One year. It seems like such a long time. And it feels like yesterday. 365 days, and the blink of an eye. We lost Rivena on this day one year ago. And I remain at a loss for words as to why our oldest child took her own life on January 28, 2018.
Author: Corey Dillon
(Not) Turning 26 Today
Sometimes love just isn’t enough. Those were the only words I could manage to write the day after Rivena died. In the numbness of a long flight back home, I pulled out a pen and the new journal that my kids had given me for Christmas a few weeks earlier, and those 5 words were…
An Unlikely Advocate
An unlikely advocate. That’s what I have become. But I am first and foremost a parent of two amazing young women, ages 25 and 20, and like any parent, I want nothing else in the world above the happiness and health of my kids. What follows here is a story about our family’s relationship with the oldest of our two daughters.