Songs From The Flower Garden

Episode 13

Summer of the Island Girl

There’s that one summer we keep going back to. I asked a friend if any one summer stood out. She was quick to say “no,” but then a shadow crossed her face. “Yes. The day daddy told us he was leaving and never coming back. And he didn’t.”

The summer I spent on Daybreak Island with a botanist-biologist holds me still. She…