's somebody else she's doing the best she can Mom I know honey I'm just concerned for her tell my mom [Music] [Music] is that all of it everything with this little girl in her violin honey you better hurry up to the barn if you want to say the right attacks because he doesn't want to say goodbye oh honey Mr Henderson will take good care of him now come on let's go huh mommy take it darling I'm just gonna lock up you know let's serve the bank right if we burn this place down ah you're better off out from underneath it we built this place mom [Music] I believe I'm moving back to Yuba [Music] please today's where Disney study works I know can daddy go see him no it does your daddy isn't there dizzy does he wants to see Daddy [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] foreign I didn't mean it like that you were smaller besides it's only temporary oh where do you want this um put it in our room in the corner our room Quaid smaller I don't know if I can do this alone doing it alone you've got your family here we're not gonna let anything happen to you I don't know what to tell her mom gotta tell her the truth she wants to see him what am I supposed to say that he's never gonna come back you can't hide that from her honey I'm not trying to hide it from her but I want to do this in a way that won't hurt her too much but she can try and accept it it's never going to be able to accept it until you do sweetheart it ain't easy to accept foreign [Music] what's his name again Steve stats don't you remember him from high school he works for Quaid now he opted to help us unload today oh yeah he looked familiar it's been so long Quaid likes him a lot says he's a real hard worker get up [Music] Desiree I asked you to put your clothes on Jesse doesn't want to you know you have school today and we're late already because he doesn't like School says he doesn't want to go well I'm sorry but sometimes we have to do things we don't like to do no we've talked about this and we're gonna get back on a schedule Daisy Papa Quaid told me that when you get home from school he'll take you for a ride in this big tractor dizzy doesn't look like tractors who's her Pony does that young lady five more minutes no two more minutes no Dez ten more minutes just right I'll get her ready first stay in the new place come on honey the eggs are almost done thanks Mom I'm sorry if we're imposing on your life here uh I hadn't even thought of that I need a little time to get on our feet you know think things through [Music] well we'll try not to be a bother look there's only one thing that bothers me that I can think of at the moment what's that people yapping at me during my morning paper [Applause] it's temporary eggs [Music] all right sweetheart come on now Desi Des come on I love school we'll go see teacher Karen because he doesn't know teacher Karen well she sounded very nice on the phone hi Karen hi Rhonda Gill oh hi nice to meet you nice to meet you this is Desi hi Desi it's nice to have you at our school Des why don't you go on and play I'm gonna talk to Karen dizzy doesn't want to play well go on anyway take your backpack he's having trouble adjusting yeah you were saying on the phone I just feel like I need to get her into a routine well everyone needs to have structure I should go oh there's a parent student group coming up um gives the old folks a chance to compare notes I don't have anything to compare believe me well we'd still enjoy your company [Music] it's okay Desi come here oh mommy is gonna be back at 12 okay foreign [Music] thank you [Music] what happened too many changes [Music] what's happening Daddy what do you think's happening very big trouble [Music] no no no no no no ugly yeah Daddy was very tricky huh hi Daddy Lincoln City Daddy [Music] come over here honey that's Dizzy's daddy that's right sweetheart where is he you remember what I told you he's in heaven that's right honey where's heaven long way way what did Daddy's do in heaven is that where they work maybe honey I don't know he doesn't go see him no it's not that easy Dez people can't just go there why not well it's not on the Earth where we live there what do you think angel came and took him that's right honey why is this picture here this is a very special place when we want to think about your daddy we come here it's kind of like his mailbox to heaven you understand daddy's not coming back once people go to heaven they have to stay there but even though he went away we can always come here to talk to him goodbye foreign [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] but they're going to come and take you to who the angels are they going to take you to be with daddy oh honey I'm not going anywhere not without you not ever promise okay that's your heart Cross My Heart oh sweetie mermaid huh you go sh great sorry what a day say Rhonda the lasers on the duster are going to be down all next week you know and I got a seed Rocky's whole spread in one day I was thinking that as long as you're around anyway why don't you come out do some flagging for us pull it out to her girl you can bring Dez fresh air do you good besides I'm paying I'm not a charity case Quaid yeah you gotta pay somebody besides you will earn it I haven't flagged since I was 14. like falling off a log do us good to get out of the house besides you can teach the little one the tricks of the trade yeah Desi Desi are you all right does it go right open the door Jazz no yes Desiree right now I want you to open this door is there a key for this wait could you come down here right away please what are