Dear Tyler,

Hi pumpkin! How are you doing today on this Friday afternoon? Hope where you are you are soaking up the sun & it is warm. Where Mom is it is just the opposite.... it is dark, dreary, cold & raining again. Been this way for over 2 days but no complaints as I will take the rain & not the snow. Guess the temps are going to be pretty cold tomorrow & we may actually see some light snow but nothing else. It will be a green Christmas for us & I am so happy about that. I hope that the day we are traveling North it is good weather as it says it is suppose to rain... hoping not. Anyways... Mom really hasn't done anything today... just took the pups out & played around on the computer. This weather is tough on Mom. My body aches from the cold & rain. Tonight I think I will just snuggle up on the couch & watch a movie. Just relax for once & do nothing.
 No updates for you today at all but I do have the 2 daily prayers that I need catching up on. So here they are. December 17~ And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart & with all thy soul & with all thy might. I know yours is a persistent devotion, Lord. Your devoted love for me is an example that helps me to love others as well. What would I prefer to your love? What could I love more than those I hold dear? Nothing in the universe! Who are the loves of my life? Let me count them all & delight in them today. Amen.
 December 18~ He shall be great & shall be called the Son of the Highest & the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David & he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. You are a welcome guest at this table, God, as we pause in the midst of this bell-ringing, carol-making season of too much to do. Send us your gift of silent nights so that we can hear & know you you will be bringing us this year; yet another gift of hope. Bless our gathering around this table; we will set a place each day for you. Join us in our daily feast, for which we now give thanks. May it nourish our busy bodies as the anticipation of your presence amoung us does our weary spirits. Amen.
 All caught up my sweet precious son. May you have a wonderful & peaceful evening tonight. May it be all that you need & want it to be. I know that I will see nothing shining in the sky tonight as it is so cloudy here but that won't stop me from whispering to you as I do each & every night. Hope you will be able to hear my voice. Hope you will smile. I miss you so much! I love you to the moon & back & all the way around the world. 
 Sweet dreams my sweet son. Hope Mom gets to see you in my own dreams tonight when I fall asleep. You are forever in my heart, mind & soul.
 Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Mauh!