Dear Tyler,

Hi my sweet son! How are you doing on this Thursday afternoon? Mom is quite tired today as the pups kept me up for most of the night & early morning. I think I might have gotten about 4 hours of sleep which means that in 2 nights I have gotten a total of 8 hours. That is not enough for Mom to function at all but I am doing the best that I can. Mom will be calling it a very early night tonight & I will be going to bed to hopefully get some much needed sleep so I can wake up completely refreshed tomorrow morning. Thank you for being with Mom the last several days/nights. I know you are always with me but I also had asked you to be with me while Mark was away for work. It meant the world to me knowing that I had a very special Angel watching over me. I love you to the moon & back & all the way around the world. 
 Mark will be home at some point late tonight. The place where he was at said that he could leave at 2 pm but they never let him go at that time. He left at 3:30 pm. The drive home is 4 hours without any traffic & he will be running into a lot of the traffic now as it is rush hour time. I am thinking he will be home by 10 pm. That will make 4 long days right in a row for him. Mom thinks he did 9 hrs on Monday, 9 hours on Tuesday, 12 hrs on Wednesday & today with travel it will be another 12 hour day. He has already put in 42 hrs this week & he still has Friday to go. To say the least he will be very tired once he arrives home tonight. Mom hopes he is feeling better too. When he left he was starting to catch a cold. I hope he is done that as Mom does not want or need to catch it at all. Anyways... the pups, especially Princess will be so happy to see her " daddy " tonight. She will be clinging to him & not letting him out of her sight for the next several days. She always does that. It is very cute but tough when he does go away. She misses him so much & has separation anxiety. Mom does her best with her but I think she just tolerates me. Ozzy will be happy too but he is a "mommy's boy. " He cries when I leave to go take the trash out. Guess he has separation anxiety when I am gone. Mom know you would have really liked these too. I think if you were here both of them would be " your " pups. Princess would always be laying near you & Ozzy would be just like Snickers where he was always licking your face. Mom misses you so much. I miss Max & Snickers too. Give them big hugs for Mom, okay? Thanks pumpkin! 
 Not much for updates for you. Meme called this morning on her break. It was the 1st time all this week. She didn't realize that Mark had been gone or she would have called me. She was telling me that Jen stopped by with her youngest daughter to see Bob yesterday. Guess they visited for a couple hours & went out for pizza. She couldn't stay long because she had to pick Jade up from school. Mom is happy that she stopped by. I am sure that made Bob's day. I hope she does it more often too. I think that is exactly what Bob needs right now. I think it may just improve his health. Everything else seems to be good. Mom will see them, Grandpa & Debbie on Saturday. I can't wait. I will be calling Grandpa tonight to say hi as I haven't spoken to him since Monday night. Guess everyone has been super busy. Mom was busy today as well. Up early, breakfast, got ready, cleaned the closet on my side, did laundry, took trash to dumpster, got the mail & grabbed the packages from the main office, came home & took the pups for a walk & now I am writing to you. Honestly, Mom is exhausted right now. My eyes want to close & nap but I am trying so hard not to as I know I will have a hard time sleeping tonight if I do. Once I am done with my letter I will have to feed the pups & get dinner going for Mom. These last several nights while it has been me has been so easy for dinner. No prep at all because I really haven't ate all that much. No use in cooking for one. Tonight Mom is going to have pizza for dinner. That way when Mark gets home he can have some as well if he is hungry. Tomorrow will be another busy day for Mom. I will have to go grocery shopping & come home & put everything away & then I will have to pay several bills on line. Oh lucky me...lol. The rest of the day will be cleaning & getting the place nice for everyone on Saturday. Saturday will be a fun day & nice to visit with everyone & then Sunday will be a day to do nothing. Cook, Bake, watch our DVR shows & watch some football. Mom will write to you to let you know how the visit went & any other updates that come. 
 Here are the prayers for the day:  By God's grace, may you eliminate hurry and worry from your life. May you instead slow your pace and turn your face to the One who loves, saves, redeems, and restores everything about you. Instead of grabbing for yourself, may you pause and wait and see how God provides and cares for you. May you enter into a new season where you know God's rest, His pace, and His provision like you've never know before. He's for you and with you in ways you can't even imagine!

“No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him” (1 Corinthians 2:9 NIV).

 There's an appointed time for every God-given breakthrough. Jesus knows when your accumulative prayers will make the most difference. He knows when your long-awaited breakthrough will bear the most fruit; He knows when your blessing will not be a burden. May you trust Him in the meantime. You've things to do in this season: Rest. Wait. Trust. Obey. Give thanks. Enjoy joy. And walk forward in faith. Breakthrough is on the horizon.

But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted (John 15:7 NIV)! 

 Mom doesn't really have an inspirational saying lined up for today but what I would like to say is that everyone should treat others with kindness. Treat everyone the way you would like to be treated. Do small things that cost nothing.... open a door for someone, give a smile or hello to a stranger, if someone drops something...pick it up for them. Kindness is the key!

 Mom just looked at the time & realized it is already 4:50 pm. That means that I really need to get going & feed the pups & get things going for the night routine here. Mom hopes that your evening will be everything you need & want it to be. Have fun while I sleep & come be with Mom if you can or come visit me in my dreams. I will whisper to you like I always do so be listening for my voice. Smile when you hear Mom & I will smile right back to you. Remember you are forever in my heart, mind, body & soul. You are my Hero & the wind beneath my wings. You are my sweet precious son & Mom's shining star. I will be back tomorrow with another letter to you so until then....good night & sweet dreams. I love you more than all the stars in the sky.

 Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Muah!