Friday, February 28, 2020










Dear Tyler,

Hi my sweet son! How are you doing on this Friday afternoon? It is 3:32 pm here and the sun is shining bright but it is cold...well it is in the 60's which is cold for us...lol. Mom has had a very busy day today doing so many things. Time is flying by today.
 I was up at 6:45 am and got the pups fed while Mark made is way downstairs to take the pups for their morning walk. I got coffee ready and visited with Meme for a bit before it was time to go upstairs and get ready to start the day. I made the bed, took a shower and then ventured downstairs to grab breakfast before heading to my office. Once I was there, I had so much to do. I paid the bills that needed to be paid for the week, I did a bunch of paperwork for Mark and paid a few bills that he had as well, I have been on the phone a few times trying to get things situated for the repair guy to come out next week to fix the AC, I was so busy I didn't even stop for lunch. That is okay as dinner will be in about 1.5 hours. Mark has been just as busy. Meme has been knitting and watching movies all day and Bob has actually been in the spare room of theirs playing his train game. He just finished a bit ago. He has been in there for almost 4 hours or more. That is good as it gives him something to do instead of sitting all day staring at the walls. we are all happy that he is doing that. He needs more games though. Maybe we can find him some. 
 Last night was fun. Mom made dinner for everyone as it was Bob's Birthday. After dinner we had cake and then they went to bed. Mark and Mom stayed up. Mark fell asleep pretty early as well though. Mom was awake until 12 midnight. I was chatting online with Jennifer...Bob's daughter. We had a very good conversation and I think she is realizing that what she thought was going on here is completely the opposite. I explained it all to her. she was to say the least shocked. She said that she was going to call more often and I hope she does. She is planning a visit her with the 2 girls in May sometime. I hope that happens because I know Bob would really like that very much. I am sure he misses her even though he doesn't say it. Mom will keep you posted on that. 
 Mom hasn't said much about things with Mark and what has been going on. He has been pretty sick the last 5 days/nights. It happened again all day yesterday and last night but we think we know why now. I sure hope so. It was getting pretty scary. Things seem okay today so that is a good sign. Please watch over him for Mom and the rest of us. Thank you my sweet precious son. Everyone else is doing okay. Just busy in our own way and tired from it all. Tomorrow is Saturday and it will be February 29th. Yep... it is Leap Year and that means an extra day this month. We are planning on going to Old Town tomorrow for a couple of hours. Mark is looking for a couple things and Meme wants to hit a few stores as well. Sunday will be a day that we go to Home Depot to look at all the swatches and find our paint color for the house. Monday will be the day that we submit it all...application and swatches to see if we can get approved for it all. What a run around just to get the house painted. Dang! It sure is crazy. The rest of Sunday will be relaxing and not doing anything during the day. That usually is our "don't do nothing" day. Mom will of course write to you in the evening. I will write to you again tomorrow too. I will light your candle in a little bit as well. Know it is burning bright for you my sweet precious son. I miss you so much. More than words can say. I love you to the moon and back and all the way around the world. You will always be my hero and the wind beneath my wings. Forever you live inside my heart, mind, body and soul. Have fun tonight while Mom gets some much needed sleep. Come visit me if you can. I would love that. Mom needs to start prepping for the night stuff...feeding the pups, making dinner and then going for our nightly walk. After that it will be a night of watching TV as I have so many DVR shows to burn through this weekend as the new cable, internet, etc... will be installed Monday afternoon. Continue to fly high and free. Give Eli a great big hug from Sherbear as today is his 2nd Angelversary. I know his Mom and Dad and all of us are missing him and just want him to know that too. Thanks pumpkin. I love you with all my heart and unconditionally. Until tomorrow comes....good night and sweet dreams later.
 Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Muah 💖

