All day Adriel worked to build the pyre that would hold Kele's body. Sadness hung over the village like a blanket. Everyone walked around with mournful looks on their faces. Tonight we will send Kele to be with the Goddess. I went with Elizabeth to Mother Kai's house to help prepare the body. We dressed her in a beautiful dress that Tehya had picked out for her. I braided her long, black hair, delicately weaving small flowers through it.
Her face was so beautiful. She looked like she was asleep. We decided to place some flowers and her baby's blanket in her arms. Poor Kele had been through so much in just a matter of days. She had become my sister, she had her baby taken from her, and now she lost her beautiful life. I cried at all the lost memories we could have shared together as new mo
