Over the weekend Wendy and I took Coop down to Founder's Day. It was their 75th anniversary. Some guy gave a long winded (but well spoken) speech about Dr. Bob and his wife Annie and the importance of AA. We missed the beginning of the speech, and a stranger joked to me that the Gettysburg address was shorter. It was a fun morning though. We left the house at 7:30 and drove down to Akron. After the speech, they played Amazing Grace three times on the bagpipes, and then said the serenity prayer. It is always amazing how many lives that AA touches and how many people have been given a second chance through their program. I have to admit that even I was skeptical when I first met Wendy, but after seeing what they do first hand, they have literally helped thousands upon thousands of people deal with their addiction. I am grateful, because otherwise, I wouldn't know the woman that I am married to. It makes me proud that my wife is a member. It truly is a group like no other. I think what is so great about it is that no one passes judgement, and everyone is accepted: regardless. I mean, here at the Akron gathering, you have 500+ bikers...guys as tough as nails, but there are tears streaming down into their beards as they play Amazing Grace. The same grown men are holding hands as they say the "Our Father", and the Serentiy Prayer. It is a first class operation all the way. And again, I am grateful for it.

After the ceremony, the bikers fired up thier bikes, and filed out. Coop waved at everybody...many of the biker chicks waved back as they rode out of town. Coop really enjoyed it.

...Of course I find humor in everything, and just as things were getting serious, some guy decides to bend down in front of us. I could not resist taking a picture of his crack.

Smile, today could be your last.