The little girl from Windsor who lost her doll last month in Mackinaw City didn't realize it was missing until she started her trip home.
As SooToday reported one week ago, the Arnold Mackinac Island Ferry launched a six-week social media campaign to find the doll's owner after it was found last month in its Mackinaw CIty parking lot.
Yesterday, Meg Drake from Windsor contacted ferry officials to advise that the doll was lost by her daughter Addison, who called it Little Addison.
Meg sent them pictures (including the one above) of Addison travelling with her mom and Little Addison, who had been purchased as a vacation buddy.
"We were struggling to carry everything two adults and a toddler might need for a few days on the island and did not notice that Little Addison had fallen out of the stroller," Meg told SooToday in an email this morning.
"Addison was so excited to ride the ferry boat that she also didn't notice. Once we got to the island she was so entranced by the horses (and obviously, the fudge) that Little Addison's absence was still not noticed."
The Arnold Line is planning to deliver the precious dolly to Addison later this week.
The following is the email that Meg Drake sent us today.
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Hi David!
We are still in shock that Little Addison has been making such a sensation.
Thank you for covering the story and helping to spread the word and eventually get her on her way home.
How I found the story is itself a boring story.
My husband and I rarely watch the news (we are both nurses and after work the last thing we want to do is watch more heartbreak on TV).
We use Facebook but not often.
Sunday, I had a few hours to myself and was at loss for what to do with this time and I found myself surfing Facebook and catching up on all the latest.
I clicked on a link someone had shared about a kind restaurant owner helping a handicapped patron and then while scrolling saw the original picture posted by Arnold Ferry.
At first I thought it was a coincidence that that was the same doll Addison had lost, but I quickly realized this wasn't a coincidence at all!!!!
Addison has not yet been officially reunited with Little Addison, but we have showed her pictures.
Her response was simply: "But I haven't been able to find her, she belongs in my home."
She doesn't quite understand what has been going on,
She just wants her Little Addison to come home.
Regarding losing her: at the time we did not immediately realize she was lost.
We were struggling to carry everything two adults and a toddler might need for a few days on the island and did not notice that little Addison had fallen out of the stroller.
Addison was so excited to ride the ferry boat that she also didn't notice.
Once we got to the island she was so entranced by the horses (and obviously, the fudge) that Little Addison's absence was still not noticed.
It was not until the trip home that we noticed.
Our on-the-fly response was to say that Little Addison was staying on vacation a little longer and would be home soon.
Lucky for us, Addison is still of the age that this story seemed believable ;).
Little did we know this was actually the truth.
It is beyond amazing to us the adventure that Little Addison truly was on and the lengths that the Arnold Ferry staff went to to make sure she made it home.
We are filled with gratitude and absolute joy.
This story warms my heart.
Addison is a lucky little girl and is looking forward to the reunion with Little Addison.
Thank you for sharing!
- Meg Drake
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