These are my letters to Tyler. They are the conversations that we would have on a daily basis. We can't do that any more. In some small way, this is my tribute to my son and probably my way of healing. Every night we would talk about everything. I can still do that, and I know he's listening.
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Dear Tyler,
Hi my sweet son! How are you doing on this Wednesday afternoon? Mom is doing alright. It has been another busy day here. I am sorry that I didn't write to you yesterday as I planned but it was a crazy day and Mom was gone for half of it. It is already 4 pm here and Mom wanted to write to you briefly before I started a few things and then headed downstairs to get the night routine stuff started.
Yesterday, Tuesday was crazy! Mom was up at the usual time and getting the pups fed and walked. I then did a couple things that needed to get done, I sent out some emails to my subscribers and then I was able to get ready and head out the door to my nail appointment. Meme came with me as she had to get her bloodwork done. Mom left the salon at 2 pm and was home around 2:45 pm. Once I got home, I put some stuff away and then I came right upstairs to make calls and answer emails. By the time that was done and finished it was close to 5:30 pm. We fed the pups, walked them, had dinner and then we decided to call it a night and went to the bedroom. Mom chatted with a cousin of ours that I hadn't in over 10 years. It was so nice catching up. I called Grandpa so he had the number. He called him as well. I watched a bit of tv and then crashed at 10 pm.
Today~ We were up at the usual time. Pups were taken care of and Mom came right upstairs and paid all the bills for the 1st of the month. I got that done and then I took a shower and got ready. I took Meme to a couple of stores and then we came home. I had some lunch, sent emails, made calls and here I am writing to you. Oh and between it all I did laundry...lol. Mark has been working and on the phone all day long. The pups have been good as well. Meme and Bob have been gone for a couple hours as Bob had a doctors appointment at 4 pm. They will be back around 5 pm. The weather here is super warm....it is 92 degrees again. Suppose to be like that for the next couple weeks straight. No rain which is a great thing! Mom can't believe that in 2 days it will be Good Friday and in 4 days it will be Easter. This will be my 9th one without you. I miss you so much. Every day is tough but holidays are even tougher. I hope you send Mom a huge sign to let me know you are near me. I would love to see one last beautiful sunset here before we move. I hope you get my request and I get to see one.
We are finally 7 days out from our move. Next week at this time we will be having the moving company here getting all our belongings and then it will be less than 18 hours and we will be on the road to our new home and leaving this house for good! We really are not celebrating Easter at all. We will make a dinner later in the day but that is it. We are taking that time to make sure that everything is set and packed and ready for Wednesday morning for the movers. Mom has a couple bookshelves to put together as well. I am hoping to do that on Friday if I can. I have everything all set for my boxes. I can tape them all up and get them really to have labels printed. I am just awaiting getting paid. I am hoping to get some out in the mail on Friday and then on Monday and last minute ones on Tuesday and that will be it! Things are coming together that is for sure. I will keep you posted as I know of things as well. I know you are with us every step of the way. Thank you my sweet precious son. 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 in my heart, mind, body and soul.
Mom will light the candle warmer for you this evening and whisper to you before I fall asleep. Have fun and come visit me if you can. I will be back tomorrow with another letter to you. For now, Mom has a couple things to do before I start dinner. Please continue to watch over us and keep us healthy and safe. Thanks pumpkin. Until tomorrow comes...good night and sweet dreams.
Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Muah 💛🐰💜🐤
Monday, March 29, 2021
Dear Tyler,
Hi my sweet son! How are you doing on this Monday afternoon? Mom is doing just alright. Things are getting really crazy here. Today is March 29th and we are officially 9 days out from the move! I wish things were going smoother then they are. We are just having a really hard time with the buyer of this house. He really is a thorn in our side that is for sure. Everyone else is bending backwards on things and he...the buyer seems to be dragging his feet and maybe things difficult. No one knows just why either.
Mom is so sorry that I didn't write to you over the weekend but it was so crazy busy here. I will explain....
