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Some voices become part of the sound of home. Peta Alleyne’s was one of them. She held up a mirror to Barbadian life, with all our familiar habits and contradictions. We recognised our neighbours and, sometimes a little uncomfortably, ourselves. Her wit and attention to detail captured the little things that make us who we are. As Barbados approaches 60 and five, we mourn another voice that helped shape our culture and tell our stories. My thoughts and prayers are with her son, Ade, her family, and her CBC and Laff-it-Off families. Thank you, Peta, for helping us see ourselves, laugh at ourselves and love what makes us Barbadian. May you rest in peace.