Dear Tyler,

Hi pumpkin! How are you doing on this Friday afternoon? Mom is doing better than she was earlier that is for sure. I am so sorry that once again I did not right to you last night. It was another late night for Mom studying. I was so tired at 9 pm that I went & laid down to just relax & I actually feel fast asleep. That never happens but I am just so tired from pushing myself to the limits with this course. Today Mom took a tough exam on the Nervous/ Endocrine System & I nailed it! I got a 93%. I was & am so excited. I only got 4 wrong out of 55 questions. My GPA is staying steady at a 86 right now. I am very happy with that but would like to get it up into the 90's before this is done. I know I can do it. I have Faith in myself now thanks to you & a couple very special people in my life that continue to encourage me. Mom wanted to write to you now because it will be a very early night for us tonight as we will be getting up early to head to NH tomorrow morning. I hear the weather is going to be perfect. Sunny in the 70's maybe 80's tomorrow. Thanks for the nice weather, Tyler! It sure will be helpful so that we all can release the balloons to you. These next few days are going to be tough for Mom but I will do my best to keep everything together as I know you don't want Mom to cry. You don't like to see that from me & I always try but sometimes those tears just fall from my eyes & I can't help it. Please continue to be patience with Mom. It still is really tough for me. My heart will forever be broken. I miss you so much. I miss you like crazy. I love you to infinity & beyond. To the moon & back & all the way around the world. I hope you always know this & you will never forget it. You are my true hero & Mom's wind beneath my wings. You will forever be in my heart, mind & soul & you will remain my everything. 
 The last couple days have been just Mom studying & getting things done around the apartment. Nothing fun or fancy that's for sure but that's life, right? I really don't have any updates for you. Phone calls will be made to see how Tubal is doing & what the doctor's said at his appointments. I haven't heard from Aunt Beck to see what happened at John's appointment on Tuesday so I will try to get in touch with her over the weekend & see what is happening. Meme has tried to call her a few times but no answer so II am hoping all is ok. I will have many updates for you this weekend after my visit back home. I am not sure if I will be able to write to you tomorrow night~ Saturday as I am not sure what time we will be getting home. If I don't then I will definitely write to you on Sunday. I will be sharing pictures & videos of the balloon release to you on here Sunday & Monday...those will be the 2 toughest days that I dread. Please help me through it. Mom is going to need you my sweet precious son. Thank you. 
 Here are the daily prayers that I need to catch up again. June 16~ If my father & mother forsake me, the Lord will take me up. Relationships are truly beautiful. Relationships are difficult. I guess I know that, Lord, since most of the Bible describes your passionate love for humanity. Today I bring before you my closest relationships. You know both their beauty their challenges. You understand the pleasure I draw from their love & also the anxiety. I ask you to stand behind these connections. Show us how to get along. Help us listen to each other & to you. Give us patience, wisdom, & creativity. Share with us your secrets of superficial love. Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on it's own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Amen.
 June 17~ Father of orphans & protector of widows is God in his holy habitation. With all the Father's Day ads, I think of you, the Father of all creation. Yet I realize that there are all kinds of fathers in this world. Some are absent or abusive; some are distant or demanding; and some are caring & giving. When some people think of you as a father, fear & anger consumes them. But here the psalmist calls you " father of orphans. " For anyone who needs a good father you step in. Whenever failings any earthly father has, you make up for that earthly father. There is genuine fatherly love available to us all. Thank you, my " heavenly dad. " Religion that is pure & undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to care for orphans & widows in their distress & to keep oneself unstained by the world. Amen.
 All caught up. The evening sunset will be upon us in a few short hours. The sunsets the past 2 nights have been so beautiful. I will post a couple of them on here for you. They are taken from our balcony. Sunsets like that make me smile. I hope you have something to do with them come Sunday & Monday because that will be the only reason I smile on those 2 days. Mom is hoping that your night is all you want & need it to be. I will be looking for the stars & moon to be shining bright later. I will whisper to you as I always do. Be listening out for my voice. Smile & I will too. Good night, Tyler & sweet dreams.
 Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Muah!