I got a $250 ticket one way to Hawaii.

“Are you new?” he asked. “Here, I am,” I said.

PAIN IN HAWAII BY REBECCA GEARHART 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 51

I got a $250 ticket one way to Hawaii on the morning of the first night of Sukkot. My mother wasn’t happy, but there was no fruit harvest in Arizona to celebrate properly anyways.

The airport was hot and sticky, so as soon as I got my bags from …