a don quixote type journey in many ways because i was out putting hearts and every day and you have lostw, but once we made that decision and i really should say this to karen, she said, i said, once we decided to come to the united states senate karen never looked back. and never wavered in terms of support and the sacrifices that all the senators and their spouses who are here know that you have to make and i thank you for that. and with harrison and jonathan and brian in 1993 you don't know what to expect but it's tough. we came here with little boys and left as grown men. and it's the greatest gift, that kids can give their parents to karen and me and that is they grew through that adolescent period. lots of ups, few little downs but at the end of that grew into outstanding young men who they themselves are committed to lives of service, the greatest gift that children can give to their parents. my four older siblings are here, very rare that we all together altogether even though mother and dad died 12 years ago. we live all over the country but we all lived live within two miles of