Saturday~ Got up at the usual time to feed the pups and walk them. When finished we all learned that we did not have any hot water at all. We thought that our water heater broke or something. Mom put a claim in and the earliest date was Monday between 11 am -2 pm. To say the least it has not been a good time with having to take super cold showers every morning...ugh. Mark and Mom went out, ran errands and then came home and started building one of the dressers. We didn't finish that until right before dinner. We had dinner and Mom cleaned up. We played poker with Meme and Bob and Mom won!!!! After that we relaxed the rest of the evening as we were both sore.
Sunday~ Got up, fed the pups and walked them. Made breakfast and then started on the next 2 dressers. Mark and I worked together on them so it went much faster. We did 2 dresser and 5 drawers in 2.5 hours. We were done by 11:30 am. We both took very cold showers again and then we took off for a couple hours. We went into a couple stores and then grabbed food to take home. We got back around 2:45 pm. We ate, walked the pups and then fed them their dinner. We decided it was a day so we went upstairs at like 5 pm and relaxed for the night. Mark spoke to his brother on the phone for 1.5 hours while Mom watched her shows. After he finished we watched a bit more of tv and then called it a night as Mark is now having to go to the office 2 days a week and today was the first day back there. He had to get up early to leave.
Monday~ That is today.... morning started out the same as always. Mark got ready and then left while Mom did a few things around the house. I took one more cold shower and then came into my office to start the day. everything that I needed to get done didn't happen at all....lets just say it definitely a Monday for sure. The guy came to look at our water heater and we found out that it has a lock on it. Someone locked our box so that is why we have no hot water. Mom is awaiting to talk to someone about this matter right now. We are so over all this crap from this house. I tell ya, Tyler...if Mom didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck...lol!
Mom is on the phone with someone now so I am on hold to get someone here to turn it back on. I guess it will either be today or tomorrow it will happen...this is crazy! Anyways....to say the least everything is at a record stress level high right now. Mom needs to have a relaxing bath or wine or something to chill out before I have a fit....lol. Please help Mom to unwind and relax... I sure do need it. It will be 9 busy days before we leave here and go to our new home and then it is learning where things are in a brand new town. We got this though. Mom only asks that you are with us all keeping us healthy and safe. 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. You will always be my hero and the wind beneath my wings. Forever you live in my heart, mind, body and soul. Mom has had a candle burning for you all day in her office. Later I will burn the candle warmer for you as well. This week I will be packing that up so I will make sure to burn a candle in the room at night for you. I will whisper to you before I fall asleep as well. I hope you have fun doing all the things you need to do and want to do. I am so proud of you still...I forever will be. I need to get going so I can do a few things with my boxes but I will be back tomorrow after my nail appointment and running around doing errands. Always know you are in my heart, mind, body and soul. You forever live there. Until tomorrow comes...good night and sweet dreams later. I miss you, Tyler...more than words can say.
Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Muah 💜🐰💛
Friday, March 26, 2021
Dear Tyler,
Hi my sweet son! How are you doing on this Friday afternoon? Mom is completely exhausted as all heck. Last night was a rough night for sure. Mark taught at the college for his last night and didn't get home until after 10:30 pm. We didn't get to sleep until after 11:30 pm as the renters next door were in the pool that long, yelling and screaming. Finally got to sleep just to be woken up at 1:20 am with Ozzy getting sick. Mom jumped out of bed like a superhero and I tweaked my left wrist and hand. I have to have an ace bandage on it but it was really hurting so I removed it for a little bit. Anyways...
Today~ We were up at the usual time which means very little sleep...lol. Pups were fed and walked. Mom stayed downstairs for a bit and then ventured upstairs to make the bed, get things ready for the appraiser and then get ready herself. I was finished by 10 am. Got a call to go pick up my vehicle at the mechanics so Mark and I trucked along to go get that. After we did that, I had to go put gas in my car, wash it and then pick up a few things at the grocery store. We were back home by 12:30 pm. The appraiser was here already at that time. He was about 45 minutes early. He did what he had to do and then he left. Mom never even saw him at all. When that excitement was finished, Mom made lunch and came upstairs to do some emails and check on things. I got 3 new box orders. ! new subscriber and 2 gift orders. I am ok with that! This means that I have exactly 4 boxes left before selling out again and it isn't even April yet!!!! Mom is super excited that is for sure. I will be printing labels and taping boxes up next week and shipping them all out the first week of April. I want to make sure they are all out and ready by the time we move. So with that said...here is the latest update on things.... movers will be here around 9 am on the 7th to pack our stuff and keep it overnight. We will stay here at night and go to bed early to get some sleep. The morning of the 8th we say goodbye to this house forever and we get in our vehicles to drive far away from here as possible! We have the closing for this house on the morning of the 8th and then the closing on the new house later that morning. Everything will be said and done by 1 pm and the movers can start unloading everything in our new place. Our first priority is to get the bed set up so we have a place to sleep and the living room stuff so we can sit. everything else will be done in a timely manner the next day and over the weekend! We are having trouble still with the buyer of this house so we are hoping to make things smooth in the next few days. Please help us out any way you can my sweet precious son. Things are getting to the wire and it is starting to get very stressful on this end. Thank you, Tyler.
