I'm not certain if that spelling is correct, I have alit of proofing once I am home. I have finally figured out hiw to turn off the word recognition with the ipad and my words shouldn't be changed now.
We are battling the rain some, atleast it is not wind and rain but we have bern spoiled thus far with no rain. I continue to walk with J and M and love them dearly. The countryside we are seeing is beautiful, loved animals are everywhere...grass is s lush green, hydrangeas are in bloom everywhere and just about every turn is worthy of a postcard.
We walked thru a neat town today called Portomarin that had the most fabulous bridge, I am running into many old faces and am so happy, no sightings of J and Big J ( Little Bear and big Bear) and from the sounds of it Big Bear is walking with a guy who is injured and might be a good day or teo behind us. We did a killer kilometer day yesterday and would do a normal stage today, slightly off the popular book starting point and end point. The place we stayed in last night was incredible, though we would not to totally enjoy its courtyard etc it was a fabulous place to be noted by anyone reading this and planning their trip..
It is a huge gift getting to walk with J, a mama who has/is raising three children, two out of the home one a successful athlete in highschool. I have been so inspired by the relationship she has with M, last night she was asleep in the bed bedside me and he was one bed over from her (we had a room to ourselves) and M stayed up journaling and his mom was asleep . I was done blogging (too tired actually to blog any longer) and he turned off the light but without going over to his mom (asleep and oblivious) and gave her a kiss. He reminds me of my oldest , R, who I thought might do the same.
We didn't have a destination today and Squiddly Diddly would be out infront of an auberge when we were not totally ready to call it quits. Since we start later than others we do joke that we need to walk further on eachnight so we are walking with them the next day , as they catch up with us.
J and I would talk about everything, i don't think anything and everything, yesterday a lit of the conversation was about my kiddos, family and life today was an awesome opportunity to learn more about J. She shared how one of her best friends had died of cancer sometime back, a mom featured on Oprah for making videos when she knew it was the end for her daughter. WE both choked up, I remembered this show and remembered a mom who also did midnight snacks of cheerios with her daughter. I assured j that her friend has influenced my parenting, my kids enjoy "midnight snacks" of Oreos and i have never served them without thinking of thus show and these wonderful mothers. J wrote a book that she is going to share with me once home, the topic interest me so much. We spoke of death of loved ones (which she has so much more experience than I do with) but the weirdest thing happened while we talking about a sensitive topic...I for some reason notice everything on the ground, infact wanted to write a blog post on that topic alone. But I notice the ants and anything in my path, and have taken great care not to step on them as in my eyes they are on their own
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