So here's the deal. Christmas is almost here and so far it hasn't been quite going as my family had hoped and dreamed. Normally we all get season passes to The Canyons (park city) but due to our current "situation" that's not really a possibilty. You see, as for everyone, money is tight around here and a ski pass isn't normally on my parents very top of priorities, so my mom decided just to lay low this year and let me, my dad, and my brother all ski this year. Well then a suprise came, my dad's company went out of business, and not only does that leave him without a job for a little, but it also leaves him without health insurance. And health insurance was very important to him during a back surgery he had planned for 2010. So things started going out of control: My mom had to start running the family business on her own becuase my dad had to go in for an urgent, major (and experimental) back surgery before insurance ceased, and my brother had to move in with us because he lost his job just around the same time as my dad. Not to mention I may have possibly gotten into a little scuffle with the law in which I had to hire a $1000 lawyer to fend off. So after all is said and done, the only person in my whole family with a ski pass is me, and only because i work a slightly dead end job and saved up for it. Now as you can imagine, my dad is barely recovering from the shock of sudden surgery, my mom is in a stress induced lifestyle in which she can't go a whole day without breaking down and having someone come comfort her, and my brother is just lost at the fact that he won't be skiing this year. My mom now has to work her second job on Christmas day to make a little extra to keep us going forcing us to have what she calls "a dismal and fake Christmas". This obviously breaks my heart just a little bit.
Now all i want to get my brother for Christmas this year is a ski pass to The Canyons, but I obviously don't have enought money (costs $519) and my parents can't even pay for it. They said to quit saving up my money because once i get enough, the season would be over.
And this is why I come to you NS. I need a hope, anyway possible, that i can get some break on a season pass. I've been saving up for him but only have $200. I just feel like it's exactly what my family needs to boost up in moral just a little bit. I don't know if any of you have encountered this before, or maybe know some people, but I just come with the slightest bit of hope that a miracle could happen and I suprise my family with a pass for my brother on that Christmas morning.
