Dear Tyler,

Hi pumpkin! How are you doing on this Friday afternoon? Mom has had a pretty good day today! I was up early just like I always am. I was able to get up, make breakfast, do the dishes, dust, clean the bathrooms, fold laundry, get ready, take the pups for a nice long walk & then I got right on working on my final exam. I am very proud to say that I am 100% finished with my paper. I have gone over it & proofread it all as well. I am happy with what I wrote & hopefully I did a good job & my instructor will feel the same way. My grade is sitting at an 88 right now. I am 3 points from an A in the class. Mom will be happy with a passing grade. At this point my overall grade is a 97 for the 10 classes that I have done. Mom already went over the 75 questions for this exam & I will go over a few of them one last time over the weekend & then I will be submitting it on Sunday. I will start my new class on Tuesday as Grandpa & Debbie are coming down Monday morning & staying over night & leaving Tuesday. I will work on my studies after they leave as I won't have hardly any cleaning up to do after they leave. I will have laundry but that is about it. Mom is looking forward to having company. The weather is suppose to be close to 60 degrees & all kinds of sunshine! That is amazing! The weather today was on the chilly side but the sun is out & shining so brightly. The skies are blue with big puffy white clouds. Mom is hoping to see a painting in the sky tonight while the sun is setting. The sunrise today was not one like it usually is. Mom was taking pictures of the sun with the clouds as I thought it was pretty & I enlarged the photo to get a close up & I saw the most surprising thing.... there was a rainbow in the clouds. It was nothing like I have ever seen. Mom will post a picture or 2 of it on here tonight. It was something that made Mom smile so big.
 Everything was quiet last night. The phone rang only once. Mark & Mom just had dinner & we watched TV & then went to bed. Tonight we are going to have dinner & then do the dishes & we are going to take the pups for another long walk because it is really nice out. This weekend will be all about grocery shopping Saturday & then chilling out for the evening. Sunday we are getting up early & going for a long walk by the ocean & then coming home for the rest of the day, having brunch & then doing whatever. Mom will do some cleaning before Grandpa & Debbie arrive though. I am sure I will have laundry to do as well!  Mom heard from Aunt Beck today! She was funny as she is so confused on the time difference from Italy to here. I explained it to her but I am not sure she completely understood...lol! She was telling me that she likes Venice a lot. Rome was okay but I don't think she would stay there for a few days. As she put it, it was a passing by city. Sunday they are headed to Florence for a few days & then it is off to the city where some of our family is. I can't believe that in a couple days they will have been there for a week already. Time flies & I am sure it is flying faster for her! She looks very happy in the pictures. That makes Mom happy too! I will share the pics with Meme later tonight. I just have not got around to it just yet. Mom was completely focused on her studies. Not much else is going on. Mom will have some more updates for you over the weekend though. 
 I can't believe that today is 58 months exactly since you went away. It is April 20th. Time does not make it any better for me but I try my best for you pumpkin! I miss you so much. Some days it hurts really bad & other days it hurts like hell! I love you to the moon & back & all the way around the world. You are my hero & then wind beneath my wings. Forever you are inside my heart, mind, body & soul. Mom will whisper to you later this evening so smile when you hear Mom & I will smile right back to you. The candle will burn bright for you as well. I will be back tomorrow afternoon with another letter to you. For now, Mom needs to get things ready for dinner for Mark & I. Pups have been fed already. Until tomorrow my sweet precious son... good night & sweet dreams.
 Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Muah!

Here is the pray for the day:
 Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear. Isaiah 65:24, NIV

Our great God, still hidden and yet so evident and near, we thank you that you are at work in us before we think of asking. We thank you that you hold us by the hand and lead us before we are aware of it. Stay with us in this way and awaken our hearts at the right moment, that we are not surprised by the painful things we experience but can be prepared at all times to watch and pray, trusting that we are not forsaken in the constant strife on this earth. Grant us hope, O God, that the time is coming when all people will hear the proclamation, “See, a new heaven and a new earth, because you have learned to see God’s honor in everything.” Amen.