Addie-tude
The day today was spent on the ski hill, one-on-one with my daughter Adelaide. One winter break finale. We purchased gear in a flurry yesterday, and with Kendra holding down the Threebs today at home, we hit the slopes.
It was drudgery at first. Trudging in hard-to-walk-in-boots through snow-filled parking lots, 14 rows of cars, into line-ups, until our first run finally commenced at 10:30 am.
And it was terrible. Foggy weather. Addie forgot how to ski. Crashes and spills and crossed skis and roll-overs and sliding down the hill on her butt.
As she was rocked backwards on her heels, skis in front of her, with her bottom dragging down the hill, she said: "Oh, this is a faster way to get down the hill."
By run 2, everything was better. The fog was clearing. She'd remembered the technique. By the time the day ended and we were trudging back to the car, she said, "It was like the whole day went by in a minute."
We call that her Addie-tude. She demonstrates a positivity that is simply relentles…
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