JaneR
New Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Houffalize - Trier April 2012
I have learned that the way I have been using this forum for several years (reading obsessively but not participating actively in the exchanges) is known as lurking. This does not sound like a very nice thing to do, so I’ve decided that even if I cannot bring anything helpful to it, I can at least introduce myself in relation to the Camino.
In 1995, when my mother and I made a pilgrimage to SDC by car, I saw a few pilgrims on foot and thought how wonderful it would be to do it that way. But I never got beyond those vague thoughts until just before my 60th birthday, when I came across a French magazine special issue about the Camino. I said to myself: I’m buying this, and now I am going to actually plan to do it, not just think about it. A few years later, in 2012, after much more reading and planning, I walked from my home in Houffalize to Trier for the Holy Robe pilgrimage, and consider that as the first part of my Camino. It was one of the best weeks of my life. I don’t know when I will be able to continue (I am sole caretaker for my 90-year-old mother), but I know that that is what I want - and this forum is encouraging me to believe that I will still be able to do it when the day comes.
In 1995, when my mother and I made a pilgrimage to SDC by car, I saw a few pilgrims on foot and thought how wonderful it would be to do it that way. But I never got beyond those vague thoughts until just before my 60th birthday, when I came across a French magazine special issue about the Camino. I said to myself: I’m buying this, and now I am going to actually plan to do it, not just think about it. A few years later, in 2012, after much more reading and planning, I walked from my home in Houffalize to Trier for the Holy Robe pilgrimage, and consider that as the first part of my Camino. It was one of the best weeks of my life. I don’t know when I will be able to continue (I am sole caretaker for my 90-year-old mother), but I know that that is what I want - and this forum is encouraging me to believe that I will still be able to do it when the day comes.