Best Wishes Mualani It was morning, and the sun's rays glistened on Mualani’s skin, waking her up. She slowly opened her eyes and turned around to see that Kinich was gone from his side of the bed. Sitting up and rubbing her eyes, she checked her calendar. To her surprise, it said 8/03, meaning it was her birthday. “It’s my BIRTHDAY!” Mualani said to herself. The surfer put on her slippers and ran out of the room, greeted by the aroma of her favorite food. In the kitchen, Kinich was cooking up a storm. Mualani saw pancakes, fruit, chocolate, quenepa berry juice, and a huge 3-layer blue and white cake, with an assortment of small candies decorated around the table in the middle. Flattered by the nice surprise, she decided it was time to make her presence known. “Kinich? You did this for me?” She was starting to tear up. Kinich was assorting fruits in a bowl when he heard his wife. He turned around casually, as if he had already sensed Mualani enter the kitchen a while ...