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The story in between

It is always interesting to me to see people’s before and after pictures for anything in their life. A living room, a bedroom, a body, or a life. What’s interesting to me is not what you see in the before and after, but the in-between, that’s the story. Similar...

You can’t outrun you….lesson 4

  “Wherever you go, there you are” Jon Kabbit Zen, this quote IS lesson 4.   My walk ended on May 22. I finished my walk to Santiago de Compostela and had planned to continue for 4 days out to Fisterra, but on the day that I finished my walk, I knew in my heart I...

Lessons from the Camino…..Hard Things

If you haven’t read the book “Untamed” by Glennon Doyle I highly recommend it. One of her main themes throughout the book and I believe the name of her new podcast is “We can do hard things”. Hard things is the next lesson on my Camino journey.    I have spent...

Lessons from the Camino….Trust

My mother loved to get lost. It was one of her favourite things to do and she taught us to love it too. We would go out for drives on Sunday after church and at intersections, she would say right or left, wherever we wanted to go. I doubt she was ever really lost, but...

Lessons from the Camino……Surrender

Three years ago today I started my trek on the Camino de Santiago, my journey started 3 days earlier as I took 3 planes and 2 busses to get to my destination of St. John de Pied in France. As I was planning my trip many people were astonished that I would be taking...

She danced

My mom was a vibrant, kind, giving, loving, passionate sensual woman who loved to dance. Music was playing in my house constantly. She allowed room for all of her 5 children to enjoy their own kind of music. Our record player, on the same day, would host the sounds of...