Dear Tyler,

Hi my sweet son! How are you doing on this Tuesday afternoon? Mom is writing to you as it is 4 pm now. I have a bit of time to chat and write to you before it is time to start the night routine. Mom is sorry that I didn't write to you yesterday but it was pretty much a shit show and I will explain to you in a couple minutes. I am just happy to write to you right now.

Yesterday was far worse then a typical Monday. Mom was up early feeding the pups and walking them. I came upstairs to my office to start things right off. I curated 21 boxes yesterday so that was amazing. I have 13 left to do and that is it. I am hoping that I sell them all now. It is a slow start this time but hopefully it will pick up. Guess we will see! Mark worked all day and then had 2 hours off and worked all night until 11:30 pm. The pups were restless and Princess was not feeling good so Mom got about 3 hours of sleep total. I am very tired today but I will say nothing because Mark got up and drove to the office this morning. He is far more tired than me. So now... this is what happened to make Mom not write to you....during the afternoon, Debbie wrote to me and said that her and Grandpa are basically on the outs again...just like this time last year. I told her that obviously that something is bothering Grandpa and what that was... I didn't know. I offered to talk to him but she said no. Later last night, I called them after the pups were fed and walked and our dinner was cooking. I knew that the box arrived to their door and I was so excited to get their reaction of the Christmas gifts that we sent early. Debbie answered when I called. She said that Grandpa had just gotten home and that Grandpa opened the box. Nothing else was said which was odd. They said nothing about their masks, the star or the flight tickets. Mom asked them if they opened everything and she said yes....still thinking it was odd. I asked if they looked at all the paperwork...she said she thought so but I told her to please check again. She finally was reading the tickets and said Boston to Orlando and she asked if they were tickets... Mom told her yes...Merry Early Christmas...Surprise.... the reaction I received was not what I thought it would be....she got very angry and she started to yell. I told her I didn't understand. She just continued to say that I tricked her and I had no right to do this, etc... I explained to her that I didn't trick her at all but she wouldn't listen to me. She threw the phone at Grandpa and he got on. I asked what the heck was going on? He said he didn't know because she walked out of the house. I spoke to him for a few minutes and he told Mom to get a refund on the tickets. I told him I couldn't as they were nonrefundable. Debbie flat out said she was not coming and Grandpa told me that if she didn't go, he wasn't either. Mom was stunned. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Grandpa ended our conversation fast. Guess he went to go look for Debbie. Mom doesn't know. I got off the phone and I was so crushed and hurt. I can't believe that they are angry with me because we bought them round trip tickets to come see us at the end of March. They didn't have to pay for anything. If anyone should be angry it is Mom and Mark because of their ungrateful behavior. Now Debbie is back to not talking to me again...just like last year and she will not answer the phone when I call. She is silent and treating me just like she does Aunt Shirley. We are back where we were last year when she walked out on Grandpa. I forgave her last time but I will not forgive her this time at all. I did nothing to get treated this way. Anyways... to say the least... when I hung up with Grandpa I lost my appetite and I couldn't focus on anything. I was so hurt and I still am. Mark worked as I already said, Meme and Bob went to bed at 6:30 pm and Mom was watching tv in the bedroom. I sat there all last night dazed and confused as to what and why things happened the way they did. I just don't understand. Mom does not plan on talking to either of them for a while. I know that Thanksgiving is in 2 days but I am not calling them at all. when they are ready to talk and apologize for their behavior then they will call me. Mom just can't. 

This is the reason that I didn't write to you last night. I couldn't do anything. I walked around like a zombie. I couldn't concentrate at all. I think I just stared at the tv because I can't tell you what I watched. If I had to guess... Debbie is going to walk out on Grandpa again just like she did last year. I hope she understands that if she does that then that will be it...it will be final. He will not take her back like he did before. He told me that on the phone. I guess time will tell for all of this. Either it will blow over and things will get smoothed out or if not...she just put a huge wedge between Grandpa and I. For her sake I hope she doesn't do the lather one. 

Tonight will be a quick dinner and then Mark will be back at his computer working until 11 pm. Mom will feed the pups and walk them and then we will eat and both of us will be upstairs for the evening. I will just watch tv while the pups are snuggled up in the bed with me. It will be an early night for me. I sure hope you have fun while Mom is sleeping. Come visit me in my dreams if you can. I miss you so much. I wish I could hear your voice and talk to you. You would make me feel better. 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 light the warmer later tonight and I will whisper to you before I fall asleep. Please watch over us and keep us safe and healthy. Thank you my sweet precious son. I will be back tomorrow with another letter so until then...good night and sweet dreams. 

Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Muah 💛