Dear Tyler,

Hi pumpkin! How are you doing this evening? I hope that wherever you are you are in a sunny & warm place. The weather here is so cold & yucky. We are in for more snow again tomorrow during the day. I am so sick of this white stuff already. I heard today that there is a count down going on for Spring...we have 44 days to go. I will be counting down to those days as well. I am looking forward to the warm & sunny days ahead. I think that is what I miss most about Texas. The weather was beautiful there for the most part. The summers were brutal though with the 115 degree weather. I guess there is pros & cons to anywhere you live. 
 Mom is awaiting a phone call regarding when Bob's surgery will be tomorrow. Please watch over him & make sure that everything is ok. Meme is a mess & I am worried about both of them. I just want things to turn around for Bob. He is such a sweetheart& doesn't deserve any of this. He tells me all the time that he can relate to you in so many ways now. He talks about you all the time. It makes me happy to hear Bob & so many others talk about you.  However it does make me sad to when I hear what Bob says because I heard the same things from you several times through the years. Whatever you can do Tyler to help out in this awful situation will be appreciated. Thank you so much.
 Marion & Charlie are coming for a visit this weekend. It will be our 1st guests since we have been here. I think it will be fun. We are going to a " paint bar " on Saturday afternoon. That is a place where there is an artist that gives you a painting lesson & the entire class paints the same picture. You can drink beer or wine as well while painting. I know this is a place where you would have loved to have gone. With your painting talent & drinking beer you would have had a blast. We would have had so much fun doing this together. I know that I am hoping that you will be with Mom while I am there. I will definitely be channeling my" inner Tyler " while I try & paint. Wish I had your talent buddy  = ]
 Here is today's daily prayer. February 4~ The Lord is gracious & merciful, slow to anger & abounding in steadfast love. It has been said that resentment is like taking poison & excepting someone else to die. God, please free me from the chains of past resentment that I might find a lightness of being when I let go of the bonds of the hurt & injustice done to me. I want to have peace in my heart & in my life, & I know I won't until I find a way to accept the past, to forgive those who have wronged me & to move on with my life. Help me break those chains & bonds, God, & free my spirit to soar. Even if we feel we've been wronged by someone, we should soften our hearts & forgive the one who wronged us. Then the burden of bitterness will be lifted. Please Lord, give me the strength to forgive all that has done harm to me in my life. Let me be able to forgive them so that I can move forward in my life right now. Let me make peace with all my enemies so that I have nothing to be angry about. I ask for your help. Thank you. Amen.
 It is night time now & the sky seems to be clear. I hope to see the stars & moon shining brightly when I take Snickers outside one last time for the night. I hope you will be listening for Mom's voice as I whisper to you as I always do. I hope that you have a peaceful & restful evening tonight. I wish for you to have sweet dreams & I wish to see you in mine. You will forever be in my heart, mind, & soul my sweet precious son. I miss you so much & I love you to the moon & back & all the way around the world.
 Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Muah!