by Rita Hoop What is it that draws us, many of whom are perfect strangers to one another and the Divineys, to follow Ryan’s story and journey? For me, the Divineys were my neighbors. I knew of them but did not know them personally, as is the case more often than not in modern communities. […]
Guest Post: How Does One Go On?
By Lauren (morgantown, WV) I first saw Ryan’s story on FaceBook while emotionally going deep havoc personally. The family support and enormous toil of the range of emotions are one to sit back and ponder as to how one goes through a life through hell and back. I would catch myself personally wanting the men […]
Guest Post: A Heartfelt Letter
I received an email yesterday that I’d like to share with everyone. But first, there are some text messages leading up to it. These are only slightly edited to protect the sender’s information (or correct a typo). It also seems a good time to let everyone know that I make myself available for text messages […]
Guest Post: Another Refuses to Sit Quietly
Today’s insightful post is done by Elana Canetti, a graduate student in Psychology at American University; author of the blog Flying Off the Handle. I just stumbled across this website, and your son’s story, from a blog that I follow. I am only a year older than your son, and it breaks my heart to […]
Guest Post: WVU Alum
My name is Brandon Treen, I’m a WVU Alumnus that attended from 2003-2008. After graduation my first job was working for a company in Morgantown (where I stayed until 2010) so I was well aware of the outrageous and horrible attack on your son as it was well publicized here. I have periodically followed Ryan’s […]