Happy late independence day everybody! I hope your summer is going well. In honor of our nation’s independence, I took the time to do something that a lot of you suggested since the first “Gospel According to Chubby” came off the press.

I took a moment to celebrate my independence by hand writing a letter of encouragement to our first lady Michelle Obama in regards to her fight on childhood obesity. I also sent her a copy of the book so she could experience some of the trials first hand from the mind of an obesity survivor. Whether she reads it or not, well, that is beyond my control. Regardless, I feel it was the right thing to do. So if you would send up a little prayer for the little book that could, I would appreciate it.

In the meantime, I am taking this week to finish dry walling my basement and I will return next week with a brand new video blog and an obesity statistic that you will literally find unbelievable. By the way, to those who wrote in, thank you for getting the joke of the “Nashville Flood Edition.” Your “real” copies are on the way ;)