Mom spoke to Grandpa last night. They are both doing well. Getting out a bit more than before so that is good. I really miss them so much. They were suppose to arrive here today for 2 weeks but we all know how that went thanks to Debbie. I hope they will come for a visit really soon though. I miss Grandpa so dang much. I told them that I would call over the weekend and I will. I will keep you posted on things as I know of them.
It is already 5 pm and Mom needs to get going. We need to feed the pups and walk them before the storm comes. Then we will be grilling hamburgers tonight for ourselves. Later this evening providing that there are no new renters coming in...Mom is hoping to get a good night sleep. I will whisper to you before I fall asleep so smile to Mom when you hear me and I will smile back to you. Have fun while I sleep and come visit me if you can. 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 in my heart, mind, body and soul. I will be back over the weekend. We have more furniture to put together so I will try to write tomorrow but if not I will definitely on Sunday. I miss you so much, Tyler. Until tomorrow comes...good night and sweet dreams.
Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Muah 💜
PS. Mom wrote this to you....
If I had only known it was your last walk in the rain,I'd keep you out for hours in the storm. I would hold your hand like a life line to my heart, underneath the thunder we'd be warm. If I had only known it was your last walk in the rain. If I had only known I'd never hear your voice again, I'd memorize each thing you ever said and all those lonely nights I could think of them once more, keep your words alive inside my head. If I had only known I'd never hear your voice again. You were the treasure in my hand,you were the one who always stood beside me so unaware I foolishly believed that you would always be there, but then there came a day and I turned my head and you slipped away. If I had only known it was the last night by your side, I would pray a miracle would stop the dawn. When you'd smiled at me, I would look into your eyes, and make sure you know my love for you goes on and on.If I had only known, If I had only known.. For the love I would have shown~ If I had only known.
Thursday, March 25, 2021
Dear Tyler,
Hi my sweet son! How are you doing on this Thursday evening? It is after 6:30 pm and Mom is still n her office getting things done. I am sorry I didn't write to you yesterday but things were busy packing up my boxes and then before I knew it, it was time for the night routine stuff and then it was 8 pm and Mom was so sore and tired that I went in the bedroom and cuddled up on the bed and watched tv.
Today, Mom has been up since 7:45 am. I overslept. I fed the pups and walked them and then I relax for a bit and then I came right into my office to start on the rest of my boxes. I didn't finish that up until 4 pm. I went downstairs to feed the pups while Mark took a shower and got ready to leave for the college. He left at 4:30 pm. Mom got dinner for herself and then headed back upstairs to straighten out her office and clean it up a bit. I just finished that and wanted to write to you before I turned in for the evening. I am going to go take a hot shower and then crawl into bed and watch tv for a bit while Mark is gone. He should be home around 10:30 pm. This is the last night for him and I am so dang happy about this!!!! 9 weeks of this 2 nights a week and all day on Sundays are finally coming to an end. Mom is so sore and tired. I am hoping to get a good night sleep tonight but I have to wonder as renters checked out today all around us and more renters came in this afternoon and evening. The house across from us brought in 4 cases of beer and other booze. There are 4 teenagers there and no signs of parents at all. That is going to be nothing but a party house indeed. More people are piling in. It will be hell in here for the next several days.....this weekend and all next weekend ....ugh. Help Mom get through it all. I don't need to be so stressed out about this crap right before a move. Mom needs you, pumpkin! Thank you my sweet precious son.
