My mom was nuts. For skiing. She had no real money and had to raise me on her own, but that didn’t mean she didn’t ski. We owned no albums, no fancy clothes, no toys, no stuff, not even any books, that's what libraries were for. But we had skis! She became a ski patroller so she could ski for free. Kids, i.e. me, were cheap and did what they were told.
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