I’m writing this memoir for those who need to see someone standing strong farther down the road they’re travelling. In February of this year, I stood transfixed in my living room listening to my Camino story on CBC Radio’s The Sunday Edition. I hardly recognized my own voice, which sounded like it had received the audio equivalent of airbrushing. But even though I knew the story, I was almost in tears. I had written something that, to me, felt remarkable. Then came the annoying voices in my head: How will I ever write anything this good again? And did I really bare [...]

A pilgrim's journey: This woman hiked hundreds of kilometres to find peace They say the Camino calls you and you walk when you're ready, when you need it most. October of 2013 was that time for me. I was celebrating the 25-year anniversary of my cancer survival and I had a successful career fundraising for the hospital that had saved my life. I had hoped to go with a partner, a friend, or a group of people. But at 56, after two marriages, with no children, I was on my own again. The first marriage took place during my cancer [...]