Empty Nester-Moon

WAILEA, Maui — Something was missing. We’d taken up pampered residence at our pool-side cabana at the Fairmont Kea Lani an hour or so ago, yet despite the calming ebb and flow of warm Pacific trade winds, the fragrant scent of tropical flowers and the gentle kick of the Moloka’i Mule elixir, there was something unsettling about the scene.
That’s when the shrill shriek of a six-year-old from a second-floor suite balcony startled me out from my puzzled funk and provided me