Day 28 Happy Mother’s Day Mom

Today was about my mom. This will be the first Mother’s Day I will not be able to hug or kiss her. I have been carrying my mom’s prayer card with me every day of this journey. I tapped my pocket many times a day to remind me I have it. I planned to leave it at the most sacred spot on the Camino- the iron cross at the highest point of the journey. Leaving it there was an expression of leaving the physical remembrances of my mom for the spiritual ones. Everyone has their own way to remember someone whether it’s gravestone, monument, ashes, some other physical thing or whatever. I clung to the prayer card until today. I let it go because I believe my mom is with me always. From now on I will connect with her in a spiritual way and give up on trying to keep her in a physical sense like her ashes or her gravesite. I love you mom and I know you are with me.

The iron cross- highest point on the Camino and where I left mom’s prayer card.

Bike Memorial

21 mile journey today over difficult terrain