I enter the building and make an offering before lighting a candle within a red votive holder.
Though its a Catholic pilgrimage, Im not participating in the walk for religious reasons.
It takes about five weeks to complete.
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Ive walked down country roads lined with vineyards until crossing into Galicia for the final stretch of the journey.
The walk hes leading me on marks his 127thjourney.
The Camino de Santiago is special that way.
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Many pilgrims walk because their path forward is unclear.
Through days of silence and time alone in nature, they eventually find their next step.
They, like me, are stepping out of one phase of life and entering another.
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For me, I felt like I had a chance to process my last relationships.
At one point, during a water break at a mountaintop, I opened my journal to write.
All that came out was, I want something different.
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Walking the Camino de Santiago taught me many lessons.
Each day is different.
But on the Camino as in life, I choose to keep walking.
Photo: Michaela Trimble
Photo: Michaela Trimble
Photo: Michaela Trimble
