Dear Tyler,

Hi my sweet son! How are you doing on this Monday late afternoon? It is already 4:15 pm and this day has really flown by. Mark and Mom were both up late this morning. We woke up at 8 am. I got up and fed the pups and got fresh coffee made for Mark. After that I lounged in bed for a very short time and then got Mark off the phone to get ready for his PT appointment. He decided to go by himself today which was great because I was able to do a lot while he was gone for 1.5 hours. Mom dusted, mopped the floors, vacuumed the floors, did laundry, got ready, made a couple phone calls that were needed and I also got the blue tooth working on my new cell phone /vehicle. Mark got home shortly after I did all that. We had some lunch and then he went straight to work and Mom jumped back on the phone with another couple of people and also, Meme. We chatted for a few minutes. She is really getting nervous and scared now. I was trying to calm her down but I don't think that I was helping much at all. I think all of our nerves are getting to us as we are exactly one week out now. This time next week we will be in a hotel room and just hours away from getting on a plane and having all our lives change forever. Mom is nervous as well. I would be lying if I said I wasn't but it is to be expected. I am trying to take these last 4 days to make sure that we have everything we need to fly....all paperwork etc... to be able to get our PO Boxes, drivers licenses, and anything else that we will need. It is a lot of work. There is a few last minute things we need to pack up as well and print out but other than that we are good there. We have our hotel rooms set, our driver to the airport all booked so I really do think we are ahead of the game. Mom is pretty proud of herself considering it all. The last 5 months have been tough. I have been caring and running Mark all around to everywhere he needs to go, coordinating everything for the move for Meme and Bob, plus the move for us here. I have coordinated the vehicles being transported for us all as well, finding and donating all the furniture down in the new home that we didn't need, donating and finding a new home for all the furniture here that we are not bringing, getting things turned on in our name in Florida and disconnecting all the things here as well. It has been a lot of stress, phone calls, emails, note taking, not to mention all the money that it is taking to do this but I know that in the end it will be all okay and it will be worth it. Everything will be finished by next week....the movers, the vehicle transports, our stuff being delivered, the vehicles being delivered, cable/phone/internet turned on, ADT security turned on, po boxes done, registrations done, licenses done, etc.... by October 23rd we can start to breathe and learn to live in our new home and surroundings. Mark will be on vacation from October 11th through October 17th. He will work on October 18th and then have the weekend off again. He will start a full week on October 22nd. Hard to believe that after that it will be the end of October and it will be Halloween...your favorite holiday my sweet precious son! I have been posting Fall/Autumn pictures on here lately but today I will start to post 1 Autumn picture and 1 Halloween picture until Halloween is over. Yep... you guessed it...there will be a lot of Jack Skellington and some others mixed in for the next 24 days! Mom hopes that you like all her choices for the pictures. I hope they make you smile. 
 It is 4:45 pm and Mom really needs to be getting off the computer so that I can get the pups fed for the night and also get dinner going for Mark and Mom. He is still on a conference call for work but he will be done that shortly. I think it will be left overs tonight which is a very good thing because Mom really isn't in the mood to do any cooking...lol. I think tonight will be a relaxing night and a bit of TV before bed. I know that we have to be up early tomorrow morning so that Mark can bring his vehicle down to the garage to be looked at. Then it will be a day of him working and the same thing I did today for Mom. Getting lists made and getting everything together some more! I will be back tomorrow with another letter to you though. I will light your candle in a little bit too. Smile when you hear Mom whispering to you and I will smile back. Have fun tonight while I get some sleep and come visit me in my dreams if you can. 
 You are my hero and the wind beneath my wings. You will forever live in my heart, mind, body and soul. I miss you beyond any words can possibility say and I love you even more. To the moon and back and all the way around the world. To infinity and beyond. Thank you for being my bright shining star and helping me on this new path we are about to take. Please continue to be with Mom and the rest of our family and pets. Thank you, pumpkin. Until tomorrow comes....good night and sweet dreams.
 Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Muah!

Here is today's prayer:

I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me – just as the Father knows me and I know the Father – and I lay down my life for the sheep. John 10:14–15, NIV

Dear Father in heaven, we thank you that your voice reaches our hearts and that we can say with joy, "We belong to you. We too are yours." We want to lead lives that show we belong to you, never allowing ourselves to be sidetracked, never again giving way to pettiness, always drawing strength from the power of Jesus Christ. Protect our household. Watch over each of us. Protect us all on our way. O mighty God, be with us in the many dangers that surround us, and grant that we may always be joyful because our names are recorded in heaven. Amen.