I would love to return to Peru some day. I felt the magic and it continues. People say I’m calmer than before I left. I can tell you one thing for sure – the grief of my divorce is over. I left it all on the mountains, on that long walk, one step at a time. As I shared with my Peru sisters in our dining tent one evening, I’d never been so focused IN THE MOMENT , as I was on that walk. I had to think of nothing else but where to put my foot next on the slippery rocks. I hummed our goddess songs as I struggled to breathe, my heart pounding, waling up the steep slopes -- and all the time asking the mountain to sustain me and take all my grief and pain away. And it did!

I went to Peru to find out if I had the strength to live the rest of my life after my divorce and loss of my husband, home, identity. I went to Peru to figure out who I am now. And now I know – I am one tough cookie with the WILL to do something I could not really do physically. Nothing in my life (outside of childbirth) has been so hard, nor so rewarding.

I feel so confident in my abilities now. I feel so confident that spirit will sustain me – and I can stop worrying about my future. I feel so blessed to have shared that time with such exceptional, strong, brave and compassionate women. I no longer feel sorry for myself because of my new situation in life. I feel proud, and strong, and special. I am so very happy you encouraged me to go when fear almost made me cancel! Thank you, thank you, thank you.