“You’re a lucky man …”

A lucky man

[John] ... Pilgrims observe one another. Nothing judgmental, just natural human curiosity – what brought that person onto the Camino, how are they getting along, do they need some help?

Here’s how we’re known by our Camino community based on what’s been reflected back to us – we’re the pilgrims with light packs (we wear lumbar packs around our waists rather than backpacks), 

Glitter Pilgrim

Ning is the glitter pilgrim who wears sparkly shoes and bejeweled patches. 

We’re the giver of Camino pins (it’s a gift to us to
see others wearing their pins). We’re a couple very much in love.

At the end of one grueling day  I was slumped in a chair in a café. Ning went to the bar and fetched two cold beers and a plate of tapas. 

A young English pilgrim at the table next to us observed this and said, “You are a very lucky man.” 

Yes, I am.