Does anyone even look on this website anymore? I sure hope so.
Arrived safe and with all extremities intact, but with a severe case of planter fasciitis that I’m still nursing months later.
It’s funny, this walk was our whole life. For months we planned excessively, fund raised painfully, and then walked both excessively and painfully and now it’s all over. We are back at our respective schools, trying desperately to get it all over with. For Kate and Josh, the end is much nearer insight, for me, well that’s a horse of another, longer color. Kate is completing her “victory lap” at Central Michigan and according to the latest update, hopefully going to China to teach English for a while. Josh is finishing his last year in his Master’s program with a looming thesis hanging above his head. The two are continuing our work at CMU, educating and advocating for the survivors of sexual aggression. They plan on presenting in Florida at the National Sexual Assault in Our Schools Conference. I wish them luck. Me? I am currently living, teaching and taking classes in Athens, OH at Ohio University. Four more years.
I feel comfortable talking for my fellow walkers when I say that this summer was not only unforgettable (there’s a huge tattoo on my wrist that serves as a constant reminder) but powerful and irreplaceable in our lives. Certainly it was the people who we met briefly but will impact our lives forever, that made this trip everything it was and I don’t know where we could even begin to say thanks. So I won’t. To classify my sentiments into words would not do them justice or master all of the warm feelings I have for so many amazing individuals. I read and reread my journal passages often so that I won’t forget you all or your selfless acts.
Because this entry is getting unbearably corny, I’m going to bring it to an end. We would love to remain in contact with you all, so if you think of us and you happen to be sitting near a computer: Rebecca (thorn1r@yahoo.com), Kate (kathrynkreps@gmail.com), and Josh (phill1jd@cmich.edu). We would love to hear from you all.
Thanks at least a billion.
WalkOn,
theWalkers
