Kylee Tano

Kylee Tano
Episode 190

Kylee Tano, Marketing and Communications Manager at Adventist Health Castle, joins host Japhet De Oliveira for a heartfelt conversation about the beauty she found in motherhood, her deep connection to the community, and her passion for supporting families in the NICU.
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"My house was just erupting with noise and toys and laughter, and that's all I want. It was messy and it was chaotic, but I could feel it before I came in the door that they were happy, healthy family there. And that's all I wanted."

Narrator:

Welcome friends to another episode of the Story & Experience Podcast. Join your host, Japhet De Oliveira with his guest today and discover the moments that shape us, our families and communities.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Hey, welcome friends to another episode of the Story & Experience Podcast. I'm here at Adventist Health Castle in Hawaii with a phenomenal guest today. I'm really excited about this and it's been a while. I'm really glad that we're able to record them at long last. And if you're brand new to the podcast, we have 100 questions and they progressively become more vulnerable open the closer you get to 100. And they're about stories and experiences that shaped this person into the leader that they are today. So I'm going to ask the first 10 and they get to pick a number between 11 and 100, and we'll see where the story goes. So let me start off with, could you tell us your name? Does anybody ever mispronounce it?

Kylee Tano:

Sure. My name is Kylee Tano, and it gets mispronounced a lot, a lot more when I was younger. I get Kaylee, Haylee, most recently Kinsey was fun.

Japhet De Oliveira:

No, where did that come from?

Kylee Tano:

A vendor. And actually, I've met him in person. So that was like-

Japhet De Oliveira:

And he couldn't say Kylee?

Kylee Tano:

He emailed me, "Hey Kinsey." And I was like, "Dude, I just met you in person and you're calling me Kinsey in the email. You can see my name." So I'm very used to it. But as I've become older and more celebrities have the same name, now I have people saying, "Hey, my granddaughter's name is Kaylee too." I'm like, "It's Kylee, thanks."

Japhet De Oliveira:

You'll take it for what it is.

Kylee Tano:

And I think because of growing up that way, I am very intentional about knowing people's names and how they like to pronounce it. So often I'll ask people, "Hey, welcome, what's your name?" And I'm like, "Hey, that person's name is this, but they like to be called this."

Japhet De Oliveira:

Yeah. Hey, that's good. I just call everybody Bob as much. No, I'm kidding. That's great, Kylee, thank you so much. What do you do for work?

Kylee Tano:

I have the pleasure of being the marketing manager here at Adventist Health Castle. I've been the marketing manager for about three, four years. And been at Castle for 10.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Really?

Kylee Tano:

Yeah. So I love what I do. I obviously love Castle. I've been born and raised on the Windward side.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Oh, really? Okay.

Kylee Tano:

Well, not born in the Windward side, but raised on the Windward side.

Japhet De Oliveira:

That's fantastic. So you were born here?

Kylee Tano:

No.

Japhet De Oliveira:

No. So you say you were born and raised where?

Kylee Tano:

On the Windward side of Oahu, but born technically on the other side in Honolulu.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Okay. That's very complex to me, but I'm glad. I think I was saying the same thing to you but-

Kylee Tano:

Technicalities.

Japhet De Oliveira:

I love it.

Kylee Tano:

I don't want to say I'm a Castle baby when I'm not. I would've loved to be, but I'm not.

Japhet De Oliveira:

I'm with you. That's great. Kylee, when you were a child growing up, what did you imagine would you grow up to be?

Kylee Tano:

I've always wanted to be a mother.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Really?

Kylee Tano:

Yep.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Wow.

Kylee Tano:

So check. Done. But I think any profession or job that someone wanted-

Japhet De Oliveira:

A mother is amazing.

Kylee Tano:

It's not just check done show. It's a learning every day, better every day. So a mother.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Good. Well, I'm very happy for you that you've achieved that as well.

Kylee Tano:

Thank you.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Yeah, that's good. Being a parent is amazing.

Kylee Tano:

Yeah.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Yeah. This is a bonus question. What is the most exciting thing about being a parent for you?

