September 30th

So, now that it's 12:03 a.m. and will probably even be later by the time I've posted this, it's no longer September 30th. But, as I was sitting here, thinking about what today is (before it turned 12:00 a.m.) I realized that I hadn't delivered flowers to a grave in honor of my dad...for the first time since I graduated highschool. September 30th takes my mind to things beyond this life. Today (or yesterday...although I don't count it a new day until I've gone to bed) it has been exactly 15 years since my dad, Brian Perry, passed away, in the flesh, from a brain tumor. I've always been a home body, with my mother being my best friend, therefore I was extremely homesick when I first left home for college 5 years ago. I was especially sad about being away from my family on September 30th. So, I decided from that point on that I would take flowers to a grave, no matter where I was, in honor of my dad. Well, I've done it the past 5 years, each time being some place different. But this year, I am home, and it is the first year I did not put flowers on a grave on September 30th. So, instead, I thought I'd post something on this here blog. :) Because it is "a look inside my mind" and this is what is on my mind.



Dad, Mom and baby me :)



Dad and baby Kayleen



Dad and baby Kevin



Last Christmas together: Me, Kayleen, Kevin, Dad



I'm thankful for the memories. I'm thankful for the pictures. I'm thankful for the videos. I'm thankful I received his sense of humor. But most importantly, I'm thankful for the knowledge that his spirit still lives, and he will one day live in the flesh, because the Savior lives.