Thursday, February 27, 2020







Dear Tyler, 

Hi pumpkin! How are you doing on this Thursday evening? Mom is doing okay but I am tired. Today was a very busy day again. Mom was up at 7 am and fed the pups and coffee was made. Mom sat downstairs for a bit and then upstairs I went to get ready to start the day. Mom did so much stuff. I did 2 loads of laundry. Got everything ready for our new bed to be delivered. Cleaned everything all up as well. Moved a king size mattress by myself which was tough. The guy came out to haul our old bed away this afternoon and then our bed was delivered. Mark and I unpacked it and somehow managed to get it up the stairs. Both of our backs are killing us right now. My shoulders are sore as well. Mom broke down all the boxes, etc... and then vacuumed up the floors. After that was all done, Mom came upstairs to help Mark put the bed together. That took about an hour and then Meme helped me make the bed. We finished all this at 3:45 pm. Mom went back to her office and finished up a couple of things before going downstairs to make dinner for us all. Today was Bob's Birthday. Mom made stuffed shells and garlic bread. For dessert we had German chocolate cake. It was all very good. Mom did the clean up and then decided to come back upstairs to get ready for bed. Meme went to bed and Bob has to do a sleep study tonight. Mark is relaxing and watching tv while I write to you. The pups are fast asleep. It won't be long for us to call it a night. Mom has some muscle cream on because her back is hurting so bad. Hopefully a good nights rest will be what we all need. 
 The repair guy didn't come today. I called to see what happened and there was a huge mix up on things. Mom was very angry. Who knows when it will get done. Aunt Beck called today to chat with Bob and then Meme. She told Meme that one of her BFFs was going to be moving to Arizona. It will be just 20 minutes from where her and John will be. I know I should be really happy about that for her and I am but it also rubbed me the wrong way. Her friend gets to see her more than what we do. I know I need to let it all go but I have not seen her or Bean in almost 6 years. That's hard to swallow when others see them more. Maybe someday.....
 Well, pumpkin, it is getting late. It is 9:44 pm. Mom is getting extremely tired.  Your candle was lit all day in my office and then tonight as well. I will whisper to you in a little bit. Have fun tonight while Mom is sleeping. Come visit me in my dreams if you can. Thank you. 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 will be back tomorrow with another letter to you.  Please continue to watch over us all. It means so much to me. Fly free in the skies, pumpkin. Until tomorrow comes....good night and sweet dreams. 
 Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Muah 💞

Wednesday, February 26, 2020







Dear Tyler,

Hi my sweet son! How are you doing on this Wednesday evening? Mom can't believe that it is almost 5 pm. This day fly by so quickly. I was up at 7:15 am this morning. Last night was an okay night for sleep. The storms never hit us but something scared Princess and then she got Ozzy scared so we were up with them for about an hour and then they settled back down again. It worked out really well. Today has been nothing by gray skies, clouds, rain and some thunder but not much. We are in for this until around midnight and then it will be clearing up. We have a few cooler days ahead but next week is nothing but sunshine and warm temps. 
 Mom wanted to write to you briefly because I know if I didn't right now I wouldn't get to it tonight. Mom has been straight out today with doing the morning stuff, having a business luncheon that lasted over 2 hours and then home again to walk the pups and hop on line to do a few things. I also needed to make a couple phone calls before I can go make dinner and then feed the pups for the night which is what I am doing right now while typing your letter. Yes...Mom is multi-tasking...lol. 
 Tonight will not be our normal evening of relaxing and watching TV. Tonight is going to be all about eating dinner, Mom cleaning up and then it is going to be Mark and Mom disassembling our bed so that a guy can pick it up tomorrow and our new one comes in tomorrow as well. We will be setting the new one up tomorrow and Friday and the weekend we will be so sore to do anything so it will be 3 days of relaxing...lol. It sucks getting old. 
 Mom will write you a longer letter tomorrow explaining all this stuff about my new adventure and my luncheon that I had. I am excited about it and I hope and pray that it takes off like hotcakes. My fingers will be crossed indeed plus I start my new course on Friday so that is exciting as well. Lots of new things and exciting changes we are hoping for. It is well after 5 pm and the pups are hungry and Mark is looking for dinner so that we can start on the bed. It will take us a few hours to do this so Mom really needs to get going. I feel bad that this letter is not what I usually do but I know you are watching Mom and you are seeing just what I am doing. I hope you have fun tonight while I get some sleep. Come visit me in my dreams if you can. 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 will light your candle in a bit and I will whisper to you later this evening. I will smile to you and hope you will be right near me smiling back. Until tomorrow comes my sweet precious son.....good night and sweet dreams.
 Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Muah 💖