you doing honey he's busy please open the door now go away daddy mommy go away Desiree Guild you open this door right away or you're going to be in very big trouble foreign [Music] [Music] well what are we gonna do with her daddy wants to cut her own here you already did that young lady short is the only answer I can think of now why did she do it anyway I'm not sure doesn't wants another chance Desiree I don't understand why are you being so naughty she wanted cut well that's fine but you have to ask Mommy or Grandma yeah you know scissors are very dangerous foreign yeah it's a change all right but we'll get used to it I've had enough changes anything else check please I'll take that you don't have to do that Mom it's my pleasure yeah changes that's what it's all about you know I just want things to be predictable well I hate to be the one to break it to you honey but life just isn't predictable and if it was it would be damn boring you never know what's coming around the next corner you can stay in bed all day long and still get struck by lightning so I figured you might as well get on out there and start living again you know Mom I can't deal with what's going to happen five minutes from now I'm just taking it as it comes so stop pushing I didn't mean to push her I was just trying to help isn't something you can just fix I know I I wish I could look I know you have to grieve I I just hope that you remember that eventually it really will be all right everything isn't gonna be all right mother I'm 25 years old I have a daughter and no husband no job I lost my house everything I'm living back home with my mother maybe that's all right for you but I was abandoned what I'm suggesting to you is that if you could stop focusing on what you don't have you might find the grace to be thankful for what you do have like what well like a family who loves her for one thing an adorable little girl the good sense that God gave you you weren't abandoned abandon is when your husband walks out on you with your two little girls even though he lives not more than 300 miles away actually never even had a family that's abandoned mom I'm real sorry you lost can I and I know you're gonna miss him for a long long time that you know in your heart that he never stop loving you you'll remember that I wish I had that instead of spending the rest of my life wondering what I could have done differently to make your daddy want to stay [Music] how's that ice cream [Music] [Music] okay honey you give the man this hello the house hello the ice cream man well hello sweetheart I just happen to have one that's got your name on it does he says thank you well you're very welcome [Music] where did you come from oh from a place Daddy [Music] what do you think [Music] just might have do you know you know you went can't say that I do now don't forget the county fair bye bye [Music] madder does the ice cream man doesn't know where Disney studies either no honey he couldn't know Desi's a very bad girl oh sweetheart is that why her Daddy went away what because she was a naughty girl honey come here listen to me daddy didn't go away because you're a bad girl you're not a bad girl sometimes you do naughty things everybody does but that's not why Daddy went away then why why did he go with the angels I don't know honey it was just his time because he wants to see Daddy does he wants to talk to him does he wants to say goodbye I know honey I do too what's this picture you drew can you tell Grandma what you got there that's dead in the clouds he cries when he misses us and that's when it rains does he know it's all right to cry if you're sad because he doesn't want to cry Daddy doesn't want to be sad well yes I understand but I'm saying if you are sad it's all right to cry star didn't really have a mailbox to heaven what do you mean honey in a place by the white bags oh the cemetery well that's a place where we remember Daddy where the mailman comes from the clouds in a way maybe a mailman comes for thoughts and memories and good wishes does he wants to send Daddy a letter to heaven well honey it's not that easy well if Desi wants to write daddy a letter we can do that honey and she wants to send him this we'll talk about it okay I just like to think about things a little before we go launching into them okay [Music] foreign we're showing the plane where to drop its seed like she's showing him how to get home well yes something like that then he wants to hold the flag too all right we have to move over one row come over there okay face this way all right there you go foreign [Music] [Applause] it does you got there mermaid see that what's that big orange thing in your head she shows the airplanes where to go well I bet you that's pretty hard work huh yes it's very hard work are you thirsty yes sir you want a drink Mountain Dew please oh you know how'd you do that magic I guess sometimes popcorn gives Desi free once he has the keys there you go are you a fighter too no I'm a pilot you fly in the airplane then I do a plane right there is mine maybe I'll take you up in the air sometime [Music] sometimes yeah Pilots like to think so Daddy's Daddy's up there grandma and me are going to send him a letter what are you doing Daz this is talking to Steve he flies in the airplane he someone's up there he gave her Mountain Dew well did you say thank you Desi says thank you you're very welcome well go on and put your flag away we have to get going here you go hi Dez bye Steve I never got a chance to thank you for helping us get moved oh no I was I was happy to do that it's quite