The Island in the clouds

She gasped with excitement and shouted over the noise of the propeller: "The islands in the clouds are real!! Am I dreaming..I don't believe this." Annabelle,now 13 years old, was diagnosed with leukemia when she was just 8 years old. Her parents, doing all they can by calling all the specialists near and far, to save their little daughter's life wanted the world for Annabelle. Unfortunately,  after at least 10 doctors' opinions, we found out she has only a short time left. After watching your child be born, learn to crawl, talk and walk was the greatest memories of their lives, and soon, memories will be all they have left. Annabelle stays strong for her parents, and tries to carry on being happy and pretending nothing is wrong. Everybody has a bucket list of all the adventurous things to do before the die, Annabelle just tells her parents she has to complete her list a little earlier. After all the long months spent in hospitals, weekly checkups, and always being sick and held up in nasty hospitals, Annabelle was ready to get out and live the rest of her life. After visiting Disney World, all the beaches in California and visiting the Big Apple for a huge shopping spree, she has almost completed everything on her list. For a few years now, all Annabelle has talked about was wanting to become a pilot, so she could travel all over the world, and feel  the thrill of being thousands of feet above the rest of the world.  She always thought that high up in the clouds magical things were happening; that there were special islands that you could visit, and watch the world from a completely different point of view. More than anything, she wished to be the best helicopter pilot anyone could imagine,and give people the rides of their lives so they could visit these islands. One very special morning, Annabelle's parents got to the hospital early to surprise her by taking her out to an event where young cancer patients get the chance to ride in a helicopter. The sponsors of this event understand that cancer can be consuming and these young children have goals and dreams that unlike others, they don't have enough time to fulfill them.  Once they arrived,along with a few other children, Annabelle was chosen for the ride.  Her father came along,bringing tears to his eyes to see how happy Annabelle was.  It was a beautiful sunny day with more and more clouds the higher they went. She was anxiously looking out the window to see the world from above, where everything looked micro tiny. As her eyes grew wider and wider as they rose up in the air,Annabelle didn't even know what to think. It was her time to see the magical islands that she always knew someday she'd get the chance. The noisy propeller carrying them up and up made her believe it was all a dream.  Her father knew her dreams of the islands in the clouds, so wanting to make her believe anything was real,he enthusiastically pointed out the window showing her the beautiful small rainbowed houses with fountains and pools and birds chirping and fluttering, and just a magical,calm life. The palm trees and rainbows made everything so bright that Annabelle immediately fell in love.  With a house on each cloud, everyone had friends and fun, living a perfect life.  Hugging Annabelle, her father whispered to her she gets to visit these islands soon, and she's going to have so many friends and fun and she'll love every minute of it. Reminding her that she can always look down and keep an eye on him and her mother, they said their goodbyes. "Goodbye Annabelle, see you soon."