Tuesday, February 25, 2020






Dear Tyler,

Hi my sweet son! How are you doing on this Tuesday evening? Mom is sorry that I didn't write to you yesterday but it was a crazy day and night. Today was just as crazy. The rest of the week will be that way to. Let me explain.... Monday, Mom got up, did the usual stuff and then headed out to Walmart so that Meme could get a few things and so could I. What was suppose to be a quick trip there and back turned out to be over 2.5 hours. We got home around 1 pm, had lunch and then Mom helped Bob with setting up his computer. After that was finished, Mom made a couple calls that was needed and then Mark and I went to the management office to get an application and look at color swatches for the house. We were there longer than expected as well and got home around 5:30 pm. We feed the pups, took them for a walk, Mom made dinner and then cleaned up and after that was all done we all watched a movie. That didn't get over until 8:30 pm. Everyone went upstairs after and just as Mom was walking up the stairs, Grandpa called so we spoke fir over 30 minutes. Mark watched tv for a bit and Mom went to bed as I was exhausted. I slept okay last night. I was up a few times but fell back to sleep. I got up at 7:30 am this morning. Mark let me sleep in and he fed the pups and took them for a walk. I joined him and Meme around 7:45 am. It was a nice treat. I sat downstairs for a bit and then Meme steam cleaned the floors so Mom went up and got ready. I was done by 9:30 am. Mark and Mom had breakfast and then he went to work and I went into my office. I spent 3.5 hours trying to find the color of the exterior paint that is on this house. I g.j it frustrated so we had lunch and after I went back to it again. No luck so Mom changed things and focused on something else. I got enrolled in my new course, spoke to Aunt Beck for about an hour and then I was on the phone again for almost 2 hours with a different cable/internet provider. Same crap with the old one again. No phone, etc....we are canceling them tomorrow and the new company will be here on Monday to install their equipment. We are hoping that we get better service through these guys. Our fingers are crossed. Time will tell. We had a late dinner tonight. Pups were fed, their walk was done and we just finished eating. It is 6:35 pm. Meme and Bob went to bed and we are out by the pool. Mark is smoking a cigar and Mom is doing your letter. We will go inside after and crawl into bed and watch tv for the night. I am sure Mark is going to play his video games. Surprise, surprise....not. 
 The weather is nice right now. No sunset tonight as the clouds are moving in for the rain. We are supposed to get thunderstorms from 1am to 6 pm tomorrow night. I hope they aren't too bad as Mom would like to get some sleep tonight without the pups shaking. We are supposed to get rain starting tonight through Thursday. We need it but again without the storms! Weekend is looking nice as well. Our new bed frame will be arriving on Thursday. Tomorrow night we have to break down our frame that we have now and clean under it so that Thursday when the new one arrives we will be all set to put it together. This should be fun....not! Mark has been in a very bad mood the last couple of days. Don't know what is going on with him. Mom is just staying out of his way. I know work is stressful and other things are as well. Being a homeowner again is tough. We have soaked so much money into this house in 4 months than anything we expected to have to. I know he is upset with that too. It's not an easy thing to do with everyone here. This whole situation is very complicated. I think we are all miserable most of the time. It sucks. I hope we can figure it all out and soon. If you can help us that would be super. Mom prays nightly and I will continue to. Thanks pumpkin.  
 It's getting really dark outside now. It's 7 pm. We have the pool light on. The rain breeze is upon us and it feels good. Won't be out much longer though because of the dang black flies and bugs. Mom will be back in the afternoon tomorrow to write to you as I have a lunch meeting at 1 pm. Not sure how long it will run. I will fill you in on all this tomorrow. Have fun tonight while Mom is sleeping. Come visit me in my dreams if you can. 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. I will whisper to you in a little bit so smile for me and I will smile back to you. Mom is going inside as I am getting bit up. Until tomorrow comes....good night and sweet dreams. 
 Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Muah ❤