Kylee Tano:

So far, my daughter is two, almost three. And thus far it's been you tell her things and now she's parroting it back to me. And so hearing the positive that I'm trying to instill in her intentionally, and she's saying it back to me, that has been so rewarding and so magical to be like, oh, she hears me. It means something to this baby. And it's an absolute blessing.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Everybody says that they grow quickly, you feel them?

Kylee Tano:

You're going to make me cry. But the other night I was laying in bed and I had just put her to sleep and I reached out to touch her hand, just kind of rubbing her hand as she was kind of falling into her deeper sleep. And I was like, oh my gosh, this is not the hand of a baby.

Japhet De Oliveira:

No, I know

Kylee Tano:

This is the hand of a little girl. And just that click, I'm like, oh my gosh. It's like that. I'm looking at her pictures, I'm like, what happened? She's now a little girl and I'm going to see her again as a little older. It's wild. Yeah, love it.

Japhet De Oliveira:

I can sense and can see the excitement and the joy that you have, so that's beautiful. All right, now are you an early riser or late night owl?

Kylee Tano:

Oh man, I strive to be. I love the early mornings. They're beautiful. But man, I am a true late night owl.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Okay. What's late night for you?

Kylee Tano:

Now, 11 o'clock, midnight, that's my bedtime, but I can really hit my stride around that time. But because I'm an adult, I have a job, I have to cut myself off. But I really love the evening hours. That's really when my best self, my most relaxed self. But I love the morning too, so I wish I could be the person that just, I've listened to so many people say, "I just wake up." And I'm like, "I want to be you." I'm a true late night owl. I have always been. And thank God my daughter is too.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Oh, yeah. And eight hour sleeper

Kylee Tano:

We're both great sleepers.

Japhet De Oliveira:

That's great. All right, so now in this morning when you woke up at a reasonable hour, what was the first thought that went through your mind?

Kylee Tano:

As a late night owl, I am a vivid dreamer.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Oh, really?

Kylee Tano:

I have just so many dreams and I just weave my day and all kinds of random facts into my dreams. And my first thought this morning was, what did that mean? Where did I get that from? And I usually have found that it's either something that's bothering me, something that I hadn't resolved. And it kind of comes back to me and my mind is trying to put it to rest in some way. And so it comes up in weird ways. But this morning I was like, I wonder if she does desserts. It was about a coworker that I actually don't see in person. It was about me and her enjoying dessert together. So I have to Teams message her and ask her.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Well, that's good. That's fantastic. Now, in the morning when you get up, do you have coffee, tea, liquid green smoothie? What's your first drink of the day?

Kylee Tano:

As a longtime listener, first time caller, I have been pondering this answer because-

Japhet De Oliveira:

Oh really? Is this a complex one for you?

Kylee Tano:

No, actually, but it is taken up more space in my brain than I'd like to admit. I actually find myself eating first.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Really?

Kylee Tano:

Yeah. And because I've listened to this, I'm like, I need to drink water too. But I eat a lot before, actually more often. And then I'll drink something. So the answer to your question is water but-

Japhet De Oliveira:

After you've eaten something,

Kylee Tano:

After I've eaten something.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Well, there you go. That's the first I've heard in nearly 200 episodes. Great. You have broken the rule, that's great. I appreciate it so much. This is the beauty of the creativity and freedom that you have. All right, that's great. Here is a leadership question. Are you a backseat driver?

Kylee Tano:

No, but the caveat though, because I was thinking about it, and a backseat driver is someone who gives unwanted, unhelpful advice. But I've gone in the car with you, Japhet, and you're the driver. But you don't know where you're going because you're not from here.

Japhet De Oliveira:

That's true.

Kylee Tano:

And the last time you were here, I sat in the backseat and I gave you directions from the backseat. So you didn't know where you were going, but I helped you because you asked me to.

Japhet De Oliveira:

That's true.

Kylee Tano:

But we as a team decided where we were going to go. So I think there's a different answer to your question of if you need help, happy to give it to you. But you've asked me for help, but I didn't tell you how to drive a car. So my short answer is no, I try not to be. But if you need help, I like to tell people that are new here, "If you don't know the answer, feel free to ask me. I've been here for a little bit, and if I don't know the answer, I'm happy to help you find the person that knows the answer."

Japhet De Oliveira:

That's really good. Taking ownership and helping. It's great. Love that.