Mom has no new updates for you still. I have spoken to no one in the past week or so. I plan on calling Grandpa this evening for a bit. I will update you on that later. We have the appraiser coming tomorrow at 1 pm to look at our house for the buyer. There is no concern there at all...it just has to be done for the books. We are 13 days out from the movers coming and us leaving this place for good and never looking back! We got this!!!! Mom will not miss this place at all!!!! I will miss not having a pool for a couple months but that is it! We are looking forward to a new start again and a brand new beginning!!!!
Mom will have the candle warmer on for you in a bit. I just need to finish this up and then I am heading in the bedroom with the pups. Princess is super restless as always and Ozzy is just sleeping away. I will whisper to you before I go to bed tonight so smile for me when you hear my voice and I will smile back to you. Please continue to watch over Mom and all of us. Keep us safe and healthy. Thank you. Mom is going to close this letter to you for tonight. I want to relax and my back is really sore. I want to take a hot shower. I will be back tomorrow with another letter to you so until then...good night and sweet dreams. 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 in my heart, mind, body and soul. I miss you more than words....
Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Muah 💜
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Dear Tyler,
Hi my sweet son! How are you doing on this Tuesday afternoon? Mom wanted to write to you briefly as it is after 3:30 pm and I have to have things done and ready in the next 45 minutes before Mark heads out for his teaching at the college. Just tonight and Thursday evening and that is it! I can't wait. Trying to do everything before he goes is tough but it has to be that way or Princess will not eat or go outside for me at all. Mom has a very tough time with her each night Mark is gone. She doesn't settle down until at least 9 pm when she exhausts herself. I feel so bad for her and I try everything but she wants no part of it. That is why Mom goes upstairs so early so that she is just in one room and not the entire house. This is why I can't wait for this to be all over with!
Anyways... Mom was up at 7 am this morning. Pups were fed and walked and then I stayed downstairs for a bit. I should have gone right up but I didn't at all. I made the bed, showered and then came right into my office. we were waiting on a call to go pick up my car but at 12 noon, Mark called them and we found out that they took a test drive in the vehicle after changing the tires and the AC was not working properly. They did another deep test on it to find that the compressor and another part that attaches to that was completely blown so they needed to fix that entire thing. Looks like I will not get my vehicle back until Thursday at the earliest now. Mom is bummed. It is going to be very expensive to fix. Nothing else can be done as down here we need AC just like up North you need the heat. Just more money rolling out the door....
Last night was kind of quiet. Mom made dinner, we ate, I cleaned up and then we headed upstairs for the evening as Mark was still not feeling all that well. Mom crashed at 10 pm as I was super tired. Renters were extremely loud until 9:30 pm as well. Just 14 days left... I keep telling myself that! I can't believe that tomorrow is already the middle of the week again. This week is kinda flying by! Mom will be making dinner for one tonight. I am having haddock and rice for dinner. Mark will be gone until 10:30 pm tonight so he will be having dinner out like he usually does on Tuesday and Thursday nights. Mom will be upstairs with the candle warmer on for you. I will be watching tv and I have a call scheduled for 8:45 pm tonight. Other than that...nothing is going on...lol. Mom was suppose to do her boxes today but I didn't get around to it at all.... I will start it tomorrow though as I have to. I am all ready just need the energy to get going. I think I am just bummed about my vehicle.
I have had a candle burning for you all day in my office. I hope you have seen it. I will make sure to whisper to you later this evening before I head to bed. Smile when you hear Mom and I will smile back to you. Have fun while I sleep and come visit me if you can. You know I would love that my sweet precious son. Please continue to watch over us like I know you do. Keep us safe and healthy. Thank you. I hope to have some updates for you as well from our family as I have heard nothing and have zero to tell. I am so sorry.
Mom has to get going as Mark will be leaving very soon. I love you too the moon and back and all the way around the world. You are my hero and the wind beneath my wings. Forever you live in my heart, mind, body and soul. I will be back tomorrow with another letter so until then...good night and sweet dreams. I miss you more than words can say.
Always, Mommy xoxoxo. Muah 💚