Dear Tyler,

Hi my sweet son! How are you doing on this Thursday afternoon? Mom is sorry that I did not write to you yesterday but Mom is still feeling like poop. I had to do all that I could to do my lesson yesterday & finish it so I could rest today. I hope this goes away pretty soon. It sucks & it sure is painful. Today is a whole different ballgame though..... we are in blizzard like conditions here & have been since 8 am. The weather is crazy & it is bad. The snow is coming down 2 - 4" per hour & the winds are 40 to 50 mph right now. We even had what they call thunder snow.... that is thunder & lightning when it is snowing. That was pretty cool. This Nor'easter is called Niko & it is a nasty one! I guess we are in for a couple smaller storms over the weekend & another big one the middle of next week again. I just want winter to be over with & summer to be here already....lol. You know Mom & how much I dislike snow so I know you know what I am thinking & feeling! Mom doesn't have any updates for you at all but I do know that Meme & Grandpa stayed home today from work & Mark got to work from home as well. I am very thankful for this. Debbie on the other hand had to go to work this afternoon. I know she will be safe driving & thank God she only has to drive 3 miles or less to get to work. Please watch over her, Tyler. Thank you.
 Mom has 2 daily prayers to write to you so I am caught up so here they are: February 8~ I will instruct you & teach you the very way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. Teach me , dear Lord. I am a willing pupil. I sit n the front row, textbook open, with a shiny apple on my desk. Well, not always. I'll admit that sometimes I'm slouched in the back row, chewing gum, unprepared, hoping you won't call on me. But you are my teacher & you always find a way to get through to me, whether I'm eager or reluctant. Thank you for your instruction. Keep showing me the way to live. Keep guiding me step by step. Wouldn't it be great to have a spiritual GPS, some portable system that would show us where God wanted us to go? Well, we do have one. It is called the Holy Spirit. Amen. 
 February 9~ Yours is the day, yours also is the night; you established the luminaries & the sun. You have fixed all the bounds of the earth; you made summer & winter. Summer & winter & springtime & harvest, sun moon & stars in their courses above. Join with all nature in manifold witness to thy great faithfulness, mercy & love. Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies I see. All I have needed thy hand hath provided. Great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me. God called the light Day & the darkness he called Night. There was evening & there was morning, the first day. Amen.
 Mom is once again caught up. I have so many quotes to catch up on as well but it will have to wait as I want to make sure I get this letter done to you. Mom chose to write to you now just in case the storm gets worse & I am not able to. Please watch over us today & tonight as we continue to have these blizzard conditions. Please help us not to lose power as the night time the temps will be only in single digits. Thank you so much my sweet precious son. I love you with all my heart & all my soul. To the moon & back & all the way around the world. To infinity & beyond. I miss you so much but I am so glad you do not have to deal with this kind of weather anymore. I know how much you disliked it & worried about so many things. I would never want you to worry about about anything anymore. You will always be my hero & the wind beneath my wings. You will forever live inside my heart, mind, body & soul. You are my everything & always will be. Always feel this in your soul & never forget that feeling. That means so much to Mom. I hope your evening is all that you need & want it to be tonight. Please be with Mom tonight as I need you. I need you to help Mom get better & be rid of this pain that I am in. Thank you so much! I will whisper to you as I always do so be listening for me later on. I will smile & I hope you will too. 
 Mom is going to get going now. I will write to you again tomorrow night. Until then..... good night & sweet dreams. 
 Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Muah!