Hi All,
I have a flow that will notify any family member that enters our home, via Alexa, who is currently away, and who is also home. (Credit to Tom Schneider for creating the original flow Let Alexa welcome you home).
In the flow, there is a function node that does a lot of stuff to prep and create a dynamic message based on who is home and not home. This function successfully creates the message, passes it off to to the Alexa Call Service Node, and Alexa successfully announces the message. No issues on this side. The Alexa notification works like a charm!
My issue is when attempting to pass the same message from the same function to a Call Service Node as a message to my cellphone (My alteration/addition to the original flow from Tom Schneider).
Instead of getting the actual same message that Alex announces, I get a cellphone notification that just says “object object, object object, object object”.
For the life of me I am unable to figure out why, and was hoping someone could assist me in a solution?
I have added my flow for anyone to review.
Any help in getting me back on track would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance 
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