Dear Tyler,

Hi my sweet son. How are you doing today on this Thursday evening? Mom has had a pretty good day today. Did some chatting with friends & then looked up some more research on what to do to start studying for my certification exam. Looks like there are 3 different ones that I can get. Guess I will start with the easiest & work my way up. It is quite expensive though & I need to get 3 more books for the exam. That is crazy but it will be worth it in the end. Tonight will be an early night for us as we have to get up at 5:30 am & get ready to take the pups to the vets for their surgeries. I hope that all goes well with that & they come out of it all with flying colors. Mom is worried though as he last time we went to this pet hospital, we lost Snickers. That keeps going through my mind. I know that you will be there for them & during the procedures for both Ozzy & Princess & you will also be here to help Mom through it all. Thank you so much.
 This letter is going to be pretty short tonight so i apologize to you now, but I still need to make dinner, eat dinner, do dishes & the get ready for bed. I will write you a longer letter tomorrow but first I wanted to type out the daily prayers for you. December 2~ For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness. I am feeling my way in this darkness, God, & it seems I'm going in circles. Yet you have reminded me----quietly, just now----that I am encircled by your love no matter which way I choose to go. Amen.
 December 3~ For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day to day. Connected in memory to holidays past, like links in a colorful paper chain decorating the tree, we are in the beginning days of another Advent season. Some recollections are happy & pleasant, others sad & empty, yet each brings us to this new starting point, as fresh & full of promise as an egg about to hatch. Make all things new this holiday, even old memories, for this is the season of second chances. Amen.
 Ty, I am going to write to you the prayer for tomorrow nights now just in case things are hectic with the pups & I can't write to you. here is the one for Friday, December 4~ And he shall go before him in the spirit & power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, & the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. O Lord, what a blessing to be in the Advent season & prayerfully considering the joyous celebration of your birth. Don't let us get so bogged down by minutiae that we miss the miracle, Lord. Prepare our hearts as we prepare our homes & families for Christmas, & help us keep our focus not on everything we need to do, but on you. Amen.
 Ok I am caught up on the prayers & ahead by one. That never happens..lol. Mom will try her best tomorrow to write to you but we will be getting home late from getting the pups & I am sure that we will have our hands full., but Mom again will try. If i don't get to then I will write to you on Saturday night. Please know that no matter if I write or I don't, you are always on my mind. I think of you every minute of every hour of every day. I miss you so much. I love you beyond anything that I could ever express. Just want you to know that.
 The evening sky is completely upon us now. The sky is clear & dark. Mom is hoping to see the stars & the moon shining brightly tonight. If I don't see it, that is ok because I know you are shining bright somewhere. Mom will whisper to you as I always do. Being listening for my voice. Hope you have a peaceful evening. May it be all that you need it to be. Slow down though & get some rest. Sweet dreams my sweet precious son. Hope to see you in my dreams tonight as well. You are forever in my heart, mind & soul.
 Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Muah!