The good news is that I have found an answer – not to the question itself but in how to enjoy my holiday, like those around me were doing.  I found the answer in ditching the skis.  The answer was snowshoeing in Les Gets.  Those seemingly pretty useless plastic devices strapped to my already huge feet mean freedom!  They’re way more useful than I’d given them credit for.  I could still be out there in the beauty of Les Gets. I could be up high, feeling as though I’m on top of the world, walking on the icing on the world’s most spectacular cake, absorbing it all but with no skis and no dread. I could still be working hard physically (if I chose to be) or taking a more leisurely path through some of the most amazing trails.  So I’d missed the big spill when one of my kids tried a spectacular jump but that saved my stress levels and didn’t matter quite so much when my day had been filled with enjoyment (and sometimes a little spill of my own!)