Here’s what’s going on this month: Holiday Cards. This is our third year sending out holiday cards to people who have helped Ryan — and signed-up to receive one — since the attack. Over Thanksgiving weekend we took the photograph that will be on the front of the card. My daughter, Kari, designed the layout […]
10 Things Happening: November 2013
Be sure not to miss the last item! It’s precious… unless you’re adverse to kittens. Anyhow, it seems people enjoyed when I put together the top ten list last month. So much so, that I’d like to do it again. Hot Tub Lift. Ugh! Did you get that? Ugh, I say! This is going so mother-fuddruckin’ […]
Groundhogs and Butterflies
The Year was 1985… The day was the typical dreary, gray overcast that is familiar to anyone who has experienced a December in Pennsylvania. Sue and I were visiting her parents over college break. I was driving her 1975 Mercury Monarch. Sue was in the passenger’s seat and her Aunt was in the back. We […]
Four Years Ago: I Lost My Hero
by Kari Diviney I Lost My World. Four years ago today I lost my hero. I lost the one I looked up to since I was born. I lost my protector, my world, my everything. I lost my big brother. Yes he is still alive, but it’s not Ryan anymore… it’s everything Ryan was, and […]
No, Not Today
Every Cell in My Body is Crying It’s 3:12AM. The house is still and unlit. I can’t sleep. It’s just too much for me to bear. I hurt so badly. It’s EXACTLY twenty-four hours from the time Ryan was maliciously attacked four long years ago. This day, and tomorrow, will bring me to my knees […]