THE DAY HAS COME

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  Let it begin 

September 18, 2025

The Camino Portugues

It has been months since we decided to walk the Camino Portuguese and those months seemed to stretch forever. If I missed a walk, tomorrow would be there to take it. And now here we are waiting for an uber to take us to the airport.

I have my backpack packed although I don’t think I will carry it this time. My shoulder held up well enough for a seven mile walk but then it protested loudly for several days that I allowed that monstrosity to bear down on my delicate shoulder. I’m disappointed but no one will be waiting to award me a trophy for carrying a burden so I’ll give thanks that I can continue the walk.

I feel calm today. The plane ride is just something to be endured for a few hours. And then we will arrive in Porto, Portugal. We have our little routine. Check in at the hotel and leave our bags, walk around and find lunch, walk some more and maybe scour out a dinner place, return to the hotel and get into our room, nap for 90 minutes (and no more), get cleaned up, eat dinner, and go to bed early.

For now I’m just going to relax 😎.

Later…Ah dinner in a lovely little tapas place.

Bin Caminho

Published by michelleperram

I am me, a person with love for others, a passion to be creative, and a desire to be a cheerleader for others. I’m a wife, a mommy, and a grandma (you can call me by my grandma name “Lady M”). I’m on a search to grow and connect more fully with God. I didn’t grow up particularly church, married a man who had, and we raised our three daughters in the church. I found a place to belong in the church and somehow discerned a call to go to seminary. I received a Masters of Arts and Religious Communication (MARC). I went on to become ordained as a deacon in the United Methodist Church and served in media ministry and Christian education. As clergy I found that I didn’t have a place to belong in the church so I left the United Methodist Church in 2010. I still believe and I’m still on a quest to draw closer to God. And I’m going to walk the Camino de Santiago.

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