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This was my husband. So many thanks to all of my fellow pilgrims who stopped to help and to pray and to translate for me.
He was doing what he loved.
Thank you for the news article link.
Our cat figured out how to "access" his automatic feeder and usually was able to "pick the lock" so to speak dumping his whole bin into his meal tray early in the trip. After having someone check on him at home for few short trips, we ended up...
This may be a sign of advancing age however, I carry a small laminated card on me whenever I travel. On it is: my name, date of birth, blood type, list of meds and the name and contact number of my wife.
I have never needed it but it may be...
There was a thread on a similar topic about 5 years ago and I wrote about my story then. We did ‘find each other’ on the Camino. But I can’t vote yes for #1. Ours was a camino friendship, not a romance. That came later.
Post in thread 'Tales of...
I just realized that there's only one leg in the photo. Where's my second leg? 🤣
But it's hilarious because I had a really bad injury on that Camino and basically only had one working leg / foot for many weeks. So that photo is symbolic for that...
Found him on the way, just before O Cebreiro. That's him in Santiago, and later at home:
Made a poncho for his carrier from a garbage bag. Me in my giant tent-like poncho, and him with the garbage bag, looked ridiculous 🤣.
Bought him a...
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