Good Kilt Karma

[Riverkilt]

Went to a memorial service for an AA friend today. She died of Hepatitis C at 51....the kind that you get when you're young and partying then lays dormant for 20 or 30 years, then rears up and takes you down. Sad because she was a neat lady that helped a lot of confused teens through her work. She had about three years clean and sober.

I wore my X Marks the Scot tartan kilt and flashes because the colors are the same as AA's.

Great service, about 200 people there. After, her father came up to me with much appreciation since his family was of Scottish ancestry. He asked what tartan I was wearing and I just explained it was one with AA's colors in it so I wore it. Got a long hug from him.

Then, turns out he was a USMC Sgt that worked on aircraft. He kept the old gull wing Corsairs flying....like that ol' cigar chompin' actor in the Blacksheep/ Pappy Boyington series.

And it all came together because Pappy eventually got sober in AA too.

Amazing the comfort a kilt can bring sometimes.

Semper Fi,

Ron