a kid you got yeah she is thanks why I should get going yeah yeah me too I got a stuck off her door there to contend with myself thanks yeah you're welcome see ya Let's Go what's your daddy say whatever comes into your mind Dez does he wants to wish him happy birthday what else Jazzy doesn't know well should we tell him that we miss him yes and when he's coming home oh honey even though we're writing this letter to Daddy he's not every I don't want you to think that he is okay okay real reason that we're doing this is just so that you can get your feelings down on paper and so that you can share things with Daddy as if he was here who knows grandma daddy is like Santa it's just pretend whoever told you Santa Clauses pretend she's a big girl grandma she knows things sure it does okay hello oh just a minute it's for you dizzy who is it Steve Stutz who pilot hello listen I have got a couple tickets to the county fair this weekend and I thought because we got along so well that you might want to come along with me there's only rides they do yes this used to have a pony named tax hello hello look I don't want to intrude but I have a couple tickets to the county fair this weekend and I thought Desi might want to come along with me if you're asking for a date why don't you come out and say so then I can politely say no and we'll be done with it in my business but I think Desi's a little too young to date we have a lot going on I appreciate it you change your mind you give me a call okay thanks he wants to go what I think it hurt for you to break down and have a little fun that's all I'm not ready to have fun mother and besides if I go out with a townie it'll be all over Yuba what will my business my life it's been there's no shame in that it's private mother and it's up to me you expect your daughter to accept her father's death when you can't it's easy being a wise grandmother isn't it but I wish you'd just cry or throw a fit or something get rid of some of that [Music] [Applause] foreign waiting waiting for what Mommy waiting for the mailman to come and take her letter to Daddy oh that's not the way it works Dez mommy it'll be fine honey I don't know honey but he's watching I'm sure he thinks this is very amusing all right this is where your mom draws the line you want her letter well we'll write another letter sweetheart does he wants that one he answered her picture [Music] just a bunch of old milk cows Rhonda they're not gonna hurt you [Music] easy ladies I'm just here for the mail [Music] a mother that is not a milk cow yeah you better come on back honey come on I'm gone now get out of here go up have a Pablo come on have love get out of here get out of here [Music] don't pay any attention to him he's just a bully thanks for the warning and for saving your life that too foreign [Music] [Music] what you doing waiting for what for the man man fourth day in a row that idea from the start if you ask me no one asked you it's not a bad idea to help her Express what she felt all I'm saying is I've been out over these fields for a lot of years and I ain't seen Peter Rabbit yet this is not about Peter Rabbit it's about feelings you remember what those are don't you quit feelings mother all she's gonna be is disappointed well hello there hello do you have any mail for us today you beat me to the punch let me see you're gonna be sure to get this all home now yes sir careful now thank you [Music] Dez [Music] foreign [Music] what you doing honey honey why are you crying to Daddy [Music] Return to Sender huh [Music] sorry honey the wind must have blown it away again but does he thought that it would greet her better grandma told you honey that's not why we wrote the letter [Music] so you could put your feelings that you're feeling on the inside on the outside that way they wouldn't stay locked up in your heart and keep you sad anymore [Music] sometimes but when I am I come outside and I listen to the breeze and I imagine I can hear Daddy whispering to me see that everything happens for a reason and that somewhere down the line it's all gonna work out anyway listen I've been doing some thinking and I've decided that if you still want to can go to the fair how does that sound dizzy could go on the ponies you can go on whatever you want hug [Music] oh God Ready set go go [Applause] [Music] it's a winner [Applause] [Music] [Applause] your son's grandma on that huh yeah I could see Grandma was having a lot of fun wonderful oh there Rusty it's a really Anne Gil how are you oh who was ready for octo ber well that's what I wanted to hear we have got uh one plan let's catch up the mustard and one with the works plain for me none for me thank you my stomach is still back on the octopus I'll just have a Pepsi well dizzy that just means more for you and me how long you've been flying dusters oh uh just 15 years I started right out of high school it's work Quaid says power lines don't discriminate between lindberghs and turkeys that sounds like Wade he's been doing it a lot longer than I have too he hasn't rolled one up yet not yet no children does he that's a personal question I have two boys and they live in Fresno why is it here because that's where their mommy is do you miss them every day do they think you are in heaven no they think that I am right here in Yuba City guy you still uh smashing boxes for a living all right you guys stole cherry picking for a living now I'm straight yeah so uh who are your friends Rhonda Trish and Desiree this is Skippy and Billy Anderson best loaders in the valley Rhonda wouldn't happen to me Rhonda Moore would