Day 17: Castrojeriz to Fromista

Miles Day/Total/To Go: 15.7/232.3/285.8
Weather: Partly Cloudy & Cool

26km walk today starting with a 100 meter climb at 12% and then the same 100 meters down at an 18% grade.  This definitely got my right calf thinking about not cooperating,  but the stretching I'd done did its job. I am glad the "hill" was at the start of the day when the weather wss coolest. Today's walk was a good challenge and at the end my body was ready to stop.....thank goodness the weather was cool.

I dedicated today's walk to focus on and prayer for my eldest son Kurt. Like all parents my judgment and behavior surrounding Kurt has always been based on what I thought was best for him. We all do the best we can as parents but none of us is perfect. He is an amazing young man, kind and considerate, good sense of humor, amazing talents as both a musician and a world class mathematician.  In a few years he will have his PhD with the recognized leader in his chosen specialty as his principal advisor.  He has a great wife and has never let his type I diabetes be either a hindrance or an excuse for doing whatever he's set out to to with panache and verve.

I do recognize times when I have been perhaps too controlling (even though for the best of intentions) or let my own insecurities about either myself or his mother cloud my judgment with him. I hope that he recognizes my intentions were always love centered and focused on what I thought was best. I hope he forgives me for these mistakes that all parents make. All this being said I known I've done some things right along the way and well. I love him deeply and could not be more proud of the man he's become. My only regret is that he is not active with the Church, I pray that someday that changes for him, just as it did for me.

Fromista is, a nice town with a very interesting simple church from around 1066. It's Sunday so not much going here. All set for a meal and a food coma, tomorrow it's a relatively easy 12.7 miles to Carrion de los Condes.