Dear Tyler,

Hi my sweet son! How are you doing on this Monday afternoon? Mom is plumb tuckered out today. Mark and I were up at 6:30 am and Mom fed the pups, got ready, packed everything up, got gas and we were out of the hotel by 9:15 am. We got home around 12 pm. We made really good time coming home and only got stuck in traffic for a few miles on the boarder of MA. Right when we got home, Mark went straight to work while Mom unpacked everything, started a load of laundry, bathed both pups, made something to eat, did those dishes and then went straight to her studying. I am having a hard time with this final exam. I am not concentrating at all so I am going to call it a day and after writing to you I am going to make dinner and feed the pups. I know it will be a very early night for Mom as I didn't sleep much last night at all. Tomorrow will be back to the books for me and Mark has a busy day as well. I think he is heading out to the office for the day. If so it will be a quiet time for me to focus. Today has flown by. It is already 4:45 pm. The weather is sh*tty again for the 4th day in a row. All it is doing is raining and there is absolutely no sun at all that has been shining. It is really starting to get to Mom. The rain is very depressing for me after a couple of days straight of it. I really hope that the sun will be shining soon because I need it...bad!
 Anyways..... Mom heard from Grandpa and Debbie this afternoon. They had gone up to see great grammy. No change at all from yesterday so she is still holding on and fighting. Mom wishes that she knew what she wanted because I would make sure to get it so that she could cross over. It was so sad to see great grammy that way. She is so frail and thin and she is not talking, eating or drinking. She just lays in bed and that is it. I know she can hear when you speak to her and she wants to talk but she can't and that frustrates her plus the morphine makes her loopy and she doesn't like that either. I know you see what I am talking about and I am sure it hurts you as well. I spoke to her when we were alone yesterday. I told her that she had an army awaiting her arrival. I told her to go with you, Tyler. It was okay and that we all would be alright. Aunt Beck burned a candle for her as well all day yesterday. As much as we all will miss her, Tyler...go get Great Grammy and take her home please. She is going to give you a big hug and kiss from Mom when she sees you. Everyone is going to keep Mom posted throughout the days and when the time comes Mark and Mom will be headed back up to NH for a few days again. Last night we went to Meme's to have dinner and visit. That was nice to just relax and unwind from the couple days we had. We stayed until 7 pm and then headed back to the hotel. Marion and Charlie stopped by for about an hour or so. That was nice to see them as it has been 4 months. After everyone left, Mom relaxed while Mark watched TV. I did make a couple phone calls and then around 10:30 pm, I decided to go to bed as I knew today would be a busy day for us. That is about all the updates that I have for you today. Mom will fill you in later this week as Bob goes to the doctors Wednesday, Debbie goes to the doctors Thursday and a friend of mine has a biopsy scheduled for tomorrow. My thoughts and prayers will be with them all. I sure hope that your evening will be filled with all that you want it to be and need it to be. I am sure that you are shining bright for someone who needs it. Thank you for being my shining star and helping Mom during the day and night. Have fun while I sleep and come visit me in my dreams if you can. Thank you my sweet precious son. Mom will light a candle for you and great grammy in a bit and I will whisper to you later tonight just like I do every night. I miss you so much and I love you to the moon and back and all the way around the world. You are my hero and the wind beneath my wings. Forever in my heart, mind, body and soul. Mom will be back tomorrow with another letter to you. For now I have to feed the pups, get dinner going and fold the laundry after. Until tomorrow comes.... good night and sweet dreams.
 Always, Mommy xoxoxox. Muah!

Here is the prayer for the day:

Those the Lord has rescued will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away. "I, even I, am he who comforts you." Isaiah 51:11–12a, NIV

Lord our God, we thank you for the trust you have put into our hearts. We thank you for all the signs of your goodness that comfort us when we are in great need and when many deaths take place around us and touch each of us. We thank you for comforting us, for always giving us fresh courage wherever we may be, and for giving us hope for other people, who also struggle hard to find what is good. O Lord God, bless our world with power from on high, with your gifts that bring good to many people. Bless our world. Save it from sin, from ruin, from every kind of despair. Give your blessing, O Lord our God! As you bless us, so bless all the world, to the glory of your name. Amen.