Dear Tyler,

Hi my sweet son! How are you doing on this Thursday afternoon? Mom is plum tuckered out that is for sure. I was up early this morning...my usual time I guess at 7 am & I was straight out right from the start. I was up, did some things around the apartment, got ready, made a nice brunch for mark & I, did the clean up & then I got straight to studying. I just got down & called it quits when it was 4 pm. Mark & Mom took the pups out for a long walk just a few minutes ago & hear I am writing to you now. The weather is absolutely gorgeous. The sun is out, the skies are blue & the wind is blowing nicely so you don't even know it is 82 degrees out. Maybe Mom & Mark will go for a walk later this evening without the pups. Just enjoy a nice leisure walk. That would be nice. I want to enjoy it all I can as tomorrow it says that it is going to rain/thunderstorm. Go figure. The weekend is suppose to be crappy as well. Such a bummer but there will be 2 days of no work for Mark & no studying for Mom. I will be going over my exams again tomorrow & submitting them over the weekend & this Lab with be history & I can start my new class! Not sure what it will be but I am sure I will enjoy it. I have the last 2 so that makes it easier for Mom to want to study & get through them! Hope I do well in this Lab though! My fingers are crossed. The questions are tricky & tough & you know how I get with that. Anyways..... today is the last day of May & tomorrow is June 1st. Crazy to think that this year is already half over with. Someone posted that there are only 31 weeks until Christmas again. That is just nuts. Dang! Mom spoke to Grandpa last night for almost 1 1/2 hours...lol. He was saying that he is doing well but sore as he has been pushing himself the last few days. I told him to slow down a bit! He is looking forward to the last the last few months of work before he truly retires. His house will be paid off next year as well so he can sit back & enjoy things now! Debbie is doing good! Mom will touch base with Meme & Aunt Beck either this evening or tomorrow. I know they are both really busy. Grandpa was saying that Great Grammy is doing better these days & that she was very talkative last Saturday when they went to visit her. That was good news. I rarely ever hear from Aunt Shirley though. I used to a lot but not so much these days. I am going to assume that she is doing well. Next time I go up to NH for a visit I really need to take the time & go visit Great Grammy & Aunt Shirley as well as you. I haven't done it the last 2 times because of the dang weather & Grammy being sick. I miss seeing her & visiting with her. I miss you so much. I love you to the moon & back & all the way around the world. You are my hero & the wind beneath my wings. Forever you will be in my heart, mind, body & soul. I think that is all the updates that I have for you today.
 Tonight will be a relaxing evening for both Mark & I. I think we will sit outside for a bit while it is nice out & before the rain starts. Then we will come in & probably watch a little TV before the night is out & it is time for us to get some rest. Come visit Mom in my dreams tonight or sit beside me while I sleep for awhile. I sure hope that your night is everything that you need & would like it to be. Have fun though. Mom will be back tomorrow with another letter to you after I study all day long. My hope is to get up early & get to it right away so I am not studying until 4 pm & then writing your letter after 5 pm. It is 5:45 pm right now & we haven't even ate dinner yet. Glad Mark is patient with me. Pups have been fed thought which is a bonus! Tomorrow will start the day that I post pics of things that you like all month long. It will be Tyler's dedication month. Mom is looking forward to it & I sure hope that when you see the pictures I choose you will smile & perhaps remember why I chose what I did. Mom will whisper to you later this evening as well. Smile for me & I will smile back. My love for you is unconditional. Until tomorrow.... good night & sweet dreams my bright shining star.
 Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Muah!

Here is the prayer for the day:

As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father. And this is what he promised us – eternal life. 1 John 2:24–25, NIV

Lord our God, we want to find our joy in you and in all your promises to us. For you have promised that in the midst of all the pain and sorrow, you are preparing what pleases you and serves your honor in every heart. May we experience in our lives the fulfillment of many of your promises, so that again and again we can go forward joyfully, rising above difficult times and situations. Have mercy on us and protect us in your strength. Amen.