a bright orange island dress story

i forgot to bring an island dress to tanna for christmas.
that is like not having a costume on halloween.

luckily, jake has three sisters. 

and, like all houses full of girls, they had clothes to spare. 

so they hooked me up with this beauty of a dress:

a gorgeous shade of neon orange. very discrete.

when i got to church, looooads of people were wearing the exact same color on their dresses and shirts.

i assumed it was just a fabric that was easily available.

but when i returned the dress the next day and thanked jake's mama, she thanked me for wearing it.

she explained that she was grateful i was comfortable wearing/borrowing their clothes and that the construction cone orange was the color of south tanna (where i was staying)-- it was a point of pride that she let me wear it (and why so many other people were wearing that same color). 

i beamed a little bit. 

turns out it was a lovely shade of orange after all.