Navajo woman

…the thick smoke curled softly through my open window its sweet cleansing scent wrapping around me offering something like comfort for the first time since nightfall my shoulders shook as i began to sob openly overwhelmed by gratitude relief and lingering terror you're lucky the old woman murmured quietly her voice strong yet soothing it followed you for a r…

…An elderly Navajo woman, wrapped in a colorful shawl, stepped quietly forward from the shadows. She watched me approach, her eyes calm, knowing. My car slowed involuntarily, as if drawn toward her presence. Her gaze locked onto mine, steady and compassionate. Wordlessly, she lifted a bundle of smoking sage, waving it gently, rhythmically in my direction.…