Looking out of my bedside window, I take in the glistening snow softly falling and slowly piling onto the blanket of pristine white covering the town. Memories of my past life are brought into the forefront of my mind. Scenes of the times, I played with my older brother in the snow, making snow tunnels, igloos, snow forts and the preceding snow fights, flash by. A tear drips from my left eye as my thoughts move to wondering how he and the rest of my family are doing.