The photo above left was taken in 2017, during my third year of a chronic illness. Six more years would pass before I regained my life. Above right is me in the summer of 2023, on the last day of a nine day walking pilgrimage in Ireland. If you had told me in 2017 that I would one day walk over 100 consecutive miles through the land of my ancestors I never would have believed you…

How did I land in bed, and how did I emerge after almost a decade?