it yeah Rhonda Gail oh oh that's right don't tell me you married Ken Gale captain of the football team class of 1987. right so how is old uh kickoff Kenny doing heaven we're gonna yeah we got food yeah I got it see you guys okay I hate small towns these guys are harmless [Music] don't run well if this doesn't look like a family on a mission of happiness and in my business happiness is anything that floats levitates all songs lighter than air is the name of the game if you get my drift like all human hearts were meant to be float above the craziness and confusion down below and let the wind take you where it will that's Freedom nightmares and that's the secret to it all right in my grandfather's time lovers would send their secret desires to the Gods tiny wishes tied to balloons like notes and bottles from Lost Sailors or what have you yeah but I've heard that birds and things choke on them I wish the thought matter in all my years in the business I have yet to see a choking warm-blooded feathered vertebrate of any kind or even the ancient pterodactyl who were known to eat anything besides these balloons are all 100 biodegradable okay okay you certainly sold us no it's a wonderful thing to see a dad show his affection with such a caring gesture actually I'm not her daddy foreign [Music] well now I'm getting the picture thank you well Desi pick a winner which one do you want huh [Music] mommy what honey what is it an excellent choice and wouldn't you not the only one I have like it now be sure not to let it go without that special wish she won't thank you very much you're very very welcome Havana thank you bye-bye oh no no it's on the house really oh thank you very much thank you okay goodbye wow have a great day bye [Music] I thought you were gonna win one of those stuffed animals for me back there yeah [Music] um yeah honey look at that they're dancing well which one of you ladies is gonna get up there and do a little dancing with me listen I'm bushed why don't I just take Desi home and you two you know he'll drop you by later mom have fun do you wanna [Music] make me a blue they make me think of you I thought that I would die the day we say goodbye [Music] to do [Music] go and move on I don't know who I am now you're gone [Music] lovely love songs [Music] until [Music] soon [Music] [Music] I had a nice time yeah I did too yeah we'll do it again sometime I'll call you soon wow nice [Music] foreign [Music] okay he does okay there you go there you go sweetie I'm glad to see you've had a change of heart I don't know about that mother but I have strategy I'm just going to write her a letter myself from her father and maybe that'll end this whole thing Ron Ron I I don't want to tell you what to do honey but I really don't think that deceiving her is the answer who do you think is going to write her back Mom the tooth fairy you started this whole thing now I'm gonna finish it okay honey the balloon man says the balloons are for wishes should Desi make a wish Mommy if you want to does he wishes that there will be rain for the crops there's a friend Steve will always be safe and pop up quads airplane but mostly she wishes that her mommy wouldn't be sad anymore because lights when she's smiling is that okay oh and dizzy wishes that the mermaids take this letter to her daddy let's look at it and remember her birthday okay [Music] oh yeah foreign okay come on honey [Music] what is it honey what happened [Music] Who Dares Daddy [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] pretty good fire [Music] [Music] this looks good work Connie that's a good girl oh I'm so happy ah Quaid thanks and you you are a real Pro out there aren't you she helped you didn't she she certainly did listen we're gonna burn some steaks later you got any plans no plans well are you hungry or not I'm starved [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] [Music] what little ears maybe if you'd get a new one you wouldn't have to go through this every time we want to barbecue practically brand new 10 years old is not practically brand new I got a set of vice grips in the garage on the bench you grab them for me son of a you see oh hell Kenny I'm mad about you I never thought I would be so deeply in love with anyone you were my dream come true have a good day I love you Rhonda no it's Bernie that's well done what's that that is the best part Kylie's going to cut his Fields tonight you know oh yeah a little early for that isn't it yay superstitious thanks to locusts are coming with some nonsense you know what the secret to roasting marshmallows is eating more than anybody else you can do that huh he's good with her what Dave he's so good with Desi don't okay don't what I know what you're trying to do Mom please I'm not trying to do anything I just think it'd be nice for you to have a friend that's all Mommy does his tummy hurts well honey let's see what's going on here huh oh well no wonder you're stuffed like a tick let's get you inside and put you to bed okay darling Oh will you grab that stuff please thank you welcome [Music] [Music] do you like Steve yes I like him dizzy does too [Music] this one new Daddy honey he's just our friend go to sleep wasn't kidding huh they really are cutting By the Light of the Moon Yeah Kylie takes the almanac literally you know what I mean and he would yeah oh I just put another pot of coffee on you want some ink for me please no thanks that was a patient she'll be fine that was my fault probably sorry I wouldn't worry about it she likes you a lot she'll forgive you what about you I don't hold grudges over