Then-nine-year-old Ava Carroll was wearing a Belinder Elementary School t-shirt sitting in a restaurant booth with her family, telling them a play-by-play of her day. The blonde waitress asked her what she would like to drink, and Carroll weighed her options:  She could relish in an ice cold Sprite practically screaming her name, or save the $1.99 for a ten-month trip she would take in six years. The answer was obvious for Carroll — she would save the money. #storybysophiabrockmeier #photobyalexsajna #socialmediabysophiabrockmeier