I’ve been looking forward to Thursday for the last four years, as I had to leave my good friend and walking companion Jesus del Carmen in May of 2013 when I returned home from Burgos.
After picking me up from the airport, we spend the better part of the day walking around Madrid, catching up on the last four years, reminiscing about our last camino together, and discussing the camino that lies in front of me.
When walking the camino, one usually walks alone and then the relating and sharing starts as folks converge on their next stopping point for the day, but with Jesus and I, as with some other folks I imagine, it was an easy and natural thing to walk together every day… perhaps because we just personally clicked, and perhaps also because we both drove forward with a similar determination and pace on the camino.
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Good to see you again my friend! It’s an honor to carry your stone at Cruz de Ferr this time. Thank you for carrying mine the last.
Un Abrazo,
Jerald