Vermont!

October 13, 2011

Last weekend my family and I went to our 2nd home, Vermont. We always enjoy traveling to a place filled with so many good memories for us. Like I had written in last post Vermont has taken on many roles for my family. Vermont is a relaxing place for my family that is filled with new and old memories being relived and created. We enjoy going to our favorite breakfast spot Sugar n' Spice which is a must if you are visiting the killington area. We also enjoy touring the many places that are well known to us from before and discovering new places that perhaps we haven't checked out before. This time Vermont was different for us. Since Hurricane Irene Vermont has been going through a lot of rebuilding after the massive flooding that the hurricane caused. There were many places destroyed that now have to be rebuilt and my family wanted to go and support the people struggling, but Vermont is not struggling. Vermont is thriving, there new slogan Vermont Strong is very true. Vermont is strong and filled with the hope to rebuild. In just a little over a month the state has went from having most of their roads torn apart and inaccessible to most of their state having new roads. It is incredible how the people have come together. Vermont is incredible to me and my family. This trip was alittle bit different then some of others in a couple different ways. Each time we go to Vermont we feel a sense of home and are reminded that everything will work out in some way or another. This time was the first time a a few years that my family has gone to the top of our one true love, Killington. Killington has so many memories for my family I could not list them all. Because of Alpha things have changed and we can no longer ski as a family, my dads one true wish is to be able to ski it from top to bottom just one more time. He often tells me when he is sad how he thinks of skiing down the trails and the powder under his skis lifting up and spraying into the air. I now too think of this when I am sad and long for that opportunity, that one more time, the one more chance to do what my family loves, together. Alpha has torn my family apart in so many ways and that was truly visible the day that we went to Killingtons Peak, watching my Dad gaze across the mountain imagining everything he once could do and realizing it is no longer possible. For me its heart breaking to watch and I find it more difficult then ever. I find it pulling me into this pit of sadness realizing all those memories. Although it was hard on my family it also brought light to my Dads face once again being in a place that we love. Vermont no matter if we can ski or not will always be apart of our lives. That is one thing Alpha will never take away from my family, one thing it will never conqueror. Alpha will never ruin my families memories or the love we have for each other. There is still hope! Hope is Alive!