Dear Tyler,

Hi my sweet son! How are you doing on this Wednesday afternoon? Mom is doing better than yesterday even though Princess woke us up at 3 am this morning due to a rainstorm that we got. We were up with both the pups until 4 am or so. We all fell asleep until 7 am though so that was nice. Pups were fed, meds were given, walks were done and then I was able to relax for a bit before I needed to start my day. Meme went to the post office this morning. She wants to go out again tomorrow morning as well. I told her once again that she needs to stop this. She averages 3 times a week on going out when there is no reason to go out at all. Mom will have to go out tomorrow morning to bring a box to the post office and then I have to go get a few groceries at the store. I should be gone only for an hour and that is it. That is my outing for every 2 weeks. Today is Day 30 of the lockdown. Phase 1 of reopening places is starting on Monday the 4th. That is 25% capacity inside of retail stores can be open, restaurants that have outdoor seating can be open but with strict instructions. No bars, theme parks, hair salons, barbers, nail salons, etc.... can be opened yet. I think that will be in Phase II. Every one has been shut down since March 17th. That is a very long time for most businesses. Quite a few will not reopen as they will not be able to recover from this loss. So many are out of work and have lost their jobs or have been furloughed during this time. Mom is praying for everyone still and hoping that things turn around for us all sooner rather than later. A bit of good news though. Mark got his job back. He started back Monday of this week. The down side to it is that it will take 2 weeks to get a paycheck and then his pay was cut 15% each week. That is a lot of money but we will make do with it. We are thankful for his job once again. At some point when the economy gets back up and running he will start getting his old pay back. He is still looking at other work though. He is talking to recruiters daily and doing a few interviews here and there. I think his long term goal is to find a job around this area where we live now so that there won't be any chances for him to travel all the time. Given everything that happened last year to him and getting sick twice in 3 months and long recovery times, PT, etc... I think that is smart on his part. Mom will be able to launch her business in June now. I wanted May but that can't happen. That is ok though! I am happy to make progress! I will be working on that and also my studies starting tomorrow and into the coming weeks. It is what I can do while Ozzy needs to try and stay put the best he can. If I stay in my room, he stays in here with me. About Ozzy... he seems to be doing ok. he is no longer on the muscle relaxer and the steroid is down to 1/2 a pill every 24 hours instead of a 1/2 pill every 12 hours. He gets the pain med but that is weened down as well. Instead of 1 capsule every 8 hours, he is on 1 capsule every 12 hours. he seems to have a lot more energy and wants to jump all the time. We tell him no and he is not doing the stairs. We still carry him up and down them. he is tolerating that better. Mom is still praying that things continue the way they are and he gets better every day/week. I know you will do everything that you can do make him healthy just like you do with all of us. Thank you my sweet precious son. It means the world to Mom to have you by our sides during all this and every day. 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. 
 It has been a fast and busy day here. mark was working at 8:30 am. Mom starting everything and her day at 10 am. I have been running budget numbers for May and June, phone calls, text messages, emails to so many people. Meme has been busy. She steam mopped the floors and vacuumed them. She has been running around the house doing other things too. Bob...well he was up at 11 am and then who knows what since. He has not said 1 word to me at all this whole week. Maybe 5 words to Mark and a little more to Meme. It is hard, very hard to deal with. Mom doesn't go out of her way to talk to him because he doesn't acknowledge it when I do. If he does it is just one word answers. I hope he is able to get to the doctors and soon. He needs to be seen and they need to see if there is anything they can do. He is going downhill and fast! Not good at all. 
 It is almost 5 pm and that means it is time to get the pups fed and then take them for their walk. Dinner tonight is on the BBQ grill so it won't take long at all. We should be eating by 6 pm or a bit after. The rest of the night will be relaxing and maybe watching a bit of tv before going to bed. At least there is no rain in the forecast. Looks like we can get some good sleep tonight. Come visit me in my dreams if you can. have fun while we do sleep. Continue to watch over us all and fly free, pumpkin. I will light your candle this evening and whisper to you. Smile for Mom and I will smile to you. I will be back with another letter tomorrow afternoon so until then...good night and sweet dreams. I miss you so much. I love you, Tyler.
 Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Muah ❤