In my earlier reflections of my Camino journey, I wrote about having walked through what I call inner and outer storms for several days. Then one day I realized that the grieving had stopped. I noticed that my emotional self had become calm. My inner perspective, my awareness had become clearer. I noticed that my eye sight had also become clearer. I also realized that my body did not feel tired from the long journeys each day. My mind felt sharper, as I became more deeply connected to my spiritual self.

I began to test my spiritual confirmations. I made statements aloud to my husband, so that I had an additional witness to the spiritual responses. I said prayers for our children as we climbed steep hills and sure enough, we received responses from the divine. At first we would look at each other in surprise by the result of our prayers; at other times we would be brought to tears.

The prayers to our children were deeply loving and powerful. Together we prayed for our son-in-law at the beginning of one of the many steep climbs. At one point I noticed large rocks on the side of a particular trail and I said aloud, “He is as solid as a rock.” Afterwards I was moved to take a picture of one of the large, beautiful rocks along that path. Several days later as I was looking through the pictures, I was stunned to see that the rock I had photographed was shaped like a heart. I knew at once this was another divine confirmation that our loving prayers were heard.

Together, my husband and I witnessed many divine confirmations. Our journey on the Camino will always hold a special place in my heart.