Dear Tyler,

Hi my sweet son! How are you doing on this Thursday afternoon? Happy November 1st to you! Mom is doing okay. The sun is peeking out at this point and the temps are quite mild. I believe it is near 60 degrees. Mom took the pups for a nice long walk earlier and it was nice to get some fresh air. They really liked it as well but I think they were a bit confused as to where they were. They will get used to it though. We have more places to walk to now and they have lots more grass to roam around in! 
 Last night of course was Halloween and it was a quiet one here. Mom was able to touch base with Bob, Meme, Debbie and Grandpa so that was nice. Mark and Mom had pepperoni pizza for dinner just like I said that we would have. Mom is keeping that tradition still. In the afternoon I did bake some chocolate chip cookies so we had that with ice cream for dessert. Mom talked about you a lot yesterday so I hope you heard everything that I said. I hope it made you giggle and smile. A friend of Mom's called to check in to see how I was doing because he knew that Halloween was your favorite holiday. That was very sweet of him. Like Mom said yesterday, Halloween is one of those weird and bittersweet days for me. Every day is like that but on holidays it is especially difficult. Mark and Mom called it a night at 10 pm. Mark did stay up for a bit longer watching TV but Mom fell right to sleep as I was pretty tired. I slept okay last night..the best sleep thus far since we moved so Mom knows she is getting used to the new place. It always helps to know that you are watching over me and that you are always near. I miss you so much my sweet precious son. You meant the world to me and still do. You will always be my everything, my super hero and the wind beneath my wings. I love you to the moon and back and all the way around the world. Forever you will live inside my heart, mind, body and soul. 
 When Mom was talking to Bob yesterday, my heart hurt for him. He had gone to the doctors earlier in the day and told his PCP that he was sleeping between 12-14 hours a day and that he was back to dreaming a lot again. She told him that there was nothing that she could do for him as they have played around with his meds so much and there were no new meds that they could try. She said he needed to go to bed later or get up earlier and maybe that would help. That is such BS. She was not listening to him when he said that he had no energy to do anything but sleep since they played around with his meds a few months ago. I felt so bad for him. I could hear it in his voice that he was discouraged and upset. Please watch over him and if there is anything that you can do to help him out that would be super, Tyler. Meme was just as upset about it when we spoke as well. I wish there was something that Mom could do but I know that there isn't and that frustrates me as well. Debbie was released to go back to work tonight for the 1st time in 6 weeks. She has a few restrictions but all is well. I hope that her employer will listen to her doctor because they haven't in the past. She said that a lot was going to change when she went back to work tonight. She was not going to be the only one working while her fellow co-workers slacked off all the time and did hardly anything. It is about time she stand up for herself. She has been walked all over for too long. Debbie is a very hard worker and that place does not deserve her at all. I wish Mom had the money so that everyone could retire and live comfortably. That would be a dream come true for Mom. Grandpa is well. Still deciding if he is going to retire in the next month for good or if he is going to work one more year. He will make the right decision for himself at the right time. He is a smart cookie! Mark is crazy busy with work and will be all the way until either the end of this month or the middle of December with just one client. This is the one where he will be going back to working nights again for all those weeks. I believe that it will start next week some time. Mom is still trucking along with school. I have had the last 9 days off so that I could get everything packed and unpacked. It has been a nice break but it is time to go back to hitting the books again so that I can finish things up! I will be starting it all again come tomorrow. Not much else to update you on. I think I have caught you up. I am sure to have some more though come the weekend so when I know of things I will let you know! 
 It is after 2 pm already and Mom is going to look at what is next for me in my studies to prepare myself for tomorrow and then after that it will be time to prep and prepare dinner for this evening. Mom will be back tomorrow with another letter to you and I need to figure out what kinds of pictures to post to you for the month of November as well. I sure hope that your evening will be filled with all kinds of fun things and also with things that you need and want to get done. Come visit me in my dreams if you can. Thank you so much. I will whisper to you later and I will be lighting the candle for you, our family, pets and friends as well. It will be shining bright for you all. Until tomorrow comes... good night and sweet dreams.
 Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Muah!

Here is the prayer for the day:

Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. Colossians 3:16, NIV

Dear Father in heaven, we seek you and your kingdom. We gather to hear your Word so that we may receive strength for our own lives and for all our relationships with others. We want to stand firm, believing that in everything great and small your will is being done and that we may yet experience a new coming of your glory on earth. Then earthly concerns will no longer torment us and wear us out, but heavenly things may surround us and everything become new in accordance with your good, merciful, and perfect will. Amen.