Operation Smile- 3/10/14

These pictures are of me and my best friend Mia. I met Mia last year at the University of Cincinnati through the commuters association. I never thought that over a year ago I would be meeting my new best friend. And that sounds absolutely cliché, but we both had been going through really difficult times with our previous friends after starting college. Mia became someone I could trust, talk to, and care about. She has been by my side through everything and I couldn't thank her enough for all she has done. But I think I found a way to show her how much I appreciated her, below you'll find pictures of us together. She lives in Columbus, Ohio and goes to school at The Ohio State University. By some freak accident we ended up with the same spring break and after starting Operation Smile I knew that I wanted to do something for Mia, but she lives so far away making it really difficult. So I decided to set it up with her Mom that during spring break I would drive up there to surprise her with a surprise birthday date! Her birthday was March 10, so I packed my car up and took my nice little two and a half hour drive up there. Our first stop after kidnapping her from her Mom's work was Sky Zone an indoor trampoline park for all ages. We spent two hours jumping, laughing, and soon after aching. The first picture you see is us drinking slushies to cool off after our jump. Next I whisked her off to get ready for our big surprise, which is the second picture of us taking a mirror picture. After that we headed off to a surprise dinner for Mia. Mia has her Cincinnati friend which is me, and she has her Columbus friends such as Yen-Fin and Somwaya. I wanted to end the separation so I contacted the both of them to set up a surprise dinner for Mia with the three of us. We arrived at Red Lobster that evening to a table full of balloons and friends coming together. Not only did Mia not stop smiling, but she actually cried. She told me that she had never had a friend that went through that much trouble for her and that she was beyond happy that I could do that for her. The last picture you see is Mia celebrating her 20th birthday with all of her friends! It was really awesome to see her so excited and happy to be pampered and cared for by the people she loves. It was as small as a birthday surprise that was able to make her feel special and that is everything that Operation Smile is about.

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