Dear Tyler,

Hi my sweet son! How are you doing on this Tuesday afternoon? Mom is not doing any better than I was yesterday. Mark is though so that is good news. Mom is just really in a bunch of pain right now. My whole right side just hurts all in the back & torso area & my tummy is giving me grief again. I was doing okay in the tummy department until I ate this morning. Now I am back to where I was yesterday. Ugh! This sucks! The weather today matches my mood. It is gray, gloomy & cloudy. We are supposed to get rain sometime today & through the night. The rest of the week up until Saturday is suppose to be sunny but Sunday & Monday are suppose to be rain again. Mom is looking forward to the sunshine. I always feel better in that type of weather just like you did! We were so much a like. I really miss you my sweet precious son. In less than a month it will be 5 years since you have been gone. This time of the year gets really hard on Mom. Have patience with me during this time, please. Mom will do her best but I have no promises at all. 
 Last night was pretty quiet for the most part. It was dinner, clean-up, and we watch 3 of our shows that we taped. Meme called at some point & I chatted with her for a few minutes but that was about it. Mom went to bed at 11:30 pm & I was up at 6:30 am. Not a lot of sleep at all. Tonight will be an early night for sure. Mom is tired. I think it will really be just dinner, clean-up & TV again for this evening. Hoping to feel better in the morning though. We did get a scare last night around 8 pm. Mark & Mom were sitting & watching a show & Mom kept smelling something burning. It smelled like burnt toast. I was able to narrow it down to the corner of the apartment. The smell was bad. Mom decided to step out on the balcony & the smell was intense. The air was all smoky & you could see the smoke rising. It was 2 floors below us. That is pretty bad to have the smell travel up 2 floors & have it smell our apartment when all the windows & doors were closed. It really made Mom cough like crazy too. It took about 2 hours for the smell to go away. Dang... I am not sure what was going on but I was pretty sure the building was on fire...... not someone cooking. Hope someone learned their lesson.
 Not much at all for updates for today. Mom has not spoken to anyone other than Meme. she called again this afternoon but I was just getting out of the shower when she called. I am sure she will call tonight too. I will try to touch base with everyone tonight or tomorrow. It really depends on how I am feeling after studying & prepping dinner later. Mom just wants to relax & go to bed early. Yesterday was Uncle Dick's Birthday like I wrote to you & today is Uncle Dick & Aunt Jacqui's 47th wedding anniversary. They got married 1 week after Mom was born. I have pictures of their wedding & me as a baby. It is kind of neat! Lots of May birthdays in our family. There are 4 or 5 that Mom knows of plus an anniversary, Mother's Day, Memorial Day..... busy month! Mom & Mark are going to go shopping on Saturday. It is suppose to be almost 90 degrees that day. After shopping we will go out to eat & then come home. Sunday we are going to the movies to see Solo... a movie that Mark wants to see & Monday nothing really. Maybe we will go for a long walk by the water. It will be nice to just have a 3 day weekend with Mark alone. I am sure at some point he will be playing his video game with his brothers. Mom will have time to write to you & watch a movie while that is going on. Nothing else to report as far as updates. That is all for the day!
 Mom is hoping that later on tonight, your evening will be everything you need & want it to be. Have fun while Mom is sleeping tonight. Come be with me or visit me in my dreams if you can. Thank you. I will whisper to you as I always do so be listening out for my voice. smile & Mom will smile back. I will light the candle as well. Always know that you are my hero & the wind beneath my wings. Forever you are inside my heart, mind, body & soul. I love you to the moon & back & all the way around the world. Mom needs to get going so that I can get some study time in as I didn't do any yesterday. I will be back tomorrow though with another letter to you. Until then..... good night & sweet dreams!
 Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Muah!

Here is the prayer for today:

I will declare your name to my brothers; in the congregation I will praise you. Psalm 22:22, NIV

Lord our God, Almighty Father in heaven, we stand before you as your children, whom you want to protect through the need of our time, through all sin and death. We praise you for giving us so much peace in an age full of trouble, and for granting us the assurance of your help. Even when we suffer, we do not want to remain in the darkness of suffering but want to rise up to praise and glorify you. For your kingdom is coming; it is already at hand. Your kingdom comforts and helps us and points the way for the whole world, that your will may be done on earth as in heaven. Amen.