Greg Farris

I cannot sleep for the life of me tonight. My minds racing and since I can't sleep I'm going to blog.

Today was really weird for me. Country music was playing at work and every time I hear "crazy girl" I think of Brent and I'm in a funk for the rest of the day. Between that "stuck like glue" and "tomorrow"... country was a HORRIBLE idea. Anyways, when my day starts off like that it's really hard to get out of it. So I finished up at work and decided I needed to go out and do something otherwise I'd probably sit at home and watch a sad movie and just be lame. Which I'm trying not to be lame anymore. I did that for long enough.

So Chaz and I went to dinner and chatted. :) We went out to meet up with some other friends and while we were out I read this thing on facebook about my dad. There were actually quite a few posts about him. It just really got to me. (My dad passed away from ALS in 2000, he had it for over 2 years)

I think about him all the time. Especially now that I am so close to where I grew up and I have all these memories with him here. I can't believe it's been 11 years. However, I haven't looked at it in a sad way in a really long time. The way I see it is... I was blessed with AMAZING, AMAZING, AMAZING parents and I was so lucky and privileged to have 10 years with my dad.

I know everything happens for a reason. We are here to learn and grow and become better people. I am a better person because of my dad.

This is a PERFECT example of how the TINIEST things make a huge difference. Those people don't know me on a personal level and they weren't writing about my dad hoping i'd see it. But they sure changed my day without even knowing.

Thank you. I needed that.