Dear Tyler,

Hi pumpkin! How are you doing on this Tuesday evening? Mom is doing okay today. The weather is super nice. It is 85 degrees & the sky is blue & sunny. Mom has had the AC on & I was so cold I had to go outside to warm up... lol! Mom was up early this morning & lounged in bed for about an hour & then decided to get up, do laundry, dust & get ready. It was too warm out to bring the pups for a walk so I will take them after we have dinner tonight. Mom started to study at 11:30 am & I just finished up around 4 pm. This Lab that I have to do is kind of tough but I am working through it. I will pick back up on it tomorrow morning. I have just a few days to get through it as the Lab work is a trial basis & free for right now. I think I will be okay though. 
 Last night was quiet. Mom called Grandpa 2 times & got the answering machine. I called again at 8:30 pm & they had just got home. Grandpa was in the parade & then they went to the American Legion I guess & hung out there for most of the day & evening. They were doing good. We didn't chat for long though because  I knew they were tired. I told them I would touch base with them either tonight or tomorrow. I did speak to Meme again in the early evening. We just chatted about everything. Nothing in particular. Mom will try to touch base with everyone over the next few days. I did get into it with a friend of mine though. I guess I said that I would call on Monday to catch up. That was said about 5 days ago. With being sick I totally forgot. Yesterday on social media I saw that she posted something on the lines of "Guess I was forgotten again". Then I saw that I had a private message & it was from that person saying "I guess you were too busy too call again".  Well, Mom was not very nice at all. I was really angry when I saw them both so I sent a message back saying "Just for the record I have been sick the last couple of days. You could have picked up the phone & you would have known. Thanks for assuming before you knew what was going on." The message I received back was "Wow". Mom said that I was tired of having people assume stuff. The phone works both ways. The last several months have been me calling this person not the other way around. Mom is just tired of all the drama. I don't need it or want it at all. It is the same ole same ole that I always hear. It is the poor me, pitty party & I just can't do it. You know Mom... if someone asks me something I say what I feel they need to hear at the time & I speak the truth. Some get angry with me because of it so I tell everyone......before you ask me a question....make sure you want the answer. If not then don't ask. It is that simple. I am not trying to be mean at all. I just don't believe in not telling the truth. I have listened to the same story from this person for over 4 years now & they do nothing to change what is going on or the outcome it could have. Mom doesn't know what to say anymore. I don't wish any ill or negative anything on anyone but I do have to say that I need to separate myself from people like this. It brings me down & I don't want that. Mom is trying to better herself with everything. I hope you can see that my sweet precious son. I try so hard every day to do the right things. Exercise, get sleep, eat right, etc.... I am going in the right direction & I would like it to stay that way! Mom has been doing really good with her tracker. I have been making goal for the last few days again. It feels good. Meme really likes hers as well. She is doing well with it too. She just needs to eat better & get a lot more sleep & she will start to feel wonderful! I know Mom is! Oh yeah... this morning when I turned on my computer.... I went to my college website & logged in. I went to see my final grade in the last class & I saw that my Final Exam grade was not an 85 but a 98 & my overall grade was a 98 as well. That put Mom in such a wonderful mood. I was so happy!!! I really thought I bombed it! I hope I do just as well with the Lab that I am doing now! Time again will tell. I think that is all the updates that I have for the day. 
 It is going on 5:45 pm & Mom has fed the pups but I need to get dinner going for Mark & I. I hope that your evening will be everything that you want & need it to be. Come be with Mom or visit me again in my dreams. I will light the candle this evening for you & I will whisper to you as I always do. Smile & Mom will smile back. 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 are inside my heart, mind, body & soul. Mom will be back tomorrow with another letter so until then.... good night & sweet dreams my bright shining star. Hope Mom sees a beautiful sunset along with the full moon tonight.... get those brushes ready...hint hint! 
 Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Muah!

Here is the prayer:


 But God’s mercy is so abundant, and his love for us is so great, that while we were spiritually dead in our disobedience he brought us to life with Christ. It is by God’s grace that you have been saved. In our union with Christ Jesus he raised us up with him to rule with him in the heavenly world. Ephesians 2:4–6, TEV

Lord our God, we thank you for allowing us to experience your power. We thank you that we need not be occupied with material things only. We thank you that your Spirit comes to our aid again and again. Grant that we may continue to have your help, and let many hearts find what a grace it is that in spirit we may walk in heaven even during this transitory life with all its foolish ways. We may say with complete assurance that everything tormenting and burdening will pass by. It passes by, and we go joyfully and confidently toward your kingdom, which continually gains in power. Amen.