Kylee Tano:

Be welcoming.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Yeah, totally. All right, so we are open now. Questions 11 to 100. Where would Kylee or Kinsey... No, where would Kylee like to go? I can't believe somebody called you Kinsey.

Kylee Tano:

In our [inaudible 00:08:48], we're big Taylor Swift fans. Not necessarily me personally, but as a team. So I'm going to go with 13.

Japhet De Oliveira:

13. All right, here it is. Walk us through the ideal of your end of day, come home, what's it look like?

Kylee Tano:

Well, this actually happened on Sunday. My little family of three we had a nice afternoon nap. We woke up, my daughter and I were in the garden. My husband was somewhere else and we were enjoying the outside. She was swimming in her little kiddie pool. I was picking flowers for a lay, trimming my tree, and it was just a beautiful summer day. Cool but warm, just kind of taking our time. And my husband came out and he said, "Hey, you guys want to go for a walk around the neighborhood? Get a little exercise." I'm like, "Yeah, let's do that." And my daughter was so excited. She got into her stroller. We did a quick 45-minute lap around our neighborhood and came home and decided let's pick up some dinner. So we picked up dinner.

There was no dishes and it just felt like the evening lasted longer because of that. And I love those days where it just feels like it goes on and on and on. You have such a good thing, and then it's ruined by a shower and a bath time. But it was one of those days, those beautiful summer days.

Japhet De Oliveira:

I've never heard of a shower being ruining for sure.

Kylee Tano:

It kind of ends the day. I love a shower, but it just kind of like, okay, well, this is-

Japhet De Oliveira:

The end.

Kylee Tano:

Time to go, yeah.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Okay, that's good. All right, where next? That was 13.

Kylee Tano:

17.

Japhet De Oliveira:

17. Share what day is most special to you on the calendar and why you got one day on the calendar, which one is it and why?

Kylee Tano:

Maybe a little teary-eyed, but here we go.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Okay.

Kylee Tano:

So I'm going to answer it in a roundabout way. I had health syndrome when I was pregnant with my daughter, which led to her being delivered two months early and by emergency C-section and it can be fatal to the mother. So I was put on ICU status for a week. But because there's a risk for seizure, I wasn't able to see my daughter after she was born The next day I kind of begged the nurses, "Please, can I go down and see her?" Because she was born at 10 o'clock in the morning and all night had been asking, "Now, can I go in there?" "Tomorrow?" I'm like, oh my gosh, I can't believe I've had my first baby and not be able to see her. The next day, "Now can I go?" So 27 hours later, the next day they finally said, "Well, if somebody goes with you, one of our staff members goes with you, you can go down and see her."

I'm begging, "Please, can somebody take me down?" And an aide wheeled me down and I got to meet my daughter. And that was the first time that I felt like a mother. I got to touch her because I was out when she was born. It was the first time seeing her, first time touching her outside of the womb. So that's the day I become a mother.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Yeah, what a moment.

Kylee Tano:

But it also happens to be my mother's birthday.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Oh, really?

Kylee Tano:

Yeah. So the day I feel like I became a mother is my mother's birthday. So August 18th is the answer, is the most special day on the calendar.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Yeah. Oh, that's beautiful.

Kylee Tano:

Closely followed by my anniversary, which is also my birthday.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Okay.

Kylee Tano:

I think my husband will be happy with me saying August the 18th.

Japhet De Oliveira:

That's nice. Oh, I'm really happy for you.

Kylee Tano:

Thank you.

Japhet De Oliveira:

What a moment. Yeah, that's kind of like a surprise, but that is amazing. I'm glad it all worked out.

Kylee Tano:

Yeah.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Yeah, it's good. All right, so where next now?

Kylee Tano:

22.

Japhet De Oliveira:

22. All right, if you could be anywhere right now, where would you be?

Kylee Tano:

Besides with my family, I used to paddle on a Canoe. It was a six-man canoe. When I was a teenager, it was competitive. My older age, there's a recreational team in Kailua that paddles seven o'clock in the morning. And like I said, I strive to be a morning person, but it's beautiful to start your day on the water. And I feel like when I got to do it, I felt like the water gave you what you needed that day. Sometimes it's rough and it's choppy and it's windy, but it's still beautiful in its own way. And some days the water is like lake and it's clear and the sun rises on the side of the island but it just rises and hits the mountains and you're like, I'm so blessed to live where I live. So that was to me, the most beautiful thing to do. And if I wasn't with my family, an ideal place to be would be on a boat in the middle of the ocean.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Nice. In the middle of the ocean.

