Dear Tyler,

Hi my sweet son! How are you doing on this Sunday evening? Mom is so sorry that I did not write to you last night but yesterday was kind of crazy. Mom got up early & Mark & I ran our errands. I was doing really good all day. We got home around 3:30 pm & we had dinner & out of no where Mom started to have pain again so I watched TV for a bit. Mark's friend came over & got here around 9 pm. I had every intention of coming in my office & writing to you but even after taking medicine for the pain it just got worse. I was up until 11:30 pm & then decided to just go to bed. I heard Mark & Rick chatting & laughing & I just couldn't get comfortable. I think I finally fell asleep around 2 am just to be woken up at 8 am. To say the least today I have not done a thing. I am just so tired & it will be a very early night to bed. Mark is not feeling well either again. This sickness has to go away & leave the 2 of us alone. He hasn't done anything either all day. Please if you can help us out with all this pumpkin, Mom would really like that so much. Thank you. 
 Yesterday I received a message from Aunt Beck saying that she was out of the jungle & she was headed to points up North & she would be home at the end of the week. I was so happy to hear from her. I am glad she is good & I can't wait to chat with her. I also got to speak to Meme yesterday. Things are well there & I am sure I will be chatting with Grandpa either tonight or tomorrow. Mom did have to call Meme this morning to let her know that one of her friends passed away this morning. She was very sad. He lost his courageous battle with cancer. May David R.I.P. now with no more pain & suffering & may he get his wings & fly high & free like you do now. This week Mom has her final 2 classes & then I have to take the final exam! Can't believe that 6 weeks have gone by that fast but they have. I will be ready to finish this up & get back to college stuff so I can graduate! Thanks for always being there by my side my sweet precious son. I love you with all my heart. To the moon & back & all the way around the world. To infinity & beyond.  I think that is all the updates that I have for you tonight. I will have more during the week. Here are the daily prayers for you: February 18 ~ For God alone my soul waits in silence; from his comes my salvation. He alone is my rock & my salvation, my fortress; I shall never be shaken. Sometimes, Lord, I just need to get away from it all------to be quiet & rest. Thank you for providing a place of rest. Life spins so quickly that I can't always keep up. I start to worry about what might happen. Those worries then add to stress in my life, affecting the way I work & the way I relate to others. Friendships get frayed, mistakes get made & I have even more to worry about. So right now I'm quieting down & I'm turning to you for help. I trust to provide the deliverance I need. Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer & supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts & your minds in Christ Jesus. Amen.
 February 19~ At an acceptable time, O God, in the abundance of your steadfast love, answer me. With your faithful help rescue me from sinking in the mire. Dear Lord, I usually track quite well with the psalmist. The details are different, but the essential situations still exist----trouble, enemies & a need for deliverance in tough times. This particular psalm is the story of my life, too. So I have to laugh a little when the psalmist cries out for help " at an acceptable time. " As I picture it, the psalmist is sinking in quicksand, about to be swallowed up & the prayer is: " When you have a minute, Lord, if it's not too much trouble, would you think about saving me? " I laugh, but then realize that time is often the issue, I pray for all sorts of things that I want now & I complain when you don't immediately respond. Maybe, in your wisdom, you're just waiting for " an acceptable time. " God has all the time in the world & then some. Amen.
 Mom is caught up yet again. Honestly, I have no quote for you tonight but I will make sure to give you a couple on tomorrows letter to you. It is getting late & Mom needs to get dinner going & feed the pups. I hope that your night is all that you want & need it to be. May you have fun while I sleep tonight. Come visit me if you can. I would love it. Thanks, Ty! I will look to the sky later & whisper to you as I always do. Smile when you hear my voice & I will smile back to you. Hope you get the kisses I blow to you each & every night as well. You are my hero & the wind beneath my wings. You forever live in my heart, mind, body & soul. Never stop feeling that deep in your soul, please! Until tomorrow.... good night & sweet dreams. My love is unconditional.
 Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Muah!