Watching my nieces "play" this week has reminded me that there are many ordinary, daily tasks in my "normal" life that I didn't think about while walking the Camino...
I only did dishes once in Spain.
I haven't vacuumed in two months.
Music was church bells and bird calls, not filling up my i-pod and turning on the car stereo.
By the end of the journey I could go several days without ever looking in the mirror. And "fixing" my hair meant putting on a hat.
Watching the kids celebrate these activities, as if rites of passage, reminds me that I can celebrate them too. I can be grateful to have dishes to wash, because I'm home where I can make healthy food choices. I can be grateful to vacuum, because I like carpet and they don't have much of that in Spain. I can be grateful for bird calls AND car stereos, because music is how I connect with the Creator. And I am certainly grateful for shampoo, because using the same soap for my hair, body, dishes, and clothes is not a trend I want to continue.
Thank you girls for the reminder that all of life is worth celebrating!
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