Note in a bottle

It happens all the time.  A note is found in a bottle...sometimes thousands of miles away and years later.  This time the bottle didn't travel far but it did take years to arrive.  A 10-year-old girl, named Sidonie, threw the bottle into the ocean 12 years ago.  It was recovered in some debris from Hurricane Sandy in the little seaside village of Patchague, NY.  On the note was a quote from 'Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure,' "Be excellent to yourself, Dude."  That was Sidonie's favorite movie.  The note also included a New York City phone number.  At the other end of that phone line was Fery, Sidonie's mother.  She explained that Sidonie had died after falling from a cliff in Switzerland when she was only 18.  Fery will travel to Patchague to retrieve the bottle and attend a ceremony in her daughter's honor.  note in a bottle