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Coming home: Help for the heartbroken
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[QUOTE="Camino Chrissy, post: 564000, member: 67313"] Hi Laureen, I had daydreamed about the possibility of walking the Camino Frances for a full year after seeing the movie "The Way" before I finally was able to do it in April 2015. It was amazing, but I thought it would be "one and done"...off the bucket list of exciting things to experience and places to see as I'd traveled to many beautiful places over the years. BUT, after I returned home I started missing the feel of wearing my backpack, the simplicity of the lifestyle, meeting so many interesting people, and being part of an adventure. I became somewhat melancholy and sort of sad, although nothing was really wrong in my life. I had just retired before that first Camino. Maybe the extra time on my hands left me wondering what would give me the wonderful sense of purpose that I had in the planning, the focusing on the preparations, and the anticipation of going on that journey. I felt sort of empty and as though my husband, family and friends didn't really understand or relate to the joy I had in just "walking". I had met two fellow pilgrims my first night over the communal meal in the albergue. We walked a few days together, exchanged emails, and when I returned home, one of them suggested we all meet for a "mini reunion" four months later as we all were from the midwest USA. It was a wonderful time reconnecting over a long weekend. We did some local hikes, brought Rioja wine ;) and prepared a tapas meal to emulate our pilgrimage. These new Camino friends are still part of my life; we have turned our mini reunion into an annual event and have met up on a couple of other occasions. I think these connections with others who "get it" definately helped with my feelings of loss after returning home that first time. I have planned one Camino each year since my first; the Norte/Primitivo, and this past spring a repeat of the Frances route. I have new plans to walk the LePuy route in France next June with two of these friends and the upcoming winter months of planning will get me through those long cold months. Thankfully my husband has accepted the fact that this has become a passion of mine and has allowed me the luxury, (yes, it's a luxury) to continue. Like so many of us on the forum have said...planning another one helps keep those Camino blues away. [/QUOTE]
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