I just returned from taking the kids to say good bye to their grandma for possibly the last time.  It has been an incredibly difficult couple of days but the one thing that I will never forget in all my life is the amazing love and support we are receiving from our friends.  I cannot count the number of little notes and emails and voicemails we are getting from people letting us know that we are in their thoughts and prayers.

Those of you reading this know that I am not afraid to share my political views but today I'm going to take a moment to also share with you some of my Christian faith.

I found this Bible passage in my email inbox this morning:

My darn cell phone died on me before the Tea Party so I wasn't able to do live audio blogging on Independence Day.  I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.  My video camera was working, however, and I will spend the next day or two digitizing what I was able to capture and posting it at CouleeConservatives.com

Find details for the Tea Party here.

Rep. Kaptur gets $3.5 billion sweetener in climate bill
Democrats offered concession to Ohio's Kaptur

By Edward Felker

When House Democratic leaders were rounding up votes Friday for the massive climate-change bill, they paid special attention to their colleagues from Ohio who remained stubbornly undecided.