Some Girls Like Chocolates, Flowers, Bags and Shoes…
But Her Favourite Gift Was a Plane Ticket.

When Ethan asked her,

“If you could disappear anywhere tomorrow  just for yourself  where would you go?”

She said, without thinking:
“St. Lucia. Don’t know why. Just feels like peace.”

Two months later, she received the email:
Subject: Boarding Pass Claire Mitchell
Destination: St. Lucia
Departure: This Sunday

And the note:

“I think you owe yourself a sunrise somewhere warm.” E.

St. Lucia changed her.
She hiked through rainforests.
Watched the Pitons catch fire at sunset.
Let strangers braid her hair and tell her stories of home.
She journaled every night like her soul was unfolding in ink.

When she returned to Toronto,
Ethan picked her up quietly.
No flowers. No pressure.
Just presence.

And when she whispered:

“It was never about St. Lucia…
It was about becoming the kind of woman who could walk through St. Lucia…
Alone. And not feel lost.”

He smiled:

“I didn’t give you a vacation, Claire.
I gave you permission.”

Give her the world if you want…
But the real ones?
All they ever wanted…
Was a boarding pass with their name on it.