“Mommy, can I go sledding?” I did a double take to see if it was my six year-old daughter who asked me that question. Just two weeks ago, she dramatically entered the house sobbing and proclaiming how she never wanted to go sledding e-v-e-r again. Snow had gotten down in her boots and gloves, and her feet and hands were cold. She didn’t like the ice cold, freezing feeling that it gave her.












