Dear Tyler,

Hi my sweet son! How are you doing on this Saturday evening? Mom is plum tuckered out right now and my eyes are hurting so I won't be writing a big letter to you tonight. I wanted to write to you so I didn't skip a day though. I hate skipping a day not writing to you. I feel guilty when I know I shouldn't but Mom does. This was not a typical Saturday at all for us here. The weather dampened any plans that we had with going out today. The snow started at 6:30 am and it stopped around 2 pm but we have had snow throughout the day as well. It is super cold too. We will be getting more snow tomorrow evening as well. This is a crazy 2 system storm. The weather say sunshine for tomorrow morning and early in the day then changing to cloudy and another 3-5" of snow Sunday night. This is a complete coastal storm that we are getting. It is Winter Storm Scott. You know what Mom thinks of that...lol! 
 Anyways... Mom was up at 6:30 am and I did not fall back to sleep. Mark and Mom fed the pups and then we had breakfast ourselves at 8 am. Mom did the clean up and I actually worked on my final exam again for about 3 hours. It didn't help much either. This was day 6 of working on it and I decided to just submit the answers that I had. Mom knew she was going to fail this exam and boy did I ever. For the very first time in the 3 years that I have been in college, this was the very first exam that I failed. Mom got a 64 on it and that F doesn't mean fantastic either. I have completed 23 courses and I have gotten one D and now one F... the rest are A's and B's. My numeric grade right now is a 94 and my GPA is sitting at a 3.93. That is nothing to be upset about at all. I am not beating myself up over it either. After I did the submitting of that final, Mom got ready and then came right in and tackled my very last course. I read the first 2 chapters and I took the exam and submitted that as well. I got a 98 on it. 1 wrong out of 50. I was happy with that as the course is Law and Ethics. I am not all that good in this subject but I will just do the best I can...like always. Now I have 3 exams and 1 more final and I am done with everything. I will be finished this week for sure and it feels great! I can't wait to tell everyone that I will be graduating very soon. Mom is so proud of herself despite the couple for bad grades on the exams. I sure hope you are proud of me as well. I will continue to keep you posted my sweet precious son!
 It is already 5:20 pm and Mom hasn't even begun to think of dinner yet. Mark fed the pups for me so that was very helpful. I think tonight will be a night of relaxing and binge watching TV. Mark may play his video game with his brothers later. He has been playing video games all day while I was studying. I will get in touch with Meme and Grandpa tomorrow evening. We have a skype call as well. Tomorrow Mom has a nail appointment and a little shopping to do. We should be home by 3 pm at the latest. I will fill you in on everything as soon as I know of things. Mom is going to get going for now though as it is getting really dark and my eyes are hurting, plus I need a break and just relax for a bit. I hope your evening will be everything that you need and want it to be. Come visit me in my dreams if you can. I miss you and 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 in my heart, mind, body and soul. I will whisper to you later this evening so smile when you hear Mom and I will smile to you as well.  I will be back tomorrow with another letter to you so until then....good night and sweet dreams.
 Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Muah!

Here is the prayer for the day:

Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed. 1 Peter 4:12-13, NIV

Dear Father in heaven, we ask you from our hearts to give us your peace. Grant that nothing may take your peace from us, and protect us from all that is evil. May we always be mindful that we should serve you in self-denial. May we be faithful on all our ways, looking to the great promise you have given each one of us. Keep us under your protection, as you have always done. We praise and thank you for all that comes to our hearts from you, making us full of trust and certain of your further help. Amen.