Sunday, February 23, 2020







Dear Tyler,

Hi my sweet precious son! How are you doing on this Sunday afternoon? Mom is doing alright considering I am so tired. I am sorry that I didn't write to you yesterday but like I said on Friday I might not get the chance. We left at 10 am and was home at 5 pm. We ate dinner and then basically everyone crashed for the night. Bob went to bed, Meme did laundry and Mark and the pups fell asleep at 9 pm. Mom on the other hand spoke to Grandpa and Debbie for a bit, then tried to get some sleep but my stomach was giving g me grief so I was awake until after 1 am and then up at 6 am. Tonight I am hoping to get some solid sleep. 
 Today was a day for just relaxing. Mom and Mark got ready after feeding the pups and taking them for their walk. We came outside and sat in the zdx  . For a couple hours, had lunch, played Bob in cribbage and then we played poker. Mark won this time. Now Meme is cooking dinner for them while Mom is writing to you. I will be making dinner shortly for us and feeding the pups. After all that is done, tonight will be a walk, movie night and then a hot bubble bath for me before falling asleep. Tomorrow is Monday again. Mom has to go to Walmart for pool chemicals and then home again to make a few calls. Mark does not have to travel as his work found other guys to do the job in Chicago. That made Mom super happy. Thank you for that. I thanked you Friday when I found out. I was relieved. 
 Yesterday was a good day. The weather was fantastic to go to Epcot. Mom thought of you the whole time and talked about you all day. Hope you heard me. The other night I finally found the 4 lead clover with your ashes in it. I thought I lost it over a month ago. I put it back on a chain and wore it yesterday. It felt amazing. Epcot has changed so much since we went. Lots of new things and more coming. A lot of walking though. More than when we went last time. Oh course Mom's Mom's favorite was France. We will be going bad in a few weeks to see the garden festival. Yesterday ended the Arts festival. You would have loved it. I don't have a doubt that you were not with Mom. I think you saw everything. Mom took tons of pictures as usual. None of me, really. 2 out of 142...lol.
 Not much else is going on. I tried to teach Aunt Beck but nothing. Left her a message. It's been almost 3 weeks since we spoke. Guess she is really busy. I will call Grandpa again tonight. All is well there. I will update you on things as I know. 
 I will light your candle in a little bit and I will whisper to you later this evening so smile for me and I will smile back to you. Have fun tonight while Mom is sleeping. Come visit me in my dreams if you can tonight. Thank you pumpkin. Mom misses you so much. 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 will be back tomorrow with another letter to you. Right now it is time to feed the pups and then get dinner going for Mark and I. Until tomorrow comes....good night and sweet dreams. Please continue to watch over us all. Fly high and free my bright shining star. 
 Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Muah 💞

