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The story in between

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 to a...

Fattest kid in school….Update 4 years later

Fattest kid in school….Update 4 years later

It has been 4 years since I wrote this post and so much has changed in my life. I took that very large body for an 800km walk in hopes that I would finally fully come to love her, but to my amazement as much as I came home a different person I still really struggled...

You can’t outrun you….lesson 4

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

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

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

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

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...

No Complaints? What do you mean?

No Complaints? What do you mean?

Mindful Monday....no complaints for 24 hours. What is that all about? A few weeks ago I started a No Complaints Monday challenge for people to become aware of how much they are complaining or judging throughout the day. Anytime I create a challenge it is usually...

Eyes of Wonder

Eyes of Wonder

The first thing I wrote in my journal this morning was "God, I am sad and weary." Over the past few days, ultimately over the past few months, there has just been so much visceral hate. The hate stems from racism, the hate stems from the pigment in someone's skin, but...

Learning to Love yourself

Learning to Love yourself

  Learning to love yourself.....what does that even mean?  It is tossed around in quotes, on TED talks, in self-improvement books but do we really have any clue as to what it means? Did we ever love ourselves? Did we ever think we were perfectly fine the way we...

Park Bench Project

Park Bench Project

Have you ever wanted to sit on a park bench and talk with someone? Someone who has passed on? Maybe someone whose views are the complete opposite of yours? Maybe a conversation of understanding? This is my hope with the park bench project.

Can we be the light?

Can we be the light?

  I had a friend stop by for a visit yesterday and during the course of this pandemic she has exposed herself to many media sources and has developed some new opinions, many I don’t agree with but it is not my place to judge her or her information. What I did...


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