It was a leap year when you died. 4 years today. It was on a Sunday. Today I will try to stay busy. I will think of you all day. But that is nothing new. I think about you all day everyday. You are so missed. You are so loved. I sure hope you felt loved while you were alive. Still hoping to see you again one day. I hope you are in heaven and out hiking and fishing and riding motor cycles! I hope you are with Darren.

Dear Dalton, tomorrow makes 4 years since we lost you. Life has changed so much. We keep living our lives as best we can. Your dad and brother don't really like to talk about you. It makes them sad. It makes me sad that I can't talk about you. I would love to hear your name spoken by anyone. It has been a very long 4 years.i still hold on to hope that you are in heaven. You were so sure that there is a heaven but I am not sure. You did not deserve to only get 24 years on this earth so I so hope that you are in paradise now. I know you had a hard life. 24 years of hard. You smiled when you wanted to cry. You were so strong. I struggle everyday. I just can not live a normal life without you in it. Your dad is even worse than before you died. He has not been there for me at all since you died. I am facing this alone. That is what makes it even harder. Facing it alone. I hate the cops that were so mean to you. I hope Steve and Gretchen suffer greatly and have miserable lives. I am so sorry that I didn't pack up and take you far away from this shitty little town of new Lebanon. I will forever regret not taking you out of the environment that destroyed your life. The only thing I have to live for is hoping to see you again. For me that day can not come soon enough. I wish you were here. I miss you. I love you.

Dear Dalton this makes the 4th birthday without you. Today you would be 28. I wonder what you would look like and what you would be doing. I miss you so bad that it actually hurts. My heart hurts. I am glad that you are not struggling or in pain but I wish you were here. I pray that heaven is real and I will someday see you again. Your death left a hole in me that will never heal. They say only the good die young. I believe that now. I will always write you a tribute on your forever missed page and I will always sing to you at 2:42. These are the only traditions that I have done every year since you died. I will keep them up. I love you so much my son. I miss you beyond belief. I can not wait to leave this world and maybe see you again! Happy birthday Dalton.

Today makes 3 years. No change. Still can not believe you are gone. Still think of you every second of everyday. I miss you. I pray that you were right. There is a heaven and you are there. Nobody talks about you very much to me. I guess they don't want to make me sad. But what I would give to hear your name. Especially today. Your birthday is next. It is almost as hard as today. Rest in peace my son. I hope you are in a better place. I will love and miss you until I leave this earth.

Happy birthday Dalton. You would be 27 today. Not one minute has passed without thinking of you yet. I will miss you until the day I die. This makes 3 of your birthdays without you here. I will sing to your urn at 242 this afternoon. The time you were born. That is the only tradition I have done for you so far. I always sing happy birthday to you at the actual time of your birth. I plan on spending the money you left in your wallet some day on your birthday by putting it in a slot machine at a casino. But I haven't been ready for that yet. Maybe on your 30th!! I love and miss you my son. RIP. Love mom.

I miss you Dalton. I will never stop thinking about you every minute of everyday. I wish you were here. I hope heaven is real and you are there. I hope you are with your family and friends and buster. Two years today was the worst day of my life. I love you always. I will never let you be forgotten. Love mom.

I saw your mom write a tribute to you and its been years since we had a conversation but, I remember so much about you. You were a comical one for sure. It was late one evening and you were being typical dalton you stood under the driveway light on cain street, and started singing elvis presley. I remember you had came and rang the doorbell but you were always coming to my house to start some trouble lol you and austin were always trying to get my dad to chase yall down the road. I was the only one home the day you came by though, and I remember that day because you heard me inside but you knew i wasnt answering the door. I also remember you messaging me on facebook a few months before I found out you had passed and apologized to me for all the things you would joke about at school or with your friends, some were hurtful but you never meant them and i can say that you were a light at the end of alot of peoples tunnels and you had a kind soul. Happy birthday dalton. You wont ever be forgotten. Thanks for showing me that you need to live life and have fun sometimes you may get into trouble but were too young to not enjoy things.

Today is your golden birthday. You would have been 26 today. I miss you desperately. I will continue leaving tributes to you until the day I die. You will never be forgotten. I hope you are with buster in heaven and playing fetch. I hope you are at peace and are finally free from addiction and pain. One day you can show me the way when I come to join you. You always did do everything first although you were the youngest. I hate that you had to go to heaven first. I wasn't there to show you the way. But I am sure you made it just fine on your own. You always handled your hardships like a real trooper. You never let anything stop you. I love you. I miss you.
Love mom

I checked my email today and saw I missed your page being sent to me yesterday. Yesterday was one year that you left us forever. I think of you every minute of everyday. I miss you more than I than anyone can even imagine. I pray to see you again after I die. I will do everything in my power to make sure you are never forgotten. The world was a much better place with you here. I love you Dalton kyle perry. My son.

Happy birthday my son. I love you and miss you so much. I wish you were here and I could make you a cake. You would have been 25 today. Sure wish I could have shared 50 birthdays with you.

May your minds and hearts be supported by the God of comfort today and in the days ahead.

Dalton would block the sun and wind from my eyes. Graves disease causes my eyes to water to the point I can't see. He would walk in front of me and I would hold his coat and he would guide me to wherever we were going. He never let me clear snow from my car or the drive. He was his momma's boy and I will miss him until I am with him again.