Dear Tyler,

Hi pumpkin! How are you doing on this Tuesday afternoon? Mom is doing okay but I know I could be better. I have a bit of a headache right now and it is pretty hard to concentrate on my school work so I thought that I would take a break and write to you. Mom didn't really sleep all that well as I was up a few times during the night. I thought I got pretty good sleep but I guess not..lol! Yesterday, Mom was so happy that I wrote to you earlier in the day. What a mess with the weather that we had. The winds kept knocking out the power and I had several power surges during the day and we had them all during the night. After the 3rd one yesterday, Mom got off her computer and went to watch TV but I had to deal with the TV not turning on. I worked on that for about 40 minutes and finally I got it working. Mark didn't get home until after 6:30 pm last night so it was a late dinner and early to bed due to the weather. We decided to call it a night after the lights started to flicker and more power surges were happening left and right and one right after another. Mom and Mark were in bed around 9 pm. I did call Meme and Grandpa to see if they were doing alright. Meme said that the wind was strong their way as well. Grandpa said they lost power for a couple hours but it was back on and he was toasty warm again and watching TV. Mom wanted to left them know that we were safe as well. The winds ended up being 40 mph for over 13 hours straight and gusts up to 70 mph. They are still pretty strong today too. It is only 28 degrees outside right now but the sun is shining and the skies are blue. The winds are about 25 mph. I guess we are going to be getting some snow Wednesday evening into Thursday. Mom is so tired of the winter months already and this winter has been a mild one with hardly any snow fall. I think our totals so far are less than 12" of snow. That is nothing compared to what we usually get. When we get the storms here it is usually 18-24" of snow at a time and we get about 5 of them through the winter averaging about 90-120" of snow. Mom is definitely not going to complain at all. I enjoy the no snow winter that we are having. We are back to just a couple little snow banks and nothing on the ground but grass! Mom will take it! Spring is coming up fast though and Mom looks forward to the longer days and it staying lighter outside longer plus the temps start to warm up some as well. Spring and Fall were our favorite times during the year. We could do so much more during those times. Summer was great too as long as it was not in the 90's or higher. Winter was tough on you and us all. Mom often wonders what it is like where you are. Is there day and night or is it light all the time? Is it sunny and bright every day and can you look down and see what weather we are having? I remember in one of my angel readings you said the stars are so beautiful and what we see is nothing compared to how you see them. I remember you saying that they were like prisms and tiny rainbows. You said they were beautiful. I also often wonder if you go to your star that Mom named after you. Do you remember that Christmas? I named a star after you and after Mark. A couple years ago for Valentines Day, Mom named a star after Mark and I. I think those are so cool. I am thinking of doing that for Meme and Bob, Grandpa and Debbie and perhaps Aunt Beck and John and Bean and Justin for Christmas this year. I think it would be different and cool. This way we all have stars in the sky named after us all and you could go visit them any time you like. They will be in the sky forever so eventually we will get to have you take us to them and show us. Mom will keep you posted on that! I have nothing else really for updates. I need to call Aunt Beck and say hello and catch up on things as it has been way too long. I will touch base with everyone else as well and get back to you on how everyone is doing. 
 Mom sure hopes that your evening will be everything that you need and want it to be. I hope that you have the chance and the time to come visit Mom in my dreams or sit next to me while I get some sleep. I sure do miss you, Tyler. I say it all the time because it is so true. Not having you here is so tough for Mom and I do the best that I can. I love you to the moon and back and all the way around the world. You will always be my hero and the wind beneath my wings. Forever you are in my heart, mind, body and soul. Mom will be back tomorrow with another letter to you. I will light the candle for you in a bit and I will whisper to you later tonight so smile when you hear Mom and I will smile to you as well. Until tomorrow comes my sweet precious son, keep shining bright for Mom to see. I love you. Good night and sweet dreams.
 Always, Mom xoxoxo. Muah!

Here is the prayer for the day:

I lift up my eyes to the mountains – where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. Psalm 121:1–2, NIV

Lord God Almighty, Lord our God, our refuge for ever and ever, bless us as we gather in your presence and turn to you. May we be your children, who can simply believe and stand firm in our lives and in our calling. We thank you for giving us your grace and constant help. In your grace we can be joyful, praising and honoring you. You are our father. You never forsake us. May your name be praised by us all. May your name be praised above and in the whole world so that all people may acknowledge you and receive what they need from you. Amen.