I am a list maker, I confess. I make lists of daily life and it's enhancements. When making a list, I place a small box next to each item. The purpose, and the greatest satisfaction behind list making, is to put a check mark in the box.
This week's list contains an item critical to my pilgrimage: a passport. The last time I used my passport was in 1979. I spent three weeks in Europe (mostly England and Paris) with my dearest friend, Mary. ...and I still had dark hair. Mary is the person who inspired my own path to education. She believed in me when I wasn't so certain. She encouraged me to take the first step - the application process. Every acceptance and every exam or paper that followed, were shared with her. With angst and anxiety, I shared with her my certainty that, this time, I would surely fail to get it right. Mary said I could and I did and she made me laugh right through to the other side. By the end of four years, Mary was probably a little weary of her role as cheerleader, but she never waivered. Not everyone has a Mary in their life. Just think, one strong voice of support can make all the difference. Collectively, those individual voices could blend in harmonious splendor to send someone to college. Check that off your list :-)
You will also want to get a pilgrim's passport, the official credentials for the pilgrimage which will allow you into housing along the way - and provide proof of the pilgrimage with stamps from each community along the way. My friends got these in advance from the Spanish tourist office.
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