The Road of Life

Many people have questions. Questions where they have no idea of the answer, some where the answer can be found, but is hard to obtain. As you age, as you grow and gain more experience, you grow wiser, you get to know more and you slowly develop into your own person. Unique and unlike anyone else on this earth. We are all, essentially in the same boat. We are all trying to figure life out, we are all walking the same road.

Life is a road, with bumps and bruises, twists and turns, ups and downs all the way along. And as you get further, you become more experienced, more knowledgable. You have more tools to overcome the obstacles life throws your way and you bounce back up, more resiliant than the last time you fell. More able, more experienced.

We all struggle, and although we all travel the same road, the Road of Life if you like, each person's road is different, just like them. We'll all have twists and bends in our roads, we'll all have ups and downs, we all have bumps and bruises. But for every person, their location differs.

Life is a road. A road that takes us on a journey. A journey with ups and downs, twists and turns. A journey that allows us to meet people, who ultimately, make a difference in our lives and change us in some way and a journey of self discovery. Discovery of what we want to do in the future, who we are, and who we want to become.

Life may deal you some rocky patches, but always remember there are people around waiting to help you. To support you and comfort you, to talk you through life's struggles, hold you tight and if they have to, dig you out of a hole and help to get back on your feet. 

Easterville

In our world, April marks Easter. It marks chocolate overloads and if you're religious, it marks the days that Jesus died and rose again. But for the citizens of Easterville, it marked a fight. A fight to stay alive.

See, the citizens of Easterville were bunnies. They were safe in their little realm up until easter when the best were selected and sent into our world, to be eaten by us. Few returned alive. You were lucky if you did, but you had to have good survival skills in order to keep yourself alive. But for every bunny lost, a new bunny was found. See these bunnies were like cats, they had many, many, many lives. It was like in a video game, you die, you bounce right back up again.

Many small children are fooled into thinking the Easter Bunny is sweet. But not to the Eastervillians. See he is the one that sends them out to be eaten. The evil ruler who is only evil around that easter time.

Next time you see  an easter bunny, or the big one himself, watch carefully and be sure to stay very quiet and very still. For when easter bunnies think no one is looking, they come alive!

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Happy easter everyone. Sorry I'm a little late.

Lucky Clover

Alana had never been lucky in love. But one day, on the 17th of March, St. Patrick's Day, Alana met the man of her dreams.

Declan Flynn was also looking for love and when he spotted Alana on the hill that day, he knew he'd found the one. He had to pinch himself just to make sure he wasn't dreaming. But it was all real. There she was. Long, flowing auburn coloured hair blowing in the light autumn breeze. Her long pale green dress danced in the stand as she stood still, staring out at the world beyond.

He started to approach her, and just as he bent down to pick up a 4 leaf clover he'd spotted, she did the same. They both looked up at one another. "Hi." He managed to get out. "Hi. Look you have it. I'm sure there are plenty of others here." She said kindly. Her voice sounded angelic, like tinkling bells in a light breeze. "No. Its yours. I've got plenty already." Declan objected. "How gentlemanly of you." Alana commented. Declan stood up and bowed slightly. "How about a coffee? I know a great cafe right near here." Declan suggested. He didn't want to let this girl go without her number and her name at least. If he was lucky maybe a second date.

5 years later, Declan stood at the end of a long white carpet, awaiting Alana's arrival. Finally he spotted her. She looked just as beautiful as she had the first time he'd seen her and the clover they'd both found was set right in the middle of her bridal bouquet. Just 15 minutes on, they were sealing their love with a kiss as they were pronounced man and wife. All thanks to the luck of the four life clover they had found on the luckiest day of the year, St. Patrick's Day.

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Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone. Hope you had a good one.

Not To Be

Stella was the most popular girl at her high school. She set the standards and ruled the place. For her to fall in love with one of the supposed 'loser' crowd was unthinkable. So when it actually happened, Stella and her new beau, Clint had the whole school talking.

After Stella realised that her good reputation and popularity within the school were rapidly deteriorating, she gave Clint an ultimateum. They could be together in secret or not at all. To Stella's great suprise, Clint elected to not be together at all. "I thought you loved me Stella. Being together in secret isn't really love. If you can't stand to be seen with me in public, you can't stand to be seen with me at all." Having said that, he walked away leaving Stella standing in his wake, stunned.

Clint had been right. If you're embarassed to be seen with someone in public, you don't deserve to be seen with them at all. Clint walked away not one bit upset. He thought she had loved him. But seeing that wasn't the case, he didn't feel the need to worry about Stella anymore. He'd find someone else. Someone better. Someone who loved Clint for who he was, faults and flaws included. He knew that day would come, as it does for everyone. He'd just have to wait, and Clint knew that good things come to those who wait. Patience is the key to finding love. If you wait patiently, the right person will come.

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Happy valentines Day everyone.

Flamingo Lake

It was late at night one school holidays and little Cindy couldn't get to sleep. So her mother told her a story. The same story that she told Cindy every time she couldn't sleep and the same story that had been told to her as a little girl.

There was once a little flock of wild flamingoes. They lived peacefully in a large lake. Humans hadn't been there in years. The only sign left of humans was a fence up against a rock wall plaited with lavender flowers. Although the lavenders were long dead, it looked sweet all the same.

But one day hunters invaded the flamingoes sanctuary. They came in and tried to kill the flamingoes. Luckily, there was one tiny little one that managed to slip away. "This bit always makes me sad Mummy." Cindy said, little tears prickling in her eyes. "I know sweetie. But it turns out all good in the end right?" To that Cindy simply nodded. Her mother waited a moment to see if Cindy was going to say anything more. But, she stayed quiet so Cindy's mother

That little flamingo went wandering until she found another flamingo. He had been hiding under a tall willow tree. He'd escaped from another flock of flamingoes that had been attacked by hunters. So the little flamingo lead him back to her lake and there they stayed, never bothered by humans again. As time went on, they had their own kids and made their own little flock.

As Cindy's mother finished the story, she noticed that Cindy had fallen fast asleep. "It always works like a charm." She whispered to herself as she crept quietly out of the room.

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For my best friend Elizabeth on her birthday. Happy birthday Elizabeth!