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What a really lovely idea this is....thankyou for sharing with us. Buen Camino Lisa.I am planning to walk this fall in memory of my son as we had hoped to do it together.
One of the things our family would like to do is make small "Blessing Bags" for someone like Ivar to give to fellow pilgrims.
We plan on filling a large suitcase with ziplock bags full of little things someone might need such as a tiny sewing kt, small bottle of bodywash/shampoo, bag of peanuts, pen wrapped with a few feet of duct tape, bandaids, sock liners etc.
I would love to hear from people who have done the walk what kinds of things would be good to include.
I also need someone to leave them with before I start who can either put them out or distribute them.
I could probably give them all away myself at the beginning, but I think they would be more of a blessing to a person who had been walking for many days.
My young daughters are making little pictures and cards with encouragement to add and I think the whole project makes them feel like a part of the preparation for the journey. We made bags for the homeless, bags for students and even frozen wet towel Bags during a vacation with a heat wave in NYC one year and everyone really appreciated them.
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Greetings Lisa, I leave in a few days for the camino starting in Mauleon towards ST.Jean Pied. Send me your son's name and I will keep him in prayer, thought as I travel the Camino and will leave his name at the Cruz de ferro. niel+I am planning to walk this fall in memory of my son as we had hoped to do it together.
One of the things our family would like to do is make small "Blessing Bags" for someone like Ivar to give to fellow pilgrims.
We plan on filling a large suitcase with ziplock bags full of little things someone might need such as a tiny sewing kt, small bottle of bodywash/shampoo, bag of peanuts, pen wrapped with a few feet of duct tape, bandaids, sock liners etc.
I would love to hear from people who have done the walk what kinds of things would be good to include.
I also need someone to leave them with before I start who can either put them out or distribute them.
I could probably give them all away myself at the beginning, but I think they would be more of a blessing to a person who had been walking for many days.
My young daughters are making little pictures and cards with encouragement to add and I think the whole project makes them feel like a part of the preparation for the journey. We made bags for the homeless, bags for students and even frozen wet towel Bags during a vacation with a heat wave in NYC one year and everyone really appreciated them.
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May you receive rich blessings as a consequence of your kindness.Also my condolences,i know the pain of losing children. May God`s hand be upon you in all things. MI am planning to walk this fall in memory of my son as we had hoped to do it together.
One of the things our family would like to do is make small "Blessing Bags" for someone like Ivar to give to fellow pilgrims.
We plan on filling a large suitcase with ziplock bags full of little things someone might need such as a tiny sewing kt, small bottle of bodywash/shampoo, bag of peanuts, pen wrapped with a few feet of duct tape, bandaids, sock liners etc.
I would love to hear from people who have done the walk what kinds of things would be good to include.
I also need someone to leave them with before I start who can either put them out or distribute them.
I could probably give them all away myself at the beginning, but I think they would be more of a blessing to a person who had been walking for many days.
My young daughters are making little pictures and cards with encouragement to add and I think the whole project makes them feel like a part of the preparation for the journey. We made bags for the homeless, bags for students and even frozen wet towel Bags during a vacation with a heat wave in NYC one year and everyone really appreciated them.
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Lisa to say I have been touched by your thread is an understatement. I have been thinking about you and your generosity ever since your first post. I said I would be honoured to walk with the name of your son with me to put at Cruz de Ferro. Today I embroidered Trey's name on some calico material to take with me in September. I also embroidered a sailing ship with the rays of the sun shining on the ship and him. I just feel he is a young Ulysses from the Tennyson poem. Ulysses was a symbol for all who wander and roam the Earth and even though Trey isn't here in the physical sense his spirit certainly is, through you.thanks again everyone for your kind words and suggestions.
Here are some pictures of our first bag contents and supply closets we have set up. One for food and one for personal care and one for first aid.
I got plastic covers so people can protect their Credentials also. If anyone would like one of these, I would be glad to send you one -- here in US.
My son's name was Trey. He passed away June 18, 2013. He was one month shy of his 17th birthday.
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