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  • Walking a Codepdendent Camino – Promise #7

    12.30 miles from Redondela to Pontevedra “I am capable of developing and maintaining healthy and loving relationships. The need to control and manipulate others will disappear as I learn to trust those who are trustworthy.“ If there were any misconceptions… Continue reading

    Walking a Codepdendent Camino – Promise #7

  • Walking a Codependent Camino – Promise #6

    19.7 miles from Tui, Spain to Redondelo “I learn to see myself as equal to others. My new and renewed relationships are with equal partners.” We sat at an early morning breakfast, genuinely stunned and nervous about today’s mileage. Nervous… Continue reading

    Walking a Codependent Camino – Promise #6

  • Walking a Codependent Camino – Promise #5

    14 miles from Rubãis, Portugal to Tui, Spain “I know a new love and acceptance of myself and others. I feel genuinely loveable, loving and loved.” There was something mournful about leaving Portugal. I couldn’t really put my finger on… Continue reading

    Walking a Codependent Camino – Promise #5

  • Walking a Codependent Camino – Promise #4

    “I release myself from worry, guilt, and regret about my past and present. I am aware enough not to repeat it.” 15.61 miles – Up and over the Mountains of Ponte de Lima, moving from the coastal route to the… Continue reading

    Walking a Codependent Camino – Promise #4

  • Walking a Codependent Camino – Promise #3

    “I know a new freedom” 16.07 miles from Vila do Conde to Esposende This second promise from CoDA was a good meditation as miles flew by. Cobblestones, wooden boardwalks, and farm paths carried me from the sea, to town, back… Continue reading

    Walking a Codependent Camino – Promise #3

  • Walking a Codependent Camino: Promise #2

    “I am no longer controlled by my fears. I overcome my fears and act with courage, integrity, and dignity.” It was 21 degrees Celcius. We walked 9.7 kilometers and covered 18.3 kilometers in total. We had the thought of enjoying… Continue reading

    Walking a Codependent Camino: Promise #2

  • Walking a Codependent Camino – Finding your “Why?”

    I am a “yes” kind of girl. I feel a tenacious pull to be a part of any and all plans. I am a “good story” addict and have always felt committed to living a bigger life than was prescribed… Continue reading

    Walking a Codependent Camino – Finding your “Why?”

  • The Responsibility of Repair

    “I love you on your good days. I love you on your bad days. I love you when you are smiling and full of joy. I love you when you are sad or frustrated. I love you when you are… Continue reading

    The Responsibility of Repair

  • Where Faith meets the Mat

    As a born-and-raised Christian (like the 1990’s Christians… not Christian Nationalist), I was brought up on the teachings of Jesus. I also attended a Baptist elementary school in which we had a healthy dose of guilt, shame, and judgment. The… Continue reading

    Where Faith meets the Mat

  • Better Under a Bushel

    This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine. The… Continue reading

    Better Under a Bushel

“To be nobody but myself-in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me somebody else-means to fight the hardest battle any human can fight, and never stop fighting.” – e.e. cummings

— Thorin Oakenshield

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I am an unrestrained consumer of books and life. A military wife on her first PCS to Germany and mother to three sons. The world is too large not to gulp it up at every opportunity and the thoughts are too abundant to keep them in my mortal form.