by Kari Diviney The first time I ever visited West Virginia University was to see my big brother, Ryan Diviney, for a weekend. I was a high school senior at that time and he was at the beginning of his sophomore year at WVU. Ryan had a 3.8 GPA and was destined for great things. This…
For most today is a run-of-the-mill Wednesday. A typical “hump day” that is so ordinary that it will be forgotten by almost everyone the instant tomorrow arrives. That’s not the case for me. Certainly not so for Ryan. It just so happens that this Wednesday — today — marks exactly 4½ years since Ryan was…
It baffles my mind. Really, it’s so difficult for me to get a grip on it. It was 5½ years ago that Ryan was last in Morgantown, WV. The last day was when he was discharged from Ruby Memorial Hospital’s ICU (to Shepherd Center Rehab ICU) in late-November 2009 seems like a lifetime ago. You…
I consider myself a free association writer. Most days I simply sit down at my computer and write, with no specific topic in mind. My inspiration seems to come from what I’m feeling at that exact moment in time. Today’s post, inspired by exhaustion, validates this writing style for me. I started off by endlessly…
by Kari Diviney (Ryan’s Sister) The hardest part is when I see Ryan in my dreams and he is completely his old self. This has been happening a lot lately. I dream of him laughing his squinty-eyed laugh with me and talking about some crazy opinion he has on some random topic. He was always…