Reprise: Camino de Santiago. Rejuvenated, Inspired

Heading to Portugal. Ready. Listen to last episode from ’19 Spanish Camino. Sounds of tapping of my canes, white storks, cathedral bells chiming. Stay tuned.

Proem

I’m getting ready to go on a pilgrimage to Portugal and Spain. It’s the Camino de Santiago. And for those of you who’ve been following me, know I’ve been podcasting about it. I’ve been podcasting about my previous trip in 2019 when we went to Spain and my training. I’ve gotten a lot of comments on these episodes, and mostly they’re attaboy comments, but some asked me if I’m afraid. Aren’t I scared? I think that’s a good question. At first, I just wanted to dismiss it. What could happen? I’m going with friends, lots of other people are on this pilgrimage. It was safety uneventful in 2019 when we went. But to be honest with you, yes, I have some fear. I have a “what if” kind of thing. What if this, what if that, what if I have an exacerbation of my MS? What if I fall? What if I hurt myself? And I worry about that stuff? I do. I’ve been accused of being pathologically optimistic, and I am. I like to look on the bright side and plow ahead, looking forward to adventuring. But I do have my periods of fear. You can’t have a chronic progressive illness, like multiple sclerosis and always be pathologically optimistic. That would be insane. I will say that MS is seriously…