Though it was without question a mercilessly cold January day, the plump Caucasian middle-aged woman didn’t seem to notice. Happily, she sat on the wall at the beach, looking out at the ocean, listening to the duet of the waves and the seagulls. Her large, forest green wooden hoop earrings blowing in the breeze. Her chestnut brown bun being knocked from side to side. Still, she smiled, her laughing