There was a shade of shadow that covered us, a pause in the atmosphere, leaving a light breeze that traveled through the trees, and through my little fale. And then all at once, my tin roof was thudding with raindrops. “Yay!” The kids started chanting while running outside to dance

“Hey boo”, a message so familiar. One that calls to my soul. I opened the message and tried to read it. My heart dropped. A wave of uneasiness washed through me, uninvited. The air around me thickened, pressing too close. It wasn’t just physical; it was emotional too. My