Flashback

Me and James, dining in Niseko Ski Resort, Japan [February 2005]


I look so young here. Because I was. The sweet age of just 23.

James and I went to Japan for 3 weeks in February 2005 and visited Sapporo, skiied at Niseko, Rusutsu and La Pointe, ventured to Osaka and then Tokyo.

It was a trip of a lifetime, we had the best time ever. We still talk fondly of that trip, our memories are happy ones. We drank sake and beer every day, ate tempura and noodles, curries and sushi.

We skiied our hearts out in powder and froze our butts off every day.

I'd love to take Abigail to Japan to ski. The food, the scenery, but most of all, the people, are just amazing.

I love this photo so much. My life before marriage, before children...