Dear Tyler,

Hi pumpkin! How are you doing on this Thursday afternoon? Mom again has been super busy all day long but in a good way and it feels good. I did not get much sleep last night so this morning I was pretty tired and out of it but after I had breakfast I was feeling a lot better. I was able to do some cleaning and then came right in and started on my studies. I was able to do some of my exam but boy it is getting the best of me. It is all about formulas and what Pharmacy Techs have to do when calculating doses etc.... Mom is trying her best and I will continue to work on it tomorrow as well but for today I stopped. It is a lot to process and I need to pace myself with it all. After I was done studying I went ahead and got things together to pay the bills for the week and now I am writing to you. It is already 3:30 pm. Mom needs to write your letter and then start prepping for dinner tonight as it will take a bit to do. We are having chef salads and I need to cook the ham and the chicken that will go in it. If I start at 4 pm I should be done everything by 5 pm. Just in time to feed the pups and then eat, do the dishes and relax for the evening. Mark has a call he will be on tonight for a bit and Mom will snuggle up and watch a movie with the pups. It will be early to bed for me as I am tired still. 
 Mom spoke to Grandpa last night for over an hour. He is doing well. We were just chit chatting. Mom will talk to Meme tonight. Aunt Shirley emailed me and said that she has several appointments coming up. She has a colonoscopy on 2/7 and on 2/12 she will be having eye surgery done and then later this month someone will be coming to talk to her from the blind association. Reading that made me very sad. There is nothing that I can do but I wish there was. Please be with her when she is going through all these things. I know Great Grammy will be with her as well. Thank you pumpkin. Not much else to update you on really. Hopefully over the weekend I will have more. I know we are going to try and have that skype call with Tubal and Karen on Sunday and Mom has a nail appointment but other than that nothing is going on for the weekend. We just want to relax after the 2 weeks of the rush of the holidays. It will be nice to just do nothing! Mom did do a couple other things today. As you know I have deleted a quite a few people off my social media and this morning I went through my cell phone and deleted several contacts that were in there as well. I basically only kept family in there. The ones I deleted I have their numbers elsewhere and they are still on my social media so I didn't feel I needed them in my cell phone as well. Doing this on the 3rd day of the new year really feels pretty good. I would be lying if I said that a few that I deleted haven't even bothered to contact me and ask me why. With that being said I thought they would and I was ready for that conversation but knowing they haven't just proves that I have really done the right thing. It will take a little bit to get over that sting from them but Mom will be okay. I will do just fine! The people that are in my life are the ones that really care for and about me and those are the ones I want to be surrounded by. Life will be easier with less drama in it and living simpler will be better as well. I think Mom will be going through her clothes again this weekend and purging a few things...clothes, shoes, etc.... there is a lot that I don't wear and I want to donate it to people that can use it. It makes me feel good that I can do that. When I was rearranging yesterday after the decorations were down I saw a few things that I might want to get rid of too.... a few more knick knacks! So far 2019 is putting many things into perspective for me and Mark as well. I think this weekend if the weather is good, I may go for a walk by the ocean. That will be nice. I will enjoy that and being by the water will give me a clearer head! I love when the tourist season is done and only locals are around. It is not so crowded and it is wonderful.....the breeze, the salty air, etc... there is nothing like it. Mom remembers when I took you to the ocean. I just wished I could have taken you more. I really hope that you go to it now that you can. I bet you love it there like Mom does. I miss you so much my sweet precious son. I love you to the moon and back and all the way around the world. To infinity and beyond! You will always live inside my heart, mind, body and soul and forever you will be my hero and the wind beneath my wings. Please have fun tonight while Mom gets some much needed rest and come visit me in my dreams. I would love to see you in them. I will light the candle later and I will also whisper to you like I always do so smile for me and I will smile for you. It is approaching 4 pm and Mom needs to get things going for dinner. I will be back tomorrow though so until then....good night and sweet dreams my bright shining star.
 Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Muah!

Here is the prayer for the day:

The Lord has made proclamation to the ends of the earth: “Say to Daughter Zion, ‘See, your Savior comes! See, his reward is with him, and his recompense accompanies him.’” Isaiah 62:11, NIV

Lord our God, we thank you that we may go to meet you with open hearts, with jubilant faith, and with this joyful shout, “God's salvation is coming! Through Jesus Christ day is dawning on earth for all nations.” Stay with us and help us. Send us your Spirit to strengthen us, especially in times of trouble. Let all nations come before you. Let us tell all peoples, “Be comforted. The salvation of our God, who is also your God, is coming. In this salvation we will rejoice together forevermore to the glory of our God.” Amen.