http://denisemira.com/blog/2008/02/24/small-talk/ Ordinary is not good enough. Normal will not change the world. We are No Ordinary People, created by No Ordinary God, for No Ordinary Purpose. I refuse to live a Beige life, carrying out Business As Usual. Boring. I choose to live an adventure as a daughter of the King of Kings. I invite you to join me! It won't always be pretty, but it will be genuine, and we will have an impact where we live. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:25:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://denisemira.com/blog/2008/02/24/small-talk/#comment-22 Dimitri Nosarev Sun, 02 Mar 2008 05:27:00 +0000 http://denisemira.com/blog/2008/02/24/small-talk/#comment-22 We had planned a vacation for a long time, for we heard that there was much snow in McCall this winter. Finally we were able to secure a beautiful place and we headed out for 3 nights of snow dream land. My three children were ecstatic about this whole deal and as soon as we arrived we started preparing for a ski adventure. We decided to conquer the Ponderosa Park with Classic Nordic Skies!! Well, last year was the first year my boy and two girls ever got on skies, and Pavel was the only one who could keep up with me. So as we reached our first summit, I could see that my wife Liliya and the girls are still way behind, but my boy was keeping up with me all the way. Pavel and I decided to go on the steepest and the most grueling of all trails: Down Under. It is so important to be a hero in your son's eyes, especially when he is a teenager. I was so glad that I never fell that day and he kept on tripping and falling down. I spent some time teaching him some simple techniques of how to stay up and how to turn while you are sliding down. We had a great time and a lot of fun indeed. However now was the time to find the ladies. Now we realized that we took the wrong turn and went the longest route in the park. Several miles of just treading through the snow wiped us out completely. This gave me a perfect chance to teach my son the importance of not giving up, even if it feels like there is no more strength to go. At the end of our path we experienced one of the best " runners high." The best reward though was finally finding our lovely women. Back at the lodge all of us jumped into jacuzzi and soaked in the relaxing water. A day of bonding was coming to an end... We had planned a vacation for a long time, for we heard that there was much snow in McCall this winter. Finally we were able to secure a beautiful place and we headed out for 3 nights of snow dream land.
My three children were ecstatic about this whole deal and as soon as we arrived we started preparing for a ski adventure. We decided to conquer the Ponderosa Park with Classic Nordic Skies!! Well, last year was the first year my boy and two girls ever got on skies, and Pavel was the only one who could keep up with me. So as we reached our first summit, I could see that my wife Liliya and the girls are still way behind, but my boy was keeping up with me all the way. Pavel and I decided to go on the steepest and the most grueling of all trails: Down Under. It is so important to be a hero in your son’s eyes, especially when he is a teenager. I was so glad that I never fell that day and he kept on tripping and falling down. I spent some time teaching him some simple techniques of how to stay up and how to turn while you are sliding down. We had a great time and a lot of fun indeed. However now was the time to find the ladies. Now we realized that we took the wrong turn and went the longest route in the park. Several miles of just treading through the snow wiped us out completely. This gave me a perfect chance to teach my son the importance of not giving up, even if it feels like there is no more strength to go. At the end of our path we experienced one of the best ” runners high.” The best reward though was finally finding our lovely women. Back at the lodge all of us jumped into jacuzzi and soaked in the relaxing water. A day of bonding was coming to an end…

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