Dear Tyler,

Hi my sweet son! How are you doing on this Monday evening? Mom says evening because time has escaped me once again and it is after 5 pm already. I just got done taking an exam and I got a 90 on it. So far I have straight A's. I think my overall grade is a 95 and I believe I still have a 4,0 GPA. This exam was the trickiest yet by far. I had 3 attempts at it and I did 2 of them. I decided not to do the 3rd one and stop at the 2nd one. I am okay with the grade that i got. The 2 questions that I got wrong I really don't know the answer to them and I will just stick with my gut feeling and just move forward to the next lesson tomorrow (well actually Wednesday). Anyways.... Mom is sorry that I did not write to you last evening but I never came into my office and I never went on my computer at all. I had my cell phone with me but it is really hard to type on that, at least for a letter to you it is. Mom and Mark got up early and we went out for the 1st half of the day. We arrived home at 2:30 pm, Mom put the groceries away and then we had a snack while watching a movie. After the movie was done, we fed the pups and got dinner going for ourselves. Mom did the dishes and then we watched a bit of tv for a couple hours and then went to bed. Mom slept like crap last night. I was up several times during the night. I am on a bit of the tired side today but I got up around 7 am, fed the pups and made Mark coffee while he started his day very early. Mom lounged in bed for a few after that to wake up. Around 9:30 am I was making the bed, vacuuming the floors, folding laundry, doing more laundry and then getting ready. Mom then made something to eat, did those dishes and then came in to start on my studies. That didn't last long as I got interrupted by a call from Grandpa. We were only going to chat for a couple minutes but we ended up chatting for over an hour. That is why I am so behind today but that is okay. I don't mind at all. Mark is and has been on a conference call for the last 4 hours and is still on it. Mom will finish this letter to you and then go feed the pups and then get dinner going for him and I. Tonight is pretty simple. We are having chef salads so that is easy and won't take much time at all to prep. 
 I spoke to Meme yesterday and we had a good chat. I put a call out to her today and I am awaiting to hear back from her tonight. I did also get a message from Aunt Beck. They are still in NC and are staying there for another couple weeks. They decided against traveling to the West due to the van. They are enjoying the warm weather and the beach. Guess they will not be back home until the middle of May. They will have been in NC for over 5 weeks. That is a nice getaway for sure. The weather here is still cloudy and rain and we will be getting more rain all this week. That will be almost 3 weeks of rain with maybe 2 days of sun and that will only have been a couple hours and not a full day. This weather is very depressing. Mom is the type that needs sun more than anything. I have so much energy when the weather is better and not gloomy. I sure hope that Mother Nature changes soon. 
 It is already April 29th. 2 days left of this month and Wednesday it will be May 1st. The dreaded Mother's day is the 12th this year and then 3 days later will be my birthday. we won't be doing anything special this year. Mom doesn't celebrate Mother's day now that you are gone but I will be getting my nails done that day only because it falls on the every 2 weeks. It will preoccupy me if nothing else. Mom will keep you posted on that.
 Tomorrow Mark is taking a PTO day from work and we are going to the movies to see the new Avenger's movie. We have seen all the other ones in the theater so why not this one as well. It will be a nice couple of hours away. We will leave around 10:45 am and get there about 20 minutes before the movie starts. We will be back home around 3 pm...just in time to miss all the rush hour traffic. It works out great! Mom will write to you later tomorrow night on her iPad. That is much easier than the phone as I said earlier. I know I will not be getting on my computer so the iPad will have to do. I have no more updates for you today. Maybe some in the next few days. Mom really has to get going though because it is 5:23 pm and Ozzy has been whining because he is hungry. Mom sure hopes that your evening will be filled with all that you need and want to do. have fun while we are sleeping tonight. Come visit me in my dreams if you can. I will whisper to you later this evening so smile and I will smile back. I will also light the candle for you when I am done here. Remember that you are my true hero and the wind beneath my wings. You forever live inside my heart, mind, body and soul. I love you to the moon and back and all the way around the world. I miss you my sweet precious son. Until tomorrow comes....good night and sweet dreams.
 Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Muah!

Here is the prayer for the day:

The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you. Psalm 9:9–10, NIV

Lord our God, we look to you in our many needs, in the distress of our hearts, in the anguish of the whole world. We beseech you, let light come to your people everywhere on earth to bring them your help and your victory. Remember the wretched, the sick, the poor. Let your living strength come to them so that they can bear their sufferings and hold out joyfully to the end. Remember us all, O Lord our God, for we all need you. We are weak and poor and cannot go forward alone. Your Spirit must help us. May the Savior come to us, and may his grace and his power be born in our hearts. Amen.