Cruz de Ferro

[Andrea Innes-Michailov]

That's really touching.  I too will be leaving a piece of my sorrow at
losing someone (my mother)when I go.  Thank you for sharing that.
Andrea

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage [mailto:GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU]On
> Behalf Of Lisa Forman
> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 5:45 PM
> To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
> Subject: Re: Cruz de Ferro
>
>
> the Cruz de Ferro now has a great many more mementos around it besides the
> rocks that millions have left there.  It is adorned with photos,
> bandannas,
> and assorted detritus from the hundreds of pilgrims that pass by.
> I myself, left a stone that my brother gave me before I left NY.
> This stone
> he brought back from Capadoccia, Turkey and has carried it with
> him on every
> jounrey (and there have been many) since picking it up in Turkey
> many years
> ago.  It rests now at the foot of the Cruz de Ferro.
> My son opened his wallet when we arrived there, and took out the identity
> coin that had accompanied the ashes of his brother when we got
> them from the
> funeral home, my other son who took his life in September of 1999.  Josh's
> identity coin, and who knows what portion of his identity, now rest at the
> foot of the Cruz de Ferro.  We both hugged.  The wind was strong,
> despite the
> heat of the afternoon.
> LF
>