I forget how to do a link, so if nothing shows up here, this is a recent CBS piece on the Camino. It’s on YouTube, so you can look it up. Thanks to my friend Jane who sent it to me.
It’s 8:15 and I’m having breakfast at a café and pilgrims are flying by to catch the first ferry. It’s a festival weekend here in Laredo, I only realized as I was walking down the street and saw people cleaning and setting up tables. Sorry to miss it. I better get moving. Will probably only get the next ferry . it’s almost 2 miles from here, but we walk along the beach.
Hope the link works. I met the priest Father Rindal, who founded the organization Warriors on the Way. It’s an amazing group. He is a military chaplain and (I think, it’s been some years) been deployed with combat units. An inspiring man. A lot of the people who get accepted for the Camino have been hospitalized for their PTSD and they get a lot out of the Camino. I’m just now remembering parts of his presentation. I’m carrying more weight than I should be (a hoarder mentality?) but I remember him saying some felt like they were still on duty, and felt as though they needed to carry 100 pounds of stuff to be ready for anything. It was an accomplishment to have them realize they would be ok with a little bit, and that the Camino community would provide for them.
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