THE JOURNEY…BEYOND SHALLOW WATERS Ry’ah had heard it said without a vision the people perish. Growing up in the Appalachian Mountains, parented by an alcoholic mother, she had witnessed dashed hopes firsthand. She had seen far too many dreams lay like smoldering embers, snuffed out by the brutal winds of adversity.Ry’ah was determined that her dreams would not die here in these mountains. The wind is blowing once again, but it is a different wind. Something is drawing her beyond the close knit community. Something is drawing her to places she’s never been. Come. Take this journey with her.