Dear Tyler,

Hi my sweet precious son! How are you doing on this Sunday early evening? Mom is exhausted beyond exhausted. Last night was another sleepless night because Mark snored all night long. I am hoping that he will eventually be able to sleep on his side so that Mom can actually get some much needed sleep. I am averaging about 3-4 hours and that is not enough for me at all. Maybe tonight will be the night that he doesn't snore as much. I am sure crossing my fingers on this!
 Well it is official..... today is September 1st. Tomorrow is a holiday to celebrate Labor day so everyone has it off from work. It is a 4 day work week for everyone! Mom is planning on doing nothing tomorrow. I am hoping for good weather and maybe we will take the pups for a nice walk. Mom did a bunch of rearranging today with all the boxes that I have packed. I moved them all from the dining room into my office. Everything that is boxed up is in one spot now. I am hoping to help the movers out by doing all this extra work!  Mom also did a bit of packing as well. I did the hall closet, master bedroom and the 2nd bathroom. All that is left is Mark's office, the clothes in our closet and the odds and ends that we are using now. That is it. The garage will be tackled in a couple weeks. Everything in there just gets bagged up and thrown out. That will take a couple hours work. I really want to do that on a cooler day. The rest of the week will be doctor appointments for Mark and also Mom calling a bunch of places to get our address switched out and over to the new one. Mark has been on the phone all day long with his brothers. He has played his game as well. Must be nice. Mom is going to finish this letter, feed the pups dinner and get dinner going for us and then I am doing nothing this evening as my arms and back are hurting me. I will feel it more in the morning though. I spoke to Meme yesterday. She was telling me that most of her furniture that she is not taking is almost all gone except for a couple items. She was also telling me that she has roughly 50 boxes and 53 tubs of all sizes. I was shocked beyond shocked. I don't know what the h*ll she is packing but I am sorry that is freakin ridiculous. mark and Mom are going to have about 45 boxes and 20 bulky items. Everything else is either being sold or donated! A 3 bedroom apartment is all packed up in 45 boxes is not bad at all. Mom has already gotten rid of so much. I am okay with it because I never used the items so I won't miss them at all. I can say that I am ready to have everything unpacked and out of boxes though. I am sick of already seeing them...lol! We have a bit of time still so I think that is why I moved everything into my office because when we are elsewhere in the apartment, you don't see them and it is not an eye sore! 
 Mom will probably chat with Grandpa and Debbie tonight and I will touch base with Meme tomorrow. I have no updates for you today though. Hopefully some after these next couple of days. I have had your candle burning all day though. Mom will whisper to you later this evening before I go to bed...just like I do every night. Smile for me and I will smile to you my sweet precious son. Have fun tonight while Mom tries to get some sleep. Come visit me in my dreams if you can. I will write to you tomorrow afternoon. Mom needs to get going for tonight though as it is after 5 pm and the pups need feeding. I miss you like crazy and 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 live in my heart, mind, body and soul. Until tomorrow comes...good night and sweet dreams.
 Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Muah!

Here is the prayer for the day:

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 2 Corinthians 5:17, NIV

Dear Father in heaven, open our hearts to see what is good in our lives. May the light in our hearts shine clearly so that we see, recognize, and live in accordance with what comes from eternity and belongs to our true nature, brought to us through Christ. Keep us from being blinded and deafened by experiences that will pass by. Help us to rise above them even in suffering and to wait patiently for what is becoming new and perfect. Praise to your name that we too can say, "The old has passed away; see, everything has become new!" Amen.