Ready Stories

A series of random events, compiled to either make or break the person subjected to their existence. Some events I'm convinced we all have to go through, in order to test our coping and adaptability skills we all need to make it here on this plane of existence. All the wrong people that seem to come into our lives, are really tests to see if we are ready and deserving of that single window of awesomeness that rarely comes...

When she'd first arrived, the Valley was beautiful. It was Summer and everywhere glowed and baked and sung. The leaves on the trees blanced to white and yellow, the grapevines sagged to the soil, heavy with juice. Surfers rolled in from the coast with the tastes of salt and hot chips and Coca-Cola, and couples flowed through for wine tastings and kangaroo dinners, the shops closed at four, children rode their bikes throug...