The Most Beautiful Girl in the World...

Finding beauty in a dusty parking lot

                                   The Most Beautiful Girl in the World...


In 2003, Tommy, Lisa and I went to the Grand Canyon for our vacation.  The trip
was beautiful beyond description or expectation.   We drove up, over and around the Rockies, drove through deserts and spent time on the Navajo Indian Reservation.  Everywhere we turned the land was in competition with itself.  It would have been hard to pick
a winner.  Each place was beautiful and could stand on its own.  If you happen to be
a rock hound like I am, then paradise was everywhere.

To arrive at the Grand Canyon we traveled through the Dine Bikeyah, or the Navajo
Nation.  It is larger than 10 of our 50 states. When we entered the reservation, we also entered a nation within a nation.

It was on this reservation, we saw the most beautiful young woman any of us had ever
seen.  It was late in the afternoon, we were hot, tired and ready to find a place to spend the night.

We finally pulled into a service station. We needed to fill up and more importantly we needed out of the car!  The parking lot had about 30 vehicles.  All makes and models of cars and trucks, mostly filed with people waiting for someone in the trading post to finish their
business, and come out so they could leave.

Tommy and I were standing outside our vehicle, stretching and enjoying an ice cold soda. 
Lisa was still inside, waiting in line.  The door opened and out strolled the most beautiful young woman any of us had seen.

She took two steps and paused for a second, all eyes in the parking lot were on her. I know,
because I gave the parking lot a quick scan to see if she was impacting other people the same way she was affecting us. Undeniably she was.

She continued her stroll, oblivious to the rest of us. She was about 5 foot 9 inches tall, lean
maybe 125 pounds at the max and no more then 20 years old.

 The young woman was dressed  in  old faded jeans, a red tank top and a worn pair of boots. Her left wrist was encased in a turquoise bracelet. Nothing fancy to take away from her natural beauty. It was the perfect outfit.  She was in the process of drinking a Diet Mt. Dew, but carried it like an after thought, loosely with a slight swing to her arm.

She had a chiseled face, bronze skin and black almond shaped eyes.  As she opened the door to her truck, she flashed the parking lot a beautiful white smile.  Ahhh, I was glad to see the young lady knew the affect she had on people. Good for her. Then she cranked her truck and was gone.

Ten years after those few minutes in a dusty parking lot, she is still the person we use for a beauty gauge.  If we see someone who is amazing looking, one of us will say, "yes she is beautiful but somehow she can't compare to the Navajo woman in Arizona."

Beauty is very fleeting. Ten years makes a big difference in people. I am sure she looks different today.  However, for us she is frozen in time. She will never age, never die and for us she will be the most beautiful girl in the world.

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[Jenna K. Hayduk]

I absolutely LOVE this piece!