It was a peaceful day until night. In the afternoon my husband and daughter went to the ice cream store that was newly opened recently.
In the night, my husband and daughter watched the movie. Since it was an action movie and not my favorite type of movie, I stayed in my room and enjoyed watching my favorite comedy show on computer. At 8 p.m. sharp, I heard my husband’s phone was ringing. I heard my husband answered the phone saying “Hi mom.” Then it went to silent. Then about 20 minutes later, I felt a sudden tight feeling around my heart, as if somebody squeezed my heart. The sudden pain continued just for some seconds and went away. I thought of my dad-in-law. I looked at the clock of the computer screen. It was 8: 22 p.m.
Then 20 minutes later my husband came to me with serious face. He whispered my dad-in-law had not been breathing for 23 minutes now. My husband asked his cousin who lives close to my in-law’s house. By the time my husband’s cousin arrived at my in-laws’ house, my dad-in-law was down on the floor, and my mom-in-law was trying to bring my dad-in-law back by performing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. My mom-in-law already called an ambulance and waiting for them to arrive. When all the medical team arrived, they did their best at the site and also they brought my dad-in-law to the hospital.
We decided to leave tomorrow morning for Navajo Nation and started packing.
Around midnight we received a phone call from my mom-in-law to announce my dad-in-law’s departure.
I tried to get some sleep but could not until after 2 a.m. My husband’s phone call kept on ringing. It was from his mom, brother, and niece. Everybody had a hard time to accept my dad-in-law’s departure.
I felt scared of going to Navajo Nation at this moment. Just 2-3 days ago, my husband told me his cousin’s girlfriend was tested positive for Covid-19. They all live in the close distance each other. Also I often hear the Navajo people have been still suffering from Covid-19 and their infection and death rate are still high; much higher than other areas. Besides, my dad-in-law had Covid-19 and died from it. I asked my family spirits if I should go as a whole family or if I should ask my husband to go alone. The answer came back right away. Somebody told me right next to my left ear. The voice said that you should go because my mom-in-law needs me for support.” The voice sounded like my dad-in-law. I asked my family spirits to protect us from sickness, and they confirmed they would definitely protect us for this trip.
three wisdom 