One Month Later

Hanauma Bay, Hawaii

"That's it, Vicki. Tilt your head to the right a smidge, and arch your back." Click click click, the photographer's camera going rapid-fire as I posed in the knee-deep surf. The tropical breeze felt fantastic on my exposed skin, of which the bikini left a lot. It was much better than back home in Minnesota, where the Pack was getting slammed with eighteen inches of snow right now. "Turn your right hand towards me and lift it slightly, so the mask is visible. Smile, girl, you're in paradise." I was carrying a mask and snorkel in one hand and fins in another, looking like...