Today was hot. The heat index was well over 110 degrees. I was struggling to carry my forty pound pack. My son and I had now walked almost fifty miles on our Freedom Walk honoring the sacrifices of Noit, my wife and Paul’s mother. We are retracing her steps that she walked when she…
Today we walked at a good pace, though a festering blister on my foot got the best of me. Today, we were in a newly paved section of road with no shoulder. The entire walk today was in sand and gravel. It was like walking on a beach or in a sand box. My feet…
If I were an artist I would draw you a picture to depict what the walk that my wife, Noit, made was like, but try to imagine the conditions that they faced when walking home. . . Swollen heads from malnutrition Emaciated bodies 16 year old Noit weighing 20 kilos (45 pounds) Her mother at 25…