Dear Tyler,

Hi my sweet son! How are you doing today? I hope that you are so happy & flying high & flying free. Mom is finally doing better today. Things have started to get back on track again which is a lot of weight lifted off our shoulders. I will be so glad when we only have to worry about things here & not here & Texas. Just too much to have to deal with. Things with Mark & Mom are a lot better too as you can see. Communication is so important in a relationship among other things but that is the true key. You don't have that you don't have anything at all. Anyways....
 Not much is really going on. The sun was shining earlier this morning & now the sky is darker, cloudy, & gray. When I took Snicks out about 1 hour ago it was snowing again...ugh! I am so sick of this winter. We have enough snow & I want no more of it. I miss seeing the sun & feeling it on my bare skin like I did in Texas. One of our friends was in Texas this week & he went into our apartment to grab a few things for us. He sent them out & we should get them at the beginning of next week. I can't wait. I will be getting things that are so important to Mom. It will be your paintings that you did, all your baby pictures, our pictures together, & a few other things. I can't wait to get them all! We should get all the rest of the things in a couple more weeks. 
 Here are the 2 daily prayers that I need to write to you. February 17~ Let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works & give glory to your Father in heaven. Heavenly Lord, I long to be a blessing to those around me & to share the love for you I have gained through studying your holy Word. Today, please help me sense the needs of those around me. Let me offer a word of encouragement, extend a hand in help, or stop for a moment to listen to someone who just needs to talk. Let your light shine through me so that others may find their way to Christ. 
 February 18~ The Lord your God...executes justice for for the orphan & the widow, & Loves the strangers, providing them food & clothing. Lord, I pray that my words & actions may be a comfort to those in need. Let me see the world around me through your eyes, that I might notice the small wounds & sorrows that each of us carries within, hidden from the view & known only to you. I ask that you use my hands to do your work here on earth, to heal the hurting, to feed the hungry, & to reach out to the lonely. May I be an instrument of your endless love that I might share your spirit generously & abundantly with everyone I encounter. 
I was noticing that I am almost to the point in the daily prayer book to where I started writing them out to you last year. Not sure what I will do after I get to the end of it but I know I will come up with something. Don't you worry! 
 The evening sky is upon us once again. Mark just called & said he is stuck in a lot of traffic so he won't be home until late. The traffic here is crazier than Texas. Never thought I would say that but it is..ugh! He definitely have more patience than Mom does..lol! I need to get going to figure out what we will have for dinner tonight. I will wonder if I will see the moon & stars tonight. Guessing not because of the way the sky looks, but I will see in a few hours. Regardless I will whisper to you as I always do. I hope that you will hear Mom. I love you so much & I miss you beyond anything that I can & could ever express to you or anyone. I know you already know this though. I hope you have a wonderful, peaceful, & restful night. May it be all that you want & need it to be. Sweet dreams my sweet precious son. I hope to see you in my dreams tonight. You are forever in my mind, heart, & soul.
 Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Muah!