The board had already been arranged. The pieces were circular stones, standing in formation atop a wooden battlefield.
An Aztec yollotl (heart) is in the center of the outline of the Rio Grande Valley of Texas or as we call it, the RGV. I was brought up here, in the southernmost part of Texas.
Every summer, I sit sautéing in coconut sunscreen beside Korinne at her pool, eating pink strawberries straight from the vine, drinking Fentimans Rose Lemonades with slices of lime until the sky swirls creamsicle.