How a Tibetan Turquoise Pendant Keeps Me Close to Home (Catapult)

On a hot summer afternoon in California, bees buzzing in the lavender and the air fragrant with the scent of eucalyptus trees, my mother presented me with a turquoise pendant. A delicate sky-blue stone on a gold chain, the necklace had been a gift from her father when she left Darjeeling for medical school in New York; now, as I prepared to leave for college, she wanted me to have it…. Turquoise is believed to possess special power, changing color according to the owner’s physical, emotional, and spiritual state; it lends protection on a journey, whether from one country to another or from birth to death.

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