Dear Tyler,

Hi pumpkin! How are you doing on this Sunday afternoon? Mom has been up since 6 am. I was out of bed at 7 am to feed the pups and make coffee for Mark. He was still sleeping.Once I was done with that I crawled back in bed until 8:30 am so that the pups would stay quiet while Mark slept. After he was awake, I got up, made the bed, did a load of laundry, got ready, made something to eat and now I am writing to you. It is just 12 noon. I am finished all that I wanted to today already. Mark and Mom were going to go out and run errands and tackle the garage but that is not happening now. Mark is not feeling well and hasn't since about 3 pm yesterday afternoon. I told him we would do the garage this week during the evening if we had to or Saturday at the latest as we have zero time left to try and clear it all out. Mom will drop him off at PT tomorrow morning and while he is there I will go to the store and grab the things that we need and then go get him when he is finished. This way he can relax all day and hopefully he will be feeling better soon. The last thing that absolutely needed to get done was putting away groceries when they got delivered and Mom just did that so now I am officially finished all that I needed to and it is only 1:07 pm!!!! Now I have the rest of the day to do what I want to and I think it will be lounging on the couch and watching TV until dinner time and then after dinner, the same thing! It is football day but the Cowboys don't play until the late game at 8:20 pm so Mom isn't watching any until then. I know the Patriots play as well today but not sure who they are playing so I will let you know how both those games went on tomorrows letter to you!
 Mom is sorry that I didn't write to you yesterday but Mark and Mom left at 11 am and what we thought was going to be a quick trip to the cell phone store turned out to be an all day event. we were suppose to go to lunch with his friend too but that was also cancelled. We were at the cell phone store until about 12:30 pm. Mom and Mark ordered new phones. Mark got his on Wednesday and Mom's was back ordered. I got on line Friday evening to check the status and it said that it was back ordered for even longer so Mom had to chat live with an agent to have them cancel that order. I was on the phones Friday as well trying to hunt down the phone I ordered but no luck. No one had it so yesterday we went into the store and I checked out the phones there and picked one out. we got out of there and then headed to the mall to get covers for both our phones. We went into 2 stores and then back home again. We got in after 3 pm. Mark all of a sudden started to not feel so well. He looked terrible too. He was shaking and pale and he said he was really tired. That wasn't good. He also was really snappy and was quite angry at anything and everything. Mom left him alone and I ordered dinner because I didn't feel like cooking. I also made a couple phone calls. Dinner came, we ate and Mark parked himself on the couch and Mom stayed in the living room as well just to be safe. He was watching TV and I was setting up my cell phone. We watched a bit of TV until about 10 pm and then we went to bed. Mom is thinking that the walking in the mall made me feel yucky. We didn't go very far at all but it is the longest that he has walked in a very long time. I think the lack of hydration and food didn't help either. I wish that he would take better care of himself then what he does. Mom worries about him more now than ever before. Mom is keeping an eye out on him today as well. He is just tooling around on his computer right now and in a bit we are going to finish binge watching a show we started. 
 So, as of Friday Grandpa was officially retired at 4 pm. I called to chat with him. He said it was weird. He finished his shift, said bye to a few people, turned around and scanned the store and he walked out. I think it was bittersweet for him. Debbie had a different night for her last one on Friday. She went in late because she had a hair appointment to begin with. All was well. She had her break around 6 pm. She ate her grinder and then a little bit later...like 30 minutes, she ended up in the ER until 2 am Saturday morning. She was pumped with fluids and was diagnosed with food poisoning. I chatted with her yesterday morning around 8 am and she was still sick. I guess by last night she was doing and felling much better. Meme has Monday to go and Tuesday, October 1st will be her last day. I think she gets to leave at 12 noon. She will find it very different come Wednesday but this is a good thing for all 3 of them. It is very much needed! Last night Meme and Bob went to West Leb to have dinner with Jennifer and Bob's side of the family. She said it went okay. I was worried but all in all it was good. I am happy for Bob. I think that is all the updates that I have for you for the last 2 days. I am sure to have more this week though. Tomorrow is Monday again and Mark works and Mom will be on the phones and emailing many as the moving day is approaching so fast now! I will be back with another letter to you though in the afternoon. Mom has had the candle lit for about 2 hours now. It will stay that way until tonight. I will whisper to you later this evening so when you hear Mom, please smile for me and I will close my eyes and see your sweet face. I will smile back to you too. I miss you so much 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 inside my heart, mind, body and soul. Mom is going to go relax now and do nothing at all...well maybe call Meme...lol Until tomorrow comes....have fun today and tonight. Come visit me in my dreams if you can. Thanks my sweet precious son. Good night and sweet dreams later.
 Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Muah!

P.S. Yesterday 9/28 was National Son's Day....Mom posted on your Facebook page. Hope you saw it! I love you, Tyler xoxoxo

Here is the prayer for the day:

A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world. So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy. John 16:21–22, NIV

Dear Father in heaven, grant us your Spirit so that here on earth we may be united with you in Jesus Christ the Savior. May truth dawn on us with its light, bringing joy no matter what happens to us. May all the pain in our lives be turned into birth pangs of a new life in which we can rejoice as people you have created, people prepared for the struggle on earth, who are called into battle and led to victory. Grant that we may not be blinded by the surrounding darkness. Shed a clear light on the new life that is coming. May we see what has already happened because Jesus Christ came to the earth and remains on earth, and may we see what is still to come through him, the Savior. O God of wonders, keep us aware of the wonders that increasingly surround us, until all the pain on earth is finally overcome and we men glorify your love and your great goodness. Amen.