Libby had just put her husband on the plane for his six month tour to Iraq. She was heart broken. The fear was running through her. The thoughts, "What if he doesn't come home?" "How will I cope alone?" Her mind racing as she drove home. Denver International Airport was such a big place. It took her longer to get out of the airport than it did to actually drive home. She sat at home the rest of the evening in total confusion of what she was supposed to do alone. She cleaned up the house and put away their clothes from the laundry she had just done. He was only going overseas, why did it feel like she was grieving the loss of a loved one. She could barely stand the sight of his clothes without crying. "That's it; I need to escape all this! I can't deal with it right now!" She exclaimed. She loved skiing, so she decided a nice weekend retreat to the mountains would be a great release for her. I'll leave in the morning she thought. She packed her bag that night and loaded the car with her bag and her skis so she was ready to just jump in the car and go in the morning.
She awoke to a beautiful sunshine and got herself ready to go. She had her make up on and hair done and already had the car warming. She was on her way. This was her time to sort her thoughts. Get away from real life for a while. She drove to a small retreat that she had called a few weeks back when scheduling a trip for her parents. "Excuse me, miss, do you have a cabin available?" she asked the beautiful young girl at the front desk.
"Why, yes we do ma'am. The only thing is, if you don't mind, I'd be sharing it with you at night when I'm done working here for the day. Does that bother you?" The girl at the desk asked.
"Well," she thought for a minute, "No, I don't suppose it will." Libby responded.
"My name's Angie, by the way" stated the girl at the desk.
"Hi Angie, I'm Libby." The girls exchanged the key for the money to rent part of the cabin.
"There you go Libby, I'll see you later then." smiled Angie.
Libby went to the cabin and unloaded her things. It was so peaceful up here. Like a fairytale. She felt she was actually leaving the stresses she had so shortly encountered behind. She wasted no time unpacking and then grabbed her skis. She didn't want to waste any daylight. Skiing was her release. Libby was gone most of the day on the slopes when she finally decided she'd better head for the cabin before it got dark. To her surprise, it had started snowing on her way back. The snowflakes were huge, beautiful flakes. She felt as if she was in a beautiful snow globe. The peace of this place and now the peaceful freshly fallen snow, what more could she ask for.
Libby returned to find Angie already back at the cabin with hot cocoa waiting. "There's a huge snow storm coming. It popped up out of nowhere!" She stated.