marshmallows it's me okay it's not you I'm gonna go okay [Music] foreign he left why because I guess I asked him to don't mother don't even I told you not to push it I have to do this myself all right fine but what's stopping you what what are you afraid of let me give you the list I'm afraid of raising my daughter without her father I'm afraid of raising her with a new one I'm afraid of earthquakes and plane crashes and car wrecks of something happening to me of not seeing my little girl grow up and of her not having a mommy either Rhonda and I'll tell you something else I'm afraid of the moment she finds out there is no tooth fairy and balloons don't take messages to dead daddies does he uh you have to listen to me sweetheart you have to listen to me foreign I didn't mean what I said no let me in so I can talk to you [Music] yeah dizzy [Music] oh my God calm down we'll find her they're harvesting foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] Stop Dancing [Music] foreign [Music] out here Trish give me this [Music] ah that's right Jesse honey oh God oh honey you scared mommy and grandma very much promise me you'll never do that again [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] foreign hey everybody grab the package for me takes it inside we're gonna make turkey daddy better than I did well no offense dad but you never get anything is everything okay yeah I guess so yeah I'm stuffed I'm stuck too my balloon no honey uh came from a little girl not that much younger than you are I want to read you something and I have to tell you it's very sad what Daddy just listen happy birthday Daddy I love you and miss you I hope you have a good birthday in heaven since it's your first one since you went with the angels hope you can get this and maybe you can write me on my birthday in January because I'll be five years old my new address is in care of grandma Trish rule Route 15 box 3097 Yuba City California USA can't believe it I can't believe it's been so long since you left us I miss you and love you very very much love Desiree Leanne has got the X's and O's written on the bottom page excuse please whatever don't you want a piece of pie Jesse just wants to go to sleep okay you may be excused I'll be there to tuck you in in a minute because he can do it herself leave the door open where did it come from I was tied to the balloon I found it up at mermaid Lake can I have the balloon Mommy no sweetheart can we write the little girl back Amanda why don't you take Haley up to the bathroom okay get ready for bed well what do you think I could have come all this way from the western United States and it sets almost 4 000 miles feel right I mean we wouldn't want to give a little girl false hope I mean it's got a picture of a mermaid on it we live in mermaid that travel thousands of miles landed at mermaid Lake and we're always saying that nothing ever happens in mermaid well something just did I want to think about it all right okay my little friend let's just get you all full up and then maybe we can both get some sleep okay okay okay there we go okay [Music] [Music] it was nothing [Music] oh my God you let me get it no I didn't have it well it's not making too big a mess they just come and go faster all the time good thing it's only once a year ma'am oh thank you and how's the little girl oh she's fine glad to hear happy holidays folks thank you [Music] well that's funny that's it he didn't stop at any of the other mailboxes it's a post office plan [Music] [Applause] that's Desi she's not out yet go get her something wrong no nothing's wrong I'll tell you both when you're together go get her okay this came for you today what does it say it's okay let's read it January 19 1994. dear Desiree Leanne happy birthday I hope we're not late but if we are hope you had a terrific day I guess you must be wondering who we are it's a long long story but here I began okay I promise it all started one morning when my husband went duck hunting and guessed what he found no it wasn't a duck it was a mermaid actually it was the mermaid balloon that you had sent your daddy in heaven it wasn't until my husband returned home with the balloon that we read the note you had attached to it well at first we thought maybe we should put it back where we found it but after we read the note again we realized your daddy had already received the balloon and was sending it back so someone would find it he wanted someone to find it so they could send you something for your birthday there are no stores in heaven so your daddy wanted someone to do his shopping for him I think he picked us because the name of our community is mermaid and also we have three children and our oldest daughter's birthday is also in January I know your daddy would want you to be happy and not to be sad I know he loves you very much and will always be watching over you once again happy fifth birthday the McKinnon family [Music] I'm dizzy they also sent you this is a Mermaid book [Music] daddy did forget about me mommy did he what did you say Des daddy didn't forget about me oh my God you're back my little girl is back no honey he didn't forget about you [Music] [Music] mommy he's happy too [Music] foreign [Music] well there you go Queen I think you need to have this thing looked at forget about it you made the papers look at this you're celebrities magic balloon proves dreams do come true as four-year-old Desiree Gill watched the silver helium balloon float Up and Away with a note to her daddy in heaven she knew she'd get a reply her mother and grandmother weren't so sure and