

I will remember these days of getting ice cream cartons at *Times* market with friends, watching *You* season 3, listening to *Billie Eilish* and *Jessie Reyez*, cruising around on my yellow moped, watering my little plant Ophelia everyday, and think about how I needed that time. I needed to feel, I needed to heal and forgive and move on. October in Oahu felt like a change of direction, a pause and a **"You can keep going, you can do this".**
And I will look forward to my return once again. These islands call my name, the world does. And I will be back.