Impact Fusion

We had heard about great skiing opportunities just outside of Boulder, Colorado and since my husband’s aunt lives in the city we decided that it would be a great time to visit her. Oh, I hope that didn’t sound too self-interest oriented. We had been trying to plan a visit to see his aunt Louis for over a year but we also didn’t want to be too much of a burden to her, she had been having some health issues, so we really wanted to try and make it a double purpose trip. She has a strong tendency to feel like she is intruding on others’ time and she would never let us visit her for the simple reason we hadn’t seen her in a while and wanted to know how she was doing. She had always been funny like that. Vincent, my husband, always said that he thought she was kind of unwilling to have visitors and liked her privacy and her insistence that she didn’t want to force anyone’s attention or time was a façade for the real reason she liked to be alone. However, he and his aunt had been extremely close when he was growing up and he still had a strong connection with her. Every couple of years we would try to make up some reason to fly out and see her.

Usually the reason would have to do with some urgent business need in Denver and we would stay there drive out to Boulder for a few hours everyday. I always thought this was odd, but it seemed to work best and she did seem genuinely pleased to see Vincent. So, this year when we realized we could make a ski trip out of it, we wondered why on earth we had never thought of this before. We immediately reserved our room in one of the small inns outside of the city. Boulder area hotels are incredibly beautiful and inviting and it’s easy to want to spend your entire time at the resort. When Vincent told aunt Louis about the trip she was immediately worried and didn’t like the idea. Vincent had broken his leg in a skiing accident as a teenager and his aunt never forgot this or other injuries he received growing up. However, the plans were set. We were going to get some great skiing in and also enjoy some quality time with Vincent’s aunt. It was the perfect plan.