Friday, February 21, 2020








Dear Tyler,

Hi my sweet son! How are you doing on this Friday afternoon? Mom is doing alright today even though I am completely exhausted. I got only 3.5 hours of sleep last night. I went to bed at 10 pm. Up at 12midnight until 4 am with the pups. I don't know what was going on but Princess was shaking, Ozzy was on and off the bed and Mark slept through it all. I finally got to sleep at 4:30 am and up at 6:30 am. Tonight will be definitely an early night for Mom. 
 The pups were fed, coffee was made, pups morning walk was done and then Mom relaxed for about an hour or so before making my way upstairs to do laundry and get ready. I was done and finished by 11 am. I came into my office to check on my grades for school and still nothing there. I am a bit surprised but oh well. Nothing I can do on my end. I did a few things on my computer and then went downstairs while Mark was eating lunch. I was able to empty out the refrigerator and freezer and then back upstairs I went. I have been on hold now for over 1 hour waiting for a customer service rep to come on line. Meme and Bob are gone to an appointment for their taxes so when they left, Mom vacuumed the entire house, gathered the trash and cleaned up. Now I am back upstairs writing to you while still being on hold...lol. Mark is in his office working and waiting to hear when he will be leaving for his travel to Chicago. I guess he is definitely going but no one is saying anything at all. I guess the client has as cutover on Tuesday and Friday so I guess there is a chance that he will be gone Monday through Friday next week and home for 2 days and then back in Chicago again the following week for 5 days and then back home. That is too much for him but I can't seem to talk him out of it. If there is anything that you can do where you are, Tyler to stop this insanity, Mom would be so happy and appreciate it more than you know. we have a bunch of stuff going on next week and Mom really needs him here for it all as I will not be able to do it all myself and Meme and Bob will not be able to help me at all. We also had plans to go to Epcot and that will have to be changed as well. I guess we are going to try and go tomorrow but who knows. Time will tell on that one. Mom will keep you posted.
 Not much for updates again. This week has been pretty quiet. No one has really called at all. Aunt Beck is quiet as well. We haven't spoken to her in over 2 weeks. Not since she left for Arizona. That is a bit weird but I am assuming she is busy. We never hear from Bean either. Mom hears from Auntie Kristina and that is about it other than of course, Grandpa and Debbie. I spoke to them briefly last night. They are doing ok. We couldn't talk long due to their cordless phone being out of charge almost. I told them I would call them tomorrow or Sunday night. Debbie is feeling better and Grandpa sounded really good. This is a very good thing! Mom will keep you updated as I know of things as they come. 
 Today the weather is cloudy with winds that are 20-30 mph and the temp is 54 degrees. It is chilly for here. The rest of the weekend will be on the cooler side as well. Maybe just 69 or 70 degrees. Great weather to go to a theme park and walk around for a bit. We would do that 1 day and then on Sunday we will just relax outside and not do a dang thing! Mom remembers when you and I went to the parks. I know I will be teary-eyes at some points as I remember but I know you will be with Mom in the way that you can now. If you can, send Mom a sign so I know that you are near. Thank you, pumpkin.
 Your candle has been lit the whole day again. I will light another one later this evening for you as well. I will whisper to you later tonight too. Smile for Mom when you hear me and I will smile back to you too. It is 3:45 pm and Mom is still on hold. That makes 81 minutes now...ugh! I need to get going so that I can start prepping dinner and get things set for the pups too. Meme and Bob are still gone. Mark is on the phone now too. Tonight will be eating dinner and then watching a movie and crashing especially if we are going to Epcot as it opens up at 9 am. Mom will either write to you in the evening or if we run late and we get home later then expected then Mom will write you a letter on Sunday. Know that no matter what, Mom will be thinking of you and talking about you the whole time. You are always in my heart, mind, body and soul. I always talk about you and whisper to you. I always will. I miss you so much and I love you to the moon and back and all the way around the world. You will forever be my hero and the wind beneath my wings. 
 Mom is finally off the phone from a 90 minute wait. Now it is time to go start the night routine stuff. Have fun while I get some much needed sleep. Come visit Mom if you can. Until tomorrow comes....good night and sweet dreams.
 Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Muah 💚 

