After a long night of tossing and turning and remembering all the photos I now I have lost, I am coming to terms with it. This morning during my prayer time, I heard the messsage: the treasure is in your heart not in a box. And within minutes, there was a tiny sacred heart image painted on one of the Camino bollards. I began to cry and to think and remember all those people and images I really do treasure and indeed, they/you are carried in my heart. I am still very sad about the loss but there is nothing we can do when things happen other than learn from them what there is to discover. Grief is such a confounding thing. It comes and goes like the wind--and yet as we contemplate what we have lost, we discover the beauty and lessons of what we had and yet continue to have. I will check with the albergues here in Astorga to see if by chance anyone turned in the camera but I have no hope that it will be found.
Santiago is getting closer. One picture I took in Leon said there was only 330k to Santiago. It is hard to believe that this time is drawing closer and closer. Today is a beautiful, clear fall day. I give thanks to God for good weather, good companions and for those who love and care about me. Blessings be with you.
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When I arrived home, one of the amazing things was that so many of us, fellow walkers, seemed to track each other down. And I was e-mailed some lovely photos of times shared together, that had been taken on other people's cameras. I hope you too will end up with some precious memories that way.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful comment - you can cherish other pilgrims photos that they will send you! All is not lost afterall.... Am looking at your itinerary and you are 4 days ahead of schedule arriving in Astorga...must be your long legs! Glad to hear the weather has improved...prayers are with you. Jane
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ReplyDeleteHave been following your journey regularly and wishing I was sharing some of that Spanish wine with you! So sorry to hear about your camera but
you will carry all those wonderful visions in your heart. I was thinking of you while preparing a Sun/School lesson on "comfortable silence"......God relishes the time that we take to sit with him in comfortable silence...
Be well and keep on truck'n. Joan
There is a message on the Santiagobis group about a camera. Regards Ashley
ReplyDelete2. Camera found near Hospital de Orbigo
Posted by: "camino.pilgrim" silvia_nilsen@yahoo.com camino.pilgrim
Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:55 am (PDT)
I have offered to pass on this message from Allison:
"On thurs 17th Sept, we found a camera on some wood slats round about Emplane (near Hospital de Orbigo). It was the day it rained for about 8 hours and we stopped to put more rain gear on. This is probably what happened to the camera owner too. The last photo is of a young guy who had on a yellow rain pack cover. We had hoped that this would make him easy to find, but the bad weather forced a lot of people to stop earlier than they had probably planned. We were in Santiago until Sunday but we couldn't find them. We took it to the pilgrims office and showed it to some people in Santiago. We recognised the faces on it as did others but noone could find the people in the photos,
The P.O. wouldn't take it so we brought it home with the intention of putting a posting on a forum."
If you lost a camera on that day, please contact ja.convery@hotmail.co.uk and describe the camera to them. It could be yours.
I was saddened to read that you had lost your camera and prayed to St. Anthony - hopefully, the last posting will prove to be your camera. If not, I am sure many people you have met along with way will share their photos with you. Hope the weather stays favorable!
ReplyDeleteBlessings to you - and my prayers and thoughts are with you. Chris