were amazed when they got a letter from a family in Prince Edward Island Canada [Music] nearly 3 800 miles across the continent Wade McKinnon who lives in a community called mermaid found the balloon while duck hunting and his family responded in kind Desiree has only one wish left to see the magical land of mermaids and to meet her new distant de facto Miracle family on Prince Edward Island on the east coast of Canada h i j k l m n o o that's right can you do that good job sweetheart that's excellent that's good there's someone to see you hello special delivery for Desiree Queen Gill yes let's hope for the little girl she told me she was waiting on some mail I just didn't figure she'd get all in the same day well see you tomorrow bye thank you taste letters are all for you Dez dear Desiree our family was so deeply touched by the story of the balloon and your friends on Prince Edward Island we hope this will get you there a little sooner all the best sincerely Schmidt here for twenty dollars dear Gill family after reading your story in the examiner we wanted to help Desiree with her wish to meet mckinnons and so we collected some money in hopes of fulfilling the dreams it's all from Yuba City but not all about a lot of them Mommy they're all like this dear Desiree I know you lost your Daddy how was your birthday my birthday is in September I want you to see your new balloon friend so here is my allowance love Tessa P.S please come back to school and tell us about mermaid Lake it's another miracle yes it is why did all these people send me letters Mommy it's a whole lot of really nice folks out there Des you have to remember that we all do wow [Music] how we know who they are mama I don't think we're going to have a problem sweetie I'm gonna do this uh okay yeah come here sweetheart foreign hey do you see those people with the balloons you think that might be them huh I think it could be walk honey my name is my name is Haley all these balloons are for you thank you hi dizzy are you afraid the man who found my balloon yes I am my grandpa's name is clay that sounds like Wade well I'm glad we have so much in common Donna it's so good to me we're so happy to be here hi hi [Music] welcome to Pei oh [Music] thank you foreign what do you think Desi well some people think all the prince of Rhode Island's heaven but this is an extra special place come on so the pig says that's funny my underwear is purple [Laughter] Maybe please be excused yes you may why don't you take Desi into Haley's room then you can play wow you don't have to tell them twice Amanda just got off dishwashing Duty that's what that was all about uh I like your coffee Rhonda black please I had a girl no need to ruin a perfectly good cup of Joey something that comes out of a cow black is August Road Tara's way I like it where we live near Yuba city is a hunter's dream we know a lot of hunters and when they go hunting that's pretty much all they're out to do I don't know any that would stop to pick up a balloon shoot it maybe and Donna the way you told the story on your letter so Desi could understand I don't know how to tell you how much that meant to her meant to us really that's two blinded by Tears the mermaid fell overboard into the sea without a tail she couldn't swim she sank deeper and deeper into the darkening ocean all at once the Black Sea was filled with sparkling light and three beautiful angels appeared beside the mermaid lifting her out of the water by sparing the prince who've earned a place with us said one of the lovely creatures the mermaid's heart filled with joy and with a smile she flew off with her new friends into the light the end where does light go away goes to heaven does he mermaid friend to angels to heaven the book mommy Daddy's with mermaid is that right well honey they both went into the light went to the light with the angels now he's safe and he didn't forget me and he gave us our new friends for my birthday and wait will you always be our friend always Daddy all of us will huh our luckiest people I know yes we are aren't me Mommy [Music] I'm happy mommy me too honey me too [Music] [Music] [Music] look Mommy [Music] honey it's beautiful like heaven I think daddy wanted us to see this so we would know he's okay [Music] I think you're right honey [Music] I think you're right [Music] [Applause] [Music] there we go [Music] foreign [Music] that's dizzy Lucas no that's my character your character oh I'm jodelle and she's the real dancing [Music] oh that's great but we'll see you back on set all right [Music] and this is Desi's Mommy so what is this like to meet the character you're playing well it's great because I had no idea and sometimes you never know and then Levi's blonde hair it's nice and it's just such a beautiful stone responder it's a gorgeous story I just read it I start to cry oh my goodness [Music] I'm just betraying you how exciting that must be oh my gosh I don't know what to say I think it's a Perfecter [Music] [Music] affected on Samantha's carrier oh my God that I got her for school uh two years ago isn't that funny [Music] Smoke's beautiful beautiful smoke five's up here we go don't forget to let those balloons go higher that's right quiet please [Music] all right [Music] [Music] good work good that was mad when you look in there that sounds too bright it's hidden then and it's it's making them so you can't see him tonight [Music] did you hear Jazzy yelling action and cut what'd you think about that I heard it how come because this is special for Desi [Music]

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