I stood in the entry area of the albergue in Oreo. The bare lightbulb above me cast its glare across the three walls and out across the yard. There across the gravel and lawn I could see the single dim line of light along the distant hills, as the sun barely lit the sky. I…
Month: January 2017
Day 3 — Irun to Oreo
Today August 22nd was our 35th wedding anniversary and we were so many miles apart from one another while I walked and walked and walked this path. I had planned to take this day easy. It was 10+ km from Irun to San Sebastián. The route began with the steep climb up the stairs and switchback path to…
Day Two Irún to Pasajes de San Juan/Pasaia Donibane
I stepped off the bus in Irún with all the emotions — excited, scared, uncertain, like stepping into the unknown, and knowing the trip back to Bilbao on foot would take the next week. I wandered a bit, finally finding my first arrow. Seeing it caused my heart to rejoice, perhaps like the wise men…
Re-walking the Camino — Day One, August 20
Arrived in Bilbao August 20th to discover the hotel I had booked “close to the bus station” was not close to the bus station in Bilbao. The taxi driver’s face spoke volumes. He’d asked me to sit next to him in his car as he checked his phone for the name of the hotel I had given…
Your Usual Love
I love this picture. It reminds me of how often I get to see something because God reaches out and opens something I otherwise couldn’t open or see. It reminds me of the might, majesty of God’s love. It was two years ago for Christmas when two of my girls went together and offered to…
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