Dear Tyler,

Hi pumpkin! How are you doing on this Tuesday afternoon? Mom is doing okay. I am not feeling my best today though. The weather I am sure is playing a huge part in it. We once again are having high winds and heavy rain today. We have been getting it since early this morning around 2 am. The sky is just so dark and gloomy. It feels like it is 10 pm at night. The wind has been blowing so much that almost all the leaves are off the trees now. Just last week they were so colorful and full. I guess a lot can happen with the weather in a weeks time. Mom was going to write to you earlier but maintenance didn't show up until 3 pm so Mom took advantage and started studying early in the day. The gentleman will have to come back either tomorrow or Thursday to finish the rest of the stuff up for us. Some things needed to be ordered so it may take a couple days to get the materials in. No worries at all. They know it needs to be fixed and it will get done. 
 Mom was up early this morning but I guess I fell right back to sleep again. I know I was tired because I did not sleep well at all last night or so it didn't feel like I did. My tracker says differently but I do as well. Maybe again it is the weather. I guess tomorrow is suppose to be partly sunny but so cold...only 32 degrees for the high all day and we will be getting 20 mph winds as well so it will feel even colder. Yikes! Winter sure is coming and super fast. It was like Fall came and you blinked and it was gone and winter appeared out of now where. Next week is Thanksgiving and then the week after is the last week of November and it will be December. That is so hard to believe. 17 days to be exact and it will be December 1st and Mom has not done any Christmas shopping at all. I need to get on the ball with this but money is a bit tight because of our move and all the money we spent to do that. I have no idea what to get anyone this year and Mom is just not in the holiday spirit right now. Mark likes the Christmas tree to be up the day after Thanksgiving until the New Year but Mom is not feeling that either. I asked Mark what his thoughts were about not putting a tree up this year and he got sad. I guess it is going up whether Mom wants one or not. Maybe in a few days I will fell different about that subject but for now I do not!
 So yesterday, Mom chatted with Aunt Beck. Things are pretty good with her. She is really busy with work and John is happy to just be a home body these days. She has a lot coming up this year with teaching and studying plus a couple trips to Italy as well. Mom asked about Bean. She was saying that she has been in the ER a couple times because of medication levels being to high. she has had some tests done as well and everything seems to be normal. She is doing better but no where near 100%. She started to lose some weight that she had put on but that has stopped too. I guess she is happy but not really sure. Mom will be calling them on Thanksgiving as they will all be together. Mom spoke to Meme on Sunday. She was saying that Bob is back to being depressed, sleeping a lot again and just totally out of it. That is such sad news to hear. She went and bought him his Christmas present. He picked out a new recliner chair because the one he sits in is busted up. The springs are poking through the cushions. Mom thought that was an excellent gift to give him. It was very nice and thoughtful. Bob got to pick which one he wanted and Meme paid for it. It will be delivered in a couple weeks. Grandpa and Debbie are good. Debbie is miserable being back to work and she has to work all the holidays this year because of all the time she got off during her surgery. That is a bummer. Grandpa is still very undecided to whether he will retire completely or still continue to work. Mom thinks he will chose to continue to work. He would get too bored always being at home. I think he will work until Debbie can retire too. That way they will be able to do things together. It makes sense but Mom just worries...you know me. Mark is doing well. He is so busy at work though. He is the only one who is not getting a break at all. It is not fair but I am saying nothing. As far as Mom is doing... I am still trucking away at school. I saw today that after this course is done, I have 4 more to go and that is it. 2 courses are coding, 1 is a pharmacy tech class and the last one is an Ethics class and then it is done! I really can't wait because I want to get my CEUs done and then get into the field I want to pursue. I got my grade back from my exam that I passed in yesterday. It was not great at all because each question was worth 30 points a piece and I got 1 wrong so I got a 70. The one I got wrong was the one I asked about to my instructor. Mom is a bit upset but I am just going to keep trucking along and just get this course over with! Thank you for always being by my side in it. It means so much to me. Everything else is the same. Mom will update you as I know if things.
 It is after 4 pm and it is so dark now. I need to get going so that I can prep dinner for tonight and get the pups fed. I hate that the lights have to be on so early now. Mom already has a candle burning bright for you so I hope you are seeing it my sweet precious son. I miss you so much and I love you to the moon and back and all the way a round the world. You are my superhero and the wind beneath my wings. Forever you are living inside my heart, mind, body and soul. I hope that you have a fun time tonight while Mom gets some sleep. Come be with me if you can as well. Thank you. I will be back tomorrow with another letter to you so until tomorrow comes.... good night and sweet dreams. 
 Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Muah!

Here is todays prayer:

In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever. Daniel 2:44, NIV

Lord our God, we thank you that you work in us and in our lives and that you show us your compassion, no matter what cross we have to bear. We want to rejoice in you and wait patiently until your purpose is fulfilled and your kingdom arises on earth. Protect each one of us. May our hearts find strength and neverfailing joy in Jesus Christ the Savior, always hoping and believing, always looking to you. For you are the almighty God, who will come in Jesus Christ to establish his kingdom among the peoples and at last reveal his truth in its fullness. Then the knowledge of your will shall spread to all peoples, so that good and evil may come before you and be judged according to your mercy and faithful love. Amen.