I'm going to die. I'm going to die. I'm going to freaking plummet to my death! The mantra repeatedly played over and over in my mind. Every time I glimpsed at the snow-blanketed ground; my eyes bugged out from the distance of safety. I gave Nikki's hand another painful squeeze as I tried to calm down. But the icy wind slapping against my face reminded me of just how high I am off the ground. Once again, my heart rate raced a mile a minute as I went into a full-blown panic attack. So, I did what every scared person would do- I sucked in a huge breath and bellowed, "MOMMMYY!" Nikki doubled over from laughter yet again. Fellow snow skiers looked up at me as I clutched tightly to my life. I narrowed my eyes into a menacing glare at her. "This isn't funny!" "It kind of is." She held her sto

