Dear Tyler,

Hi my sweet son! How are you doing on this Tuesday afternoon? The sun is shining, the balcony door is open and it is 68 degrees outside. Mom is loving it even though it won't last but the day. I know that tomorrow and Thursday will be cold and freezing rain outside but Mom can know what to look forward to in another month or so. I sure hope that there will be a beautiful sunset tonight. I thought there might be one last night but not so much. You must have been busy to do a painting in the sky. 
 Mom's day has been pretty busy with studying in school. I was up at 7 am and lounged in bed for about an hour before getting up, getting ready, making something to eat and then heading to my office to studying all day. I was able to get 15 out of 22 questions done for my next exam. I have a few circled that I want to double check as well but I am trucking along. This one is pretty hard. Mom has to find the diagnosis of the scenario given and then code it. Sound easy huh? Not when there are anywheres between 5-10 codes per scenario. If you get the diagnosis wrong then you get all the codes wrong. Mom will do okay and I know I will make a few mistakes but I will learn from them and write them down so it doesn't happen again. Right now my 2 exams in this course are both 95's. I think that is pretty good! Tomorrow will be a day of doing housework in the morning...laundry, dusting, mopping and vacuuming and then studying in the afternoon. It will be busy indeed but on Thursday, weather permitting I have a nail appointment to go to and a little Valentines shopping to do so I want to get everything that I can done tomorrow. This weekend will be exciting as Mark's brother, Gary and his GF, Sarah will be here for a week and we will finally get to see them for a couple days. It has been since 2014 since we last saw them. We are looking forward to it. Not much else will be happening at all. Mom will get all the errands done early as well so that the weekend will be focused on visiting, good food and a few drinks!
 Mom has a couple favors for you my sweet son.... One is that Mom is back to not sleeping all that well again. Could you please help me so that I can get some much needed rest so that tomorrow I will be awake more and have much more energy? Second thing is Mark and Mom do not know what is going on with little Ozzy. The last 2 days he will not walk anywhere in the apartment. He sits there and cries because he is too scared to walk around. He pees everywhere on the floor too. We don't know what is going on. Everything was fine and than BAM... he started this with no warning. He is definitely spooked about something. Could you please help us to figure out what is going on so we can help him. It is so sad and Mom wants to fix the problem. Thank you so much pumpkin. 
 Last night was an evening of having dinner, cleaning up and then watching TV for a bit before going to bed. Tonight will be about the same. Mom is hoping that Ozzy will do better tonight. I have dinner have prepped right now and I will prepare the rest after I finish my letter to you. We are having garden salads with BBQ chicken. Mom is even cooking bacon to crumble up in the salads. It will be so yummy. While the chicken and bacon are cooking I will be cutting and prepping the rest so that everything will be done at the same time. It is already 4:40 pm and I need to get going so that I can feed the pups and work on all the veggies. Mom has not spoken to anyone in the last few days or nights. I am sure that I will hear from Meme and Grandpa either tonight or tomorrow at the latest. I am assuming that everyone is just fine. I do know that Debbie left early last night from work because of an argument that happened with her and a coworker. She messaged me earlier to tell me. I wish she would find another job so that she didn't have to deal with all that stuff anymore. Mom will fill you in on things when I know of them. I sure hope that your night is all that you need and want it to be. May you have fun while Mom is sleeping tonight. Come be with me or visit me in my dreams if you can. I have had a candle burning all day for you and I will light the other one in the living room in a bit. I will whisper to you as I always do so smile for me and I will smile to you. Mom misses you so much it hurts every hour of every day. 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 you are inside my heart, mind, body and soul. I will be back tomorrow with another letter to you so until then..... good night and sweet dreams my bright shining star. Continue to fly high and free in the heavens above. Give hugs and kisses to everyone for me too. I miss them all very much. Thank you.
 Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Muah!

Here is the prayer for the day:

 I will praise you, O Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonders. I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. Psalm 9:1–2, NIV

Lord our God, keep us in your Spirit. Surround us with your protection, so that in body and soul we may praise your might and be joyful even in a world full of evil. Shine into our hearts, that we may discern what is right and good and eternal. May you do more than we can ask or understand for those who still walk in darkness far away from you. May your eternal mercy enfold them, and may the earth be filled with thanks to you, the Creator and Father of us all. Amen.