“๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฎ ๐ค๐ ๐ข๐๐ก๐๐จ, ๐ฃ๐ค ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐ก๐ค๐ฃ๐, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ช๐๐ก ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฎ, ๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฎ ๐ค๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐, ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐๐ช๐ค๐ช๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ช๐ข๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฎ๐๐ช๐ก, ๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐๐๐ฉ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ข๐.” โ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฝ๐๐ง๐ง๐ฎ, ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐จ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ (๐ญ๐ต๐ณ๐ญ)
Today, I begin my second Camino pilgrimage, walking the Camino Portuguรฉs from Porto, Portugal, through Santiago de Compostela, and concluding in Finisterre, Spain โ often referred to as โthe end of the world.โ Over the next 21 days, I will walk in honor of my late parents, who gave me the greatest gift of my life: my Catholic faith.
I walked my first Camino back in September 2021 โ the Camino Francรฉs from St. Jean Pied de Port, France to Santiago de Compostela, Spain โ a pilgrimage of 34 days and nearly 500 miles in honor of my late brother Dennis, who passed away far too young at 19. That pilgrimage was the most transformative experience of my life.
For this Camino, I will be praying for the grace to discern where the Lord is calling me in this next chapter of life at 71 and to let go of old scripts that no longer serve me and to be more present to the people who matter most in my life: my wife Jean, my children and grandchildren, my extended family, my friends, and to my clients and fellow bereaved whose constant presence in my life is itself a gift from God.
As I did on the Camino Francรฉs, I will once again light candles at the Cathedral of St. James in Santiago โ for all the loved ones in my extended family now in God’s embrace and for those who are still here in this life walking with their own grief.
๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ, ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ค๐ฏ๐ค๐ข๐ซ๐ง๐๐ง@๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ฅ.๐๐จ๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ซ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ.
As I begin this special Camino, it is with deepest gratitude for the love of my family and the deep faith my parents planted in my heart all those years ago. My prayer is simple: to grow in love, patience, peace, kindness, gentleness, and joy in the hope I can become, slowly and imperfectly, the person He is calling me to be.
Wishing my clients, fellow coaches, and friends Buen Camino โ and may your own journey, wherever it leads, be filled with God’s abundant grace.
โ Dr. K โค๏ธ ๐ ๐
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