A Place with Memories!

We use to Travel to Killington Vermont numerous times a year before my Dad was diagnosed with Alpha. We use to go for long weekends or weeks at a time. We would ski all the time and I was one of my Dad's true passions. He taught me how to ski and took me to the top of Killington when I was only 6 weeks old because he was eager to have me be at killington for my first time. Killington is a place of so many memories for my family. As I said before I had been going their since virtually the day I was born. My parents had learned to ski there and had been going for many years before I was born. Its a place that my family can remember life before Alpha it takes some of the pain away to think about the times we would ski in the silence of nature together. It was a way we spent quality time together. For me this weekend when we went back for my Cousins College Graduation was extremely hard. It made me think of all the good times but made me sad inside to think that we never will be able to do that again. It hurts me to think of how much my dad just wants one more run from the top of the peak down to the bottom. It kills me to think that will never happen. If I could make that one wish come true the pain would ease up for me. It would be a closure point for me that  he got to do it one last time. Its so hard to think he never got the last run he wanted. But as we were there this weekend I could see the smile on his face lighten up. I could see some of the heart ache and pain fade away from his expressions. He truly loves this place even if he can't ski now, its still the memories that bring joy to him. He envisions what it was like to ski down from the top to the bottom and runs it through his mind. Its where he is happy, I love seeing him that way. It makes me smile inside to see him smile without the pain .

Below are some pictures from the weekend.


A look at some of the Trails at killington. Yes the white you see up top is still snow!

My Dad and I at one of our favorite Restaurants in VT. Sugar and Spice

My Cousin and Her Parents at her Graduation.

The Pig Alice that was rooming around at Courts Graduation.

Court with her Diploma!!! Congrats!!!!

Me skiing when I was 6.

My mom and I skiing at Killington



 Remember every Breath is a chance to make a memory, even if its not the memories you thought you were going to be making!

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