Dear Tyler,

Hi my sweet son! How are you doing on this Wednesday afternoon? Mom is writing to you early because after this I am going to shut my computer down and go rest on the couch. It is 3 pm so it really isn't so early as the sun will be setting in about an hour but I just need to do a few things in the apartment as well. Mom is not feeling so hot at the moment. My neck and upper back is very sore and I can't really move all that well and my tummy is hurting too. I did not get a tremendous amount of sleep last night either. Mom really needs a good solid nights rest. Maybe tonight I will. I have been up since 7:30 am when Mark left. I got coffee ready and snacks for him this morning so he could go right out the door and then I lounged in bed. I got up and got ready, made myself something to eat, did the dishes and came right in to study. I managed to type out all my answers to Exam 5 and I am awaiting on another email from my instructor on questions that I have before I submit them again. I will be working on the next set of chapters tomorrow and then I will start exam 6. When this one is finished it will then be my final exam in the course. I am happy about that indeed. Hopefully by Friday I will be working on that! My next course is not going to be a coding one it is actually Pharmacy Tech. Mom was bummed but it will be a fast class to get through for sure. The coding class is after that one! Mom's goal is to be completely finished by the end of December so that I can start the new year off right. I know you will be by my side through it all and I can't thank you enough. I sure wish Mom could give you a great big hug. I miss you so much my sweet precious son. I love you to the moon and back and all the way around the world. You are Mom's superhero and the wind beneath my wings. You live forever in my heart, mind, body and soul. 
 Mom does not have any updates for you at all. The phones during the night have been so quiet. It is nice for a change I must say. I really enjoy relaxing at night time and not doing anything but that! Maybe tonight I will give Meme a call and Grandpa but if not I will get in touch with them soon. Mom really just wants to just make dinner, feed the pups and then crawl on the couch and put my aromatherapy pillow on my neck to see if that helps me out. Maybe a hot bath tonight as well and definitely going to bed early. 
 The weather today is super cold. It is 32 degrees out for the high and it is sunny though. The winds are terrible...30 mph + all day so far! Tomorrow is a different story. It is going to be 29 degrees and crappy during the daytime and then low and behold in the evening we are getting snow. They are calling it the first Nor'Easter of the season and we could see 3-5" of snow come Friday morning. Mom is not even going to say anything because I can't control it, we live in New England and it is bound to happen as it is winter after all. Mom just hopes for everything to be okay and we don't lose power as it will be nasty if we do. Please watch over us if you can, Ty. Keep us safe. Thank you. Mom will be lightning the candle in a bit for you. I will whisper to you tonight. Have fun while Mom gets some sleep. Come visit and be with me. I would love that. I am sorry this letter is short but Mom needs to get a couple things done before the sun sets and then I need to put that pillow on my neck. I know you understand. I will be back tomorrow with another letter though so until then...good night and sweet dreams later.
 Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Muah!

Here is the prayer for the day:

 "The days are coming," declares the Lord, "when I will fulfill the good promise I made to the people of Israel and Judah." Jeremiah 33:14, NIV

Lord our God, may your grace rule in our hearts and your love come to us in glorious fulfillment of your promise, so that in our time we may have community with one another to praise and worship you. Then we will be a people belonging to you and receiving help from you. Bless your Word within us, we pray. Teach us again and again how to keep your Word, how to be your children in deed and in truth. May we be given strength of heart whenever great sorrow comes to us. Let your will be revealed everywhere. Let all of humankind know that you rule, that you help us and will remain with us into all eternity. For our names are recorded with you, and we want to stay with you, Father in heaven. We want nothing else but to be your children in this world, to be children in your care for all eternity. Amen.