Kylee Tano:

Yeah, it's good.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Okay. Just you and a little dinghy.

Kylee Tano:

And five other people.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Okay, right. I feel much better now. Okay, that's good. All right, Kylee, where next?

Kylee Tano:

56.

Japhet De Oliveira:

56. All right, here we go. Ooh, share an activity that when you are in that activity, you just lose all sense of time.

Kylee Tano:

I mentioned this in my first question, but I can putt around the garden like no one's business.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Okay. With green fingers.

Kylee Tano:

It's not necessarily green fingers, it's a little bit of creativity, a little bit of problem solving, a little bit of organizing and just being surprised by, oh, look what's bloomed. Oh, look what's come back. Look how beautiful this is. Oh, why are there bugs here? What can I do to get rid of them? A little bit of that. And I think that's what I get to do in my job, but outside and in nature. And now that I have a little assistant that follows me everywhere, it's 10 times slower, but also 10 times more fun to have her being like, "Mama, I do. I do." Yeah, definitely, I can stay outside and she can come with me.

We actually have a tomato plant that's sprung up in my neighbor's yard and she calls it tomato sauce. So it's like... We don't have a pet but our pet tomato sauce, she's like, "Mama, I go see tomato sauce." And we go and see if tomato sauce has any tomatoes for us. So it's a really good time for me.

Japhet De Oliveira:

That's really great. Oh, these are great moments. I got to ask you, have you recorded her?

Kylee Tano:

Oh, I have way too many things on my phone.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Okay. All right, that's great. Yeah, those sounds are pretty precious. Good. All right, where next?

Kylee Tano:

Let's do 72.

Japhet De Oliveira:

72, all right. Tell us about what you want to do when you retire and why are you waiting?

Kylee Tano:

I'm ready. So on the record, if anybody knows how I can retire and still fund the activities I'm about to tell you, please let me know. I'm in South Castle. I'm ready, I have projects planned, I have painting, gardening like I mentioned. And I have a lot of things that I want to do. But I think one thing, because I have to be selfless also, is I want to volunteer. I want to give back. When I mentioned my daughter being born early, she spent a month in the NICU. They don't tell you how long your baby will be in the NICU because number one, they don't know, but also they don't want you to be banking on that day. So anything can happen in healthcare.

But they also kind of give you an idea and say as early as she was two months to, you could be here for up to two months. But I had the privilege of being able to go and hold her and be with her every day. Not all day like I'd love to be, but she got moved from one room to another. And in the second room that she was in, it was a bunch of curtains that divided her bed from another baby's bed so you could hear everything. And there were some babies who no one came to hold. And my dream is when I'm retired, to be able to go and hold those babies because I believe my daughter came home a month earlier than she was told because I was there to hold her, because human touch is so important.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Yes, that's true.

Kylee Tano:

So that's one of my dreams to be able to do that.

Japhet De Oliveira:

I love that. And the truth is, there are so much need.

Kylee Tano:

Yeah, there are for a variety of reasons. Not that that mother didn't want to be there. Maybe she doesn't live on this island. Maybe she couldn't afford and had to go back to work because those babies could have been there for months. But for someone to hold their baby, it makes a difference.

Japhet De Oliveira:

It does. Yeah, they've done studies on, that's really good. All right, good. Where next?

Kylee Tano:

72.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Oh no, that's the one we just did.

Kylee Tano:

Oh, 76.

Japhet De Oliveira:

76, all right. So tell us about where you feel the safest and why.

Kylee Tano:

At home.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Yeah.

Kylee Tano:

Yeah, I'm a big home body, so at home with my little family. Although I love the people I work with here, I'm truly an introvert. I think I'm more of an ambivert when I'm here. But I'm truly an introvert and I really recharge my batteries at home with my family. So at home in my little-

Japhet De Oliveira:

Your little kingdom.

Kylee Tano:

Yeah, my little house.

Japhet De Oliveira:

That's good. I like it. All right, where next?

Kylee Tano:

Let's do 92.

