by Amanda Wagstaff, Hut2Hut Pilgrimage Editor
“A pilgrim travels differently. Always in pilgrimage, there is a change of mind and a change of heart.”
– John O’Donohue.
In a roundabout way, John O’Donohue is the reason I am living in Ireland right now. In the summer of 2014, my sister and I travelled to northern Virginia to visit a family friend who was living with cancer. We all knew that it might be our last time together, and indeed, it was the last time that I saw Aunt Ann.