"Buen Camino"

We return from the Camino de Santiago (The Way of St. James) with sore feet and aching muscles. We return as well blessed by the people we met along the way. Following an ancient pilgrimage path traveled by thousands upon thousands, my husband and I started our six-day walking journey from Sarria, in Galicia.

I knew the Camino would come with an abundance of stories, and some will take time to shape into poems or essays.  Day one presented me with one story I had not anticipated. It is a story about confronting my own limitations. It is a story about humility. I quickly realized, painfully, that I am out of shape and that I packed more than I needed for the trail.