Thursday, February 20, 2020





Thank you for another painting in the sky 2/19

Thank you for another painting in the sky 2/19




Dear Tyler,

Hi my sweet son! How are you doing on this Thursday afternoon? Mom is actually able to write to you at a descent time today. It is only 2:40 pm. I can write to you and still have time to do a few things before it is time to feed the pups and make dinner for Mark and I. 
 Mom slept pretty good last night but I think that maybe I got a bit too much sleep. I only woke up once during the night and that was at 2 am. I was surprised as I usually am up 3-4 times. Mom and Mark were up though at 7 am and I fed the pups and got coffee for Mark. I sat downstairs for about 30 minutes and then came upstairs to get ready. My goal was to be done for 9 am and I made that goal. I went and grabbed something to eat for breakfast and headed up to my office. It was around 10 am when I got in here. I decided not to wait around to take my final exam so I got everything ready, said a little prayer and off I went. I did it in less than an hour. I received a 90 on it. I will take it as I have not cracked open a book in 9 months. My grade is sitting at a 95 right now. I am still waiting for the instructor to grade my projects though. Depending on those will determine my final numeric grade and it will also show if I graduate with honors or not. I just checked a bit a go and nothing was still graded so I should have something by tomorrow or early next week. My fingers are crossed that I do graduate with honors as that would be nice to see! I am just happy that the course is all over with and Mom is finished! I did it within the time frame needed too. I still had 21 days left before it expired on me. I busted hump for the last 2 weeks and even on the weekends to complete it. That chapter is now closed and now Mom will be onto her next adventure in Travel Agency. I should have this course done in 4 months or so. By July I should be done! I am also working on a new adventure as well. Mom has been looking and studying about subscription boxes for a while now. I get about 5 of them a month and I love them. It is a surprised every month to what will be in it. Mom is thinking about launching her own subscription box. I have come up with a name and now looking into designing the box and then the next step will be getting an EIN number so that I can apply for wholesale dealers and then start marketing it and seeing where it goes. I have a feeling that it will do really well. I am super excited and would love for this to take off like hot cakes. I can work from home and I would be making money to help out with the bills. Mark is excited for me as well. Keep helping Mom in the direction that I need to be going with this. I know you are watching over me every day and night and I thank you my sweet precious son. I love you with all my heart and soul. To the moon and back and all the way around the world. I miss you beyond any words. Your candle has been lit all morning and is still burning bright for you. I started it before my final exam so that it would keep me calm. It worked. 
 Last night was quiet. Mark and Mom did a couple things around the pool area and then we walked the pups and had dinner. Meme and Bob indeed went to bed around 7 pm. We stayed up and watched TV for a bit and called it a night at 10 pm. Our new neighbors are pretty noisy and party until 12 midnight by the pool. They have done this for the past 3 nights.  I sure hope the next renters are quiet. The phone was quit last night. Grandpa and Debbie didn't call but I chatted with her earlier online. She is still sick. Her head cold is now traveling down to her chest. She said Grandpa is good and things between them are going well. That was good to hear. I told her that I would call briefly tonight to say hello. I am sure that tonight will be a night where we feed the pups, take them for a nice walk and then eat dinner and relax before watching a bit of TV and then going to bed. We are still waiting on Mark's boss to get in touch with him in regards to if he is traveling next week or not. Mom is hoping that it will be a no but I have a feeling he will be gone on Tuesday and then returning home Wednesday evening and doing it again the following week. Again, Mom hopes that he will be able to do everything remotely so that we can continue to have all our plans stay the same. We have the repair guy for the AC coming next week, Bob's birthday is next week, our new bed is coming next week and then Mark and Mom were suppose to have a date weekend next weekend but now that may have to change. everything else is staying the same. Mom is going to have to deal with it all and I am not happy about that. I always get stuck with it. I also have a guy coming to pick up our bed frame now next week. I am glad that Meme and Bob will be home with me. I really hope the pups are good for me. I know Ozzy will be but Princess is a daddy's girl and that might be a different story. If there is anything you can do to have Mark work remotely on this then Mom would be grateful. Thanks pumpkin! 
 I will whisper to you later tonight when I go to bed. I will light another candle for you as well. Mom sure hopes that you have a fun night while I am sleeping. May you learn and travel to all kinds of places in the world. I know you are doing so many wonderful things. I am proud of you. You are my hero and the wind beneath my wings. Forever you live inside my heart, mind, body and soul. I will be back tomorrow with another letter to you. For now, Mom is going to do a few more things before it is time to start the night routine in less than 1.5 hours. Fly high and free. I love you unconditionally, Tyler. Until tomorrow comes...good night and sweet dreams later.
 Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Muah 💖

Wednesday, February 19, 2020