Dear Tyler,

Hi Buddy! How are you doing on this Sunday afternoon? I hope that you are doing super and you are smiling your sweet Cheshire Cat grin to all that you are seeing up there in Heaven. Mom is relaxing today and getting ready to watch the Cowboy Football game in the next hour. They are playing the Chargers... wonder if they are going to lose this game too. I know I know.. I can hear you now.... The Cowboys suck! I love you for all the times you ragged on me for liking the Cowboys! Things are going ok here. I am still trying to wrap my head around the fact that it is going to be October very soon and it is still like 90 flipping degrees here. I think I am going to love the Winter months though. Don't have to worry about a furnace or shoveling anymore. It will be a very nice change. I have finally finished unpacking our boxes and have some pictures on the wall. I need to get more things to hang stuff up. I have my most favorite painting that you gave me up on the wall in my bedroom. Every time I look at it I think of you and smile. I love that painting so much and I even have the photos of you in school painting it. I wish you would have realized that you were so talented in the painting field. You never thought you were good enough. I always use to say to you that you were awesome at painting. That is why I was always asking you to paint me more pictures. I do have all the paintings here with me that you painted. The Basset Hound, the Roses, the other flowers, etc... I will eventually get them matted and framed as well. 
 I wanted to tell you that today in Massachusetts, Uncle Dick & Aunt Jacqui had a Mass said for you at their Church. She posted it on Facebook the other day. The Mass started at 11am Eastern Time. I was so touched to hear this. I thought it was amazing that they did that for you. I wish that I was closer to home because I would have driven to their Church to be a part of it. I am so thankful for having the family and friends that I do. They are all so special to Mom for so many reasons. They are simply just wonderful. They have been a huge support group for me since you passed. Every one checks in on me to make sure I am doing well. It really means a lot to me. I have my days as you know. Most are good but there are the days that are hard for Mom. I get by though. I miss you so much and think of you every day and every night. I love you Tyler. 
 I hope that you are getting to do all the things that you want to do. I hope that you are learning a lot of things as well. It must be so neat to be able to be in so many places at once instead of being in just one spot at a time. I try to think of the way it must be for you but I think it is just way to hard for me to grasp the concept..lol! I hope that you are watching over all your friends and family that need it. I haven't heard from your Dad in several weeks so I am hoping that he is doing well. I know he was having a hard time with all this. I tried to help him but I just wasn't getting through to him. I hope that you are helping him out. 
 I hope that you have a great rest of the afternoon and evening. I will make sure later tonight to look up to the sky and say hello and I love you. I know you will be the brightest star up in the sky. I wish you sweet dreams and tons of hugs and love from Mom. Take care my precious son. You are my everything. Always will be! Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Muah!