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Father's Day: A Different Take On It

Yesterday was Father’s Day. I was acutely aware of it the instant I decided to get Ryan out of bed in the morning. For me, I did everything as normal… except for one thing.

I turned off my smartphone, closed my computer, and set the television remote control aside. My reason was simple, but I was certain I wouldn’t be able to articulate it. Fortunately, the very first post in my newsfeed — from…

Ryan's sister, Kari Diviney wonders "How Can Austin Vantrease Smile?"

Commentary & Opinion by Kari Diviney (Ryan Diviney’s younger sister)

I haven’t posted in a while. It’s something about the holidays that makes me, well, honestly… feel a lot of emptiness.

This might sound selfish and it is hard to admit, but going on Facebook (or any form of social media, for that matter) during the holiday season just makes me flat-out jealous. Jealous of all the pictures of…

Prosthetic Skull Surgery Scheduled

Finally! We now have a firm date for Ryan’s surgery; to have the replacement prosthetic skull plate inserted.

Tuesday, October 8.

In preparation for this I took Ryan to our family physician, Dr. Mike Rodriguez, yesterday. While there the following pre-op labs and tests were performed:

EKG. This came back normal.

Blood Work. The results will likely be available early next week.

Flu Shot. I got…

Vantrease Parole Recap & Thoughts. WARNING: Disturbing Photos. How does Vantrease live with himself. What lie must he tell? #ryansrally

Warning: Photographs (at bottom) might be disturbing to some.

Last Wednesday, I followed my daughter, Kari, with my Victim Impact Statement to the Parole Board. Her words were so powerful… so heart-wrenching… so compelling… so real, that I wondered if mine were really necessary. Well, at least if they were necessary for the Parole Board, that is. She has a wonderful habit of making me proud of…

Listen Online Live: Radio Interview Tomorrow

From experience, I know people are interested to hear me speak when they can. I really do appreciate this! So, I want to let everyone know I was invited to be on WAJR radio with morning hosts Kay Murray and Jim Stallings. They asked that I come on tomorrow, Friday, May 30, at around 9:05 AM (EDT). They read my post from Tuesday, Skull Surgeries Necessary, about Ryan needing more surgery and asked…

Ask (and Answer) Away!

Our website now has a new section. You can see it in the menu above, called Commonly Asked. I’d like to title it something more catchy or descriptive, but this will do just fine for now.

Last night I researched what would work best, then got it up-and-running. Granted, it’s only a handful of responses but I feel good that the frameworks in place. One feature I love is that it allows any reader to…