This recollection centers on a childhood illness while traveling with the author's mother to Mount Pilatus, Switzerland.
What happens when a place is associated with a bad memory? Many may not return. Sometimes going back can be a tonic that can only be appreciated once the old memories are examined and compared to the new experience.
It's not unusual to avoid a place where an unhappy event happened. But is it the fault of the place? No, it's just what the place itself represents. Giving the place a second chance may be an opportunity to give the memory some perspective.
There was a warmth to the story that I took to immediately.