Japhet De Oliveira:

92. All right, here we go. How would you like to be remembered?

Kylee Tano:

A present and loving mother, first of all.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Yeah.

Kylee Tano:

It's a theme for me.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Yeah, it is. It's good. It's a beautiful theme.

Kylee Tano:

My husband's best friend, a grateful daughter and a good friend and someone who made a difference.

Japhet De Oliveira:

That's really good. Have you written your own obituary?

Kylee Tano:

No, I haven't yet. But fun fact, I have picked out... Thank you for asking.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Okay.

Kylee Tano:

I have picked out a song I would like to be sung at my funeral.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Okay.

Kylee Tano:

It is well with my soul.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Yeah. Oh, that's a good hymn.

Kylee Tano:

Yeah. Have you written yours?

Japhet De Oliveira:

Yes, I have a couple of times. Yeah, I have thought about it a lot.

Kylee Tano:

Okay. I don't know what I'd say about myself, my accomplishments or that kind of stuff, but definitely a loving and present mother.

Japhet De Oliveira:

And for me, it's a refocus on the life that we have.

Kylee Tano:

100%.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Yeah. So that's good. All right, where next? That was 92.

Kylee Tano:

93.

Japhet De Oliveira:

93, all right. Paint a picture for us of success. Yeah, what does success look like?

Kylee Tano:

Last night when I came home, my parents were there and they were there watching my daughter and my nephew and my niece. And they had made dinner. My husband and I kind of got home around the same time and it was a busy day. So I was tired and it was so nice to have hot dinner and healthy, happy baby at home. But my house was just erupting with noise and toys and laughter, and that's all I want. It was messy and it was chaotic, but I could feel it before I came in the door that they were happy, healthy family there. And that's all I wanted.

Japhet De Oliveira:

That's success. That's good.

Kylee Tano:

And it's so nice that everyone has their own home, but they were in my home. So that's success to me.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Yeah. I like it. Oh, I like that picture. Beautiful. All right, that was 93. So where next?

Kylee Tano:

96.

Japhet De Oliveira:

96, all right. Tell us about the last time that you cried.

Kylee Tano:

Well, other than five minutes ago.

Japhet De Oliveira:

There you.

Kylee Tano:

I'm a big crier. It doesn't take much for me to cry. I'm actually do a lot to keep myself from crying. But this weekend I took my daughter shopping with me and I was trying on dresses, just felt like shopping. And put a dress on myself and it was way too tight. And I pulled it over and I kind of chuckled to myself, I don't know why you thought you could put that on. But my daughter was standing there and she said, "Mommy, so beautiful." And I was like, "Thank you." It's like what I said about her parroting these positive things back to me. And I really did feel beautiful in the moment of the fabric's all stretched out but she saw me. And I was like, this is beautiful. And I got all teary-eyed and I do that a lot with her. And I have to just kind of look away and wipe the tears around my eyes really quick because I don't want her to perceive it in the wrong way.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Yeah, no, totally. That's a beautiful moment.

Kylee Tano:

That's beautiful.

Japhet De Oliveira:

That's a beautiful moment. Oh, I love that. Good words. All right, where next?

Kylee Tano:

Let's go back down. Let's go to II.

Japhet De Oliveira:

11, all right. Tell us about the most adventurous food or meal you've ever eaten.

Kylee Tano:

When I was in Korea, once I went with some friends who knew where they were going and they were like, "It's going to be so much fun." And I'm like, "Okay, cool, let's go." And they brought us up to a Kwan-set hut, this is in South Korea in a Kwan-set hut. And there was gravel on the floor and paper towels hanging from the ceiling off of a wire and these little fire pits and a bunch of them lined up and I was like, "What are we here for?" They're like, "This is an eel farm." And I was like, "I don't eat eel." I was like, "Okay, I'll just let myself have this experience." So it was eel. I tried it.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Yeah. And ever going to go back to it?

Kylee Tano:

No. There's so many other things to eat, but it was an experience.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Yeah, [inaudible 00:23:19]. Okay, good. All right, that was 11. Where next?

Kylee Tano:

I've been all over the place.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Yeah.

Kylee Tano:

34.

