The Love of the Sport

Our family enjoys the winter months here because of our love of skiing and snowboarding.  Each one of us enjoy this sport and we look forward to each snowfall; sadly, this year has been a little skimpy on the white stuff so far.  We've all looked forward to forecasts predicting snow falls and have been disappointed when it's just a light dusting of snow. 

So after telling you about our enjoyment of this sport, you might be surprised that we've suffered from some injuries over this last year.  Injuries that would make many people think twice before heading to the slopes.  Why do we still persist in putting ourselves in harms way when there's risk of injury?

At the end of the season last year, poor Tori broke her arm, which caused her to miss out on Volleyball tryouts for the year.  Recovering from this injury was not fun and wearing the cast was not pleasant.  Yet, this year she's all ready to hit the slopes to try out her new snowboard.

At the beginning of this season, Todd took a terrible fall and dislocated his shoulder causing a severe injury in his shoulder and to his bicep tendon.  All resulting in surgery and some temporary nerve damage, which keeps him from work until he fully heals.  Yet, he's disappointed that he's missing out on the ski season.

The thrill of the sport is hard to give up and how can we resist such beauty in nature?  Let's just hope and pray we can all be a little more careful, a little more coordinated, and much more safe in the years to come because I don't think the family can ever give up this sport.