[Cross posting my sister’s post from my mom’s blog.]

Dad just called. Mom made it through the procedure [to remove the external drain tube from her liver]. The stint is working. The docs are looking into getting her some other meds for the nausea.

However, Mom was crying from being so, so tired as she went into the procedure. She came out still tired. The nurse told Dad that Mom is ready to go, as in ready to see Jesus. Dad couldn’t talk after saying that, so I don’t know how that assessment was made. Mom is just very tired, that I know.

Mom does have cancer in the area of her liver again. She opts for no treatment, and they wouldn’t give it to her now anyway since she is so weak. There you have it. The brutal truth.

Maybe we are just all very tired and emotional. I hope so.

Today, I contacted my U.S. Representative and both of my U.S. Senators with the following letter. Please feel free to do the same.

As usual, thank you for the work you do protecting my conservative values in Washington.

I admit I have not made an exhaustive search, but I have not been able to find out your position on the earmark moratorium.

I understand that some in Congress feel that pork projects are vital to their local districts, but, as a tax payer, I don’t care.

I pay my taxes “in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity,” not to refurbish baseball parks and add airport terminals with shiny brass plaques honoring our members of Congress.

We are trillions of dollars in debt. In my house, when we can’t pay the bills, every last penny is accounted for and every last expense is curtailed until the budget is balanced and the debt is paid. (Yes, as a matter of fact, my household has no unsecured debt and we have a budget surplus. I know. I’m weird.)

Please take the time to express publicly your support for ending earmark spending, and all wasteful and unconstitutional spending by the Federal government.

Thank you.

Your constituent,
Trint Ladd