Dear Tyler,

Hi pumpkin! How are you doing on this Monday afternoon? Mom is so tired right now. I could just fall asleep...lol. Last night wasn't the best night sleep at all for me and I was up early to boot. this time change is getting the best of me for some reason. I know it will be early to bed for me this evening! Mom got up, fed the pups, got things together and then i started taping off the wall that needed to be painted. I got down painting all that I could around 10:30 am. I made something to eat, did the dishes, took a few things off the wall and did some odds and ends around the house too. I helped Meme for a little bit and then I relaxed for about 20 minutes and now I am writing to you. I have a few minutes before it will be time to think of what to make for dinner and then do all the night routing stuff. Meme helped me with the paint and Mark came down at lunch time and he did the part that i couldn't reach. Tomorrow we will be tackling the other wall that is much larger. Painting for the accent colors will be completed and then we move on to the other walls that really need it desperately and the banister going upstairs needs it to. Little by little we will get this house to be where we want it to be! 
 The house is decorated for Thanksgiving now and we are getting things together for decorating for Christmas in 3 weeks. We will keep the tradition that we had as a family and decorate the day after Thanksgiving and it will stay up until the day after New Years. Mom is hoping that you will send some signs to let us know that you are with us while we do this! I miss you so much every day and now that the holidays are approaching it is even harder. They tug at my heart strings. I don't show it to anyone but I feel it in my broken heart. I love you to the moon and back and all the way around the world. You will always be my hero and the wing beneath my wings. Forever you live inside my heart, mind, body and soul. 
 Meme and Mom spoke to Uncle dick last night. We wanted to check in with him as his surgery is set for tomorrow morning. He was saying that he will not be put completely out for it with anesthesia due to the problems that he faced with it the last time. He is really nervous about that because he will only be given a local. We wished him well and told him that we loved him and that we would be praying. Please be with him, Tyler. Thank you my sweet precious son! I haven't spoken to anyone else lately. I will try to call Grandpa tonight though. I will update you on things when I have them.
 Mark is on the phone right now and is still working. Meme and Bob are downstairs relaxing and Mom will be joining them in a bit. The pups are doing okay. Ozzy is really missing Skittles and he is so sad. It breaks all of our hearts. Princess is doing well. She is a good girl. 
 Mom hopes that your night will be everything that you need and want it to be. Have fun while I get some much needed sleep tonight. Come visit me in my dreams tonight if you can. One of these days, Mom is hoping to see a beautiful painting in the sky. It has been awhile since I have seen one. Get those paint brushes out for me and work your magic. I will be looking! I will be back tomorrow with another letter to you. I have a candle burning for you already. I will whisper to you later this evening though. Mom needs to get going now as it is going on 4:30 pm. Time to start the night stuff plus it will be getting dark soon as we changed the clocks back on Saturday night...ugh. That means it is lighter in the morning and dark by 5 pm. Until tomorrow comes....good night and sweet dreams.
 Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Muah!

Here is the prayer for the day:

You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant. Hebrews 12:22–24a, NIV

Lord our God, we thank you that you have redeemed us and that we may feel united with your holy ones, those in heaven and those on earth who are gathered around Jesus Christ, a people growing in number and strength from year to year. We thank you that we too belong to them, and we ask you to keep our hearts aware of this unity so that we may be joyful, redeemed people who find ever greater deliverance, full of praise and thanks, full of certainty and joy. Grant this to us, for we are your people, born out of your power as Savior and gathered for the sake of your kingdom. Guard your gifts and your powers within us. Continue your redemption of the whole world until joy floods through our whole being and we can praise you for the life you have already given us here on earth. Amen.