Dear Tyler,

Hi my sweet son! How are you doing on this Sunday afternoon? Mom has had pretty much a weekend from h*ll. It started on Friday afternoon & just got worse from there. Mom usually does not air dirty laundry on your letters but I will explain what happened for everyone who reads my letters to you in hopes that I can help someone out by what happened to Mom. Friday afternoon Mom  was chatting on the phone with one of her friends in Oklahoma for a bit. After we got off the phone I went in to tell Mark who I had been chatting with but didn't want to bother him because he had been working all afternoon on a document that needed to get done for work or so I thought. When I got in his office I saw that he was jamming out to music with his headphones on, 1/2 working but he was drinking. Mom thought that was pretty odd because he is never like that. I knew at the point that I had reached his office that he had a couple drinks because it smelt like booze bad. I asked him what he was doing & he was just not himself at all. I said forget it & went & finished up the housework, laundry, etc... I asked what he wanted for dinner & he said pizza. I told him to call it in as I was busy. He proceeded to just listen to music & sing really loudly with his headphones on. Mom knew this was not going to be good. After I was finished with everything, I went in & asked him if he ordered dinner. I guess that was the wrong thing to do because for whatever reason he got very angry & started to yell. Mom didn't back down & yelled right back. Maybe the best thing would have been to back down & be quiet but at that point it was too late. He started to get in my face & push me & the pups. I went to go get them & he stopped me. He was yelling so loud & acting really violent & crazy. Then he did what I never thought he would ever ever do & that was pull a weapon out. Mom grabbed the phone & had to call 911 for help. 10 officers came within a matter of 5 minutes & it was crazy. 4 officers were with Mom & 6 were downstairs with Mark. They removed anything & everything from the apartment that was sharp or could be used to harm a person or animal. They were here for about 2 hours & then they felt everything was okay for them to leave. Mark came up the stairs & said very little. Mom knew that there was nothing to say to him as at that point because I was trying to reason with a drunk person & that did not go well earlier. Mom remained quiet & just went into the bedroom. To say the least I did not sleep much at all that night. I did go out to get water & check on 1 of the pups as she was not with me. Mark had passed out cold. I decided to try & get some rest at that point. It was midnight & Mom was just so drained from everything. Saturday morning I got up & fed the pups later than usual because I actually did rest & got some sleep. Mark didn't even know what to say to me as he was so embarrassed & rightly should be. Him & I talked for about 3 hours on what happened as he did not remember a thing of what took place for Mom to have to call the police. I explained everything & he apologized a number of times. He explained to me what had happened to make him drink like he did. I told him if he had just communicated with me I would have just left him alone & none of what happened Friday night would have taken place. Mark had to talk to Grandpa & explain & apologize for everything. He needs to do the same with Meme but that won't be until she is ready to talk to him. Right now she is very upset & Mom & Mark completely understand why. Saturday was mostly spent talking about a lot of things & sleeping that is why Mom did not write to you yesterday. I was never on my computer. Mom is again not telling those who read my letters to you to talk all about my life, the trials, hardships or to " air " dirty laundry on here....... it is because Mom really felt that it was important to tell people that it is NOT OKAY at ANY  TIME to be backed into a corner & be a VICTIM of ANY kind of VIOLENCE from ANYONE or watch it happen to someone else! Everyone must take precautions to make sure of their safety & others involved. That was the 1st time ever in my life I had made a call like that but I needed to do it because I was scared for everyone but myself. Mark said on Saturday I made the right choice & he thanked Mom for doing so. So far a lot of the things were spoke about are ways to make changes going forward. I really scared him with things that I told him that he said & did Friday night. Tyler, He has never ever been like that at all. I know you saw everything & I believe you were protecting me the best way you could & I thank you for that. I am not mad at Mark for what he did. I am scared for him as well that something could have happened to him. None of this is cool by any means. There will be a healing period indeed because of this. There will be counseling involved as well to ensure something like this never takes place again! Mom wants you, Tyler & everyone reading this that I am OKAY. Pups are OKAY & Mark is OKAY. No one ended up getting hurt out of it...no bruises or anything. Mom was just startled by it all & did what I thought was best. Mom will keep you posted on everything as well.
 Today, Sunday, it has been crappy all day. Rain & cold weather. Temp is 62 degrees. Nothing will be in the sky tonight to be seen. Tomorrow night will be in the 80's again. Mom missed what looked to be 2 beautiful sunsets Friday & Saturday night. Maybe you can give one to Mom tomorrow night? I sure hope so. Mom will whisper to you later as well so be listening out for my voice. Smile pumpkin & I will as well right back to you. Hope your evening will be filled with fun & you get to do all the things you need & want to do. Come visit Mom in my dreams later if you can. I would love that. Mom has nothing to update you on. I have spoken to Grandpa, Meme & Bob all weekend as they have been checking in on things. Everyone is good there. I will have updates for you during the week I am sure. Mom needs to get going as it is after 5 pm & I need to feed the pups & get things going here for the night. I miss you so much & I love you to the moon & back & all the ways around the world. You are my hero, my wind beneath my wings & my shining star. You forever live inside my heart, mind, body & soul. I will be back tomorrow night with another letter to you & the prayer for the day, etc.... Mom is sorry that I don't have one for you this evening but I just wanted to write to you to tell you I was okay. I know the things you saw & I know you were worried for us both. Thank you again for giving me the signs that you were near. It meant so much to Mom. 
 Until tomorrow.... Good night & sweet dreams. 
 Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Muah!