Japhet De Oliveira:

34, sure. No, let's do it. All right, here we go. It is, tell us about a moment that a person's kindness made a difference in your life.

Kylee Tano:

This is my fear. This is what I did want to happen, I don't have an answer.

Japhet De Oliveira:

That's okay.

Kylee Tano:

I can't think of a specific moment right now. But I know that in my life I've been given grace so many times. And to me those are always small kindnesses that you don't necessarily see as, you did me a favor. But to give someone grace, I can't help but also want to give other people grace in return because I know I've been given so much in my life.

Japhet De Oliveira:

I was going to ask you that actually, do you offer grace to yourself?

Kylee Tano:

I try to be cognizant of it. Really sometimes in the moment you're just so busy trying to do the task, get X, Y, Z done. But to kind of stop, look at yourself as another person. Am I giving myself grace? I was just telling my coworker, I try to be my own best personal assistant. Am I going to set myself up for success by trying to get everything done today? Or am I going to be my own best personal assistant and say, "No, you need a break here." "No, you can't do X, Y, Z back to back. You're going to burn yourself out." So I think planning in that way and being my own person assistant, I've been trying to be better about that.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Good leadership wisdom there. I like that. I should try that. All right, where next?

Kylee Tano:

77.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Ooh, share one of the most cup-filling experiences with us.

Kylee Tano:

Oh, working here at Adventist Health Castle has been such a blessing in my life because I feel like anytime I'm here I can walk down the halls. And I have a really hard time walking down the halls because I just see friend after friend after friend after friend, even though I'm an introvert and I really do refill my own battery at home.

Japhet De Oliveira:

But you connect really well with people.

Kylee Tano:

I really love the people. I've gotten to know them, so they're more on the inside of my circle and that feels safe to me. But just seeing all of my friends while I'm here and talking to everybody and catching up, and people actually getting to know who I am and asking those questions of, "How's your daughter? Oh my gosh, I've seen her at X, Y and Z." That to me really fills my cup because it's the to be seen and to be known thing that really does it for me. Where I'm here and I get to know people, they get to know me. And I honestly can say it's so kind of frustrating to walk down the hall with a box, even if it's empty because 10 people will stop you and you just got to go 20 feet because they're like, "Can I help you? Hey, how are you doing?" And it's like you're so overly helpful that I could have been here faster. But you're just so happy to see everybody.

Japhet De Oliveira:

People like to connect.

Kylee Tano:

Yeah, especially here.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Yeah, that's great. All right, can you believe it? We only have time for two more.

Kylee Tano:

Oh my.

Japhet De Oliveira:

I know. It's gone by so quick. All right, so what would you like as your last two numbers?

Kylee Tano:

Hold on. I'm thinking about my favorite numbers.

Japhet De Oliveira:

I like it.

Kylee Tano:

18.

Japhet De Oliveira:

18, all right. 18, it is. If you had to eat just one meal every day, the same meal for an entire month, three meals a day, what would be that one meal?

Kylee Tano:

I actually asked my team this at lunch one day after I listened to the podcast. So my answer is fish and poi. Yep, it could be grilled fish, it can be fresh fish. And poi is just a really good nutritious starch.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Is it?

Kylee Tano:

Yeah.

Japhet De Oliveira:

No, I'm kidding.

Kylee Tano:

It's delicious. It's an acquired taste-

Japhet De Oliveira:

Thank you.

Kylee Tano:

For some.

Japhet De Oliveira:

For some, yeah.

Kylee Tano:

But fish and poi.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Okay. Yeah, right. Good. All right, last number.

Kylee Tano:

87.

Japhet De Oliveira:

87, all right. When you're under incredible stress, what do you do to ground you?

Kylee Tano:

Ask my husband for a hug.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Oh, wow. That's beautiful.

Kylee Tano:

Brings me back to reality.

Japhet De Oliveira:

Yeah, that's really good. Kylee it's been a privilege. I knew it was going to be fun. So thank you for sharing. And I say this at every podcast because I really believe this, but if you sit down with someone, you sit down with a friend, you ask them good questions, we learn and we are changed for the better for it. So I got a lot to think about. It's good. Thank you so much. Blessings to you.

Kylee Tano:

Thank you. Mahalo. 

Japhet De Oliveira:

God bless you. Take care.

Narrator:

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