quit your crying

if it's the law, then follow it. it really is that easy. there are many laws out there - so very many that it might be hard to keep track. to list a few:

• don't drink and drive
• don't litter
• don't kill people
• don't steal

we all know that there are many more out there. i just wanted to give you a few as a little reminder. and because i read a little article this morning. follow this link if you want to read it; http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/07/04/new.york.motorcyclist.death/index.html?hpt=hp_c2. the irony found in this tragic article is intense. if you read the article, it is about a man who died after being thrown over the handlebars of his motorcycle while not wearing a helmet. do you want to know what he was doing that day? he was riding in protest to a law that requires all people wear a helmet while riding motorcycles. in the article it states that had he been wearing a helmet he may have survived. you see the irony? yeah. you do.

a lot of laws can be annoying. i know. like, wearing seat belts or not talking on cell phones while driving... even keeping your speed under a certain limit can be annoying. but trust me - and the law makers - there is a good reason for having them in place. these laws are in order to protect our safety and well-being. case and point, the article i read this morning. that man could have lived. just wear your damn helmet! it's the law.

my husband's father is a motorcycle rider - has been for many years - and he wore his helmet without really crying about it. although, when pennsylvania repealed its helmet law, i'm pretty sure he and many of his biker friends were pretty darn excited. maybe even relieved that they no longer had to wear those things. i can't even begin to imagine the rush of exhilaration and the sense of freedom that riding a motorcycle without a helmet must give someone. but i'm sure that my husband's father and his friends can, and i am sure they all got to experience it. though, i don't think it was long before my husband's father had decided to resume riding with his helmet on... accidents happened and people were injured on levels varying from minor to critical... he's one of the few that have elected to continue to wear a helmet. i support his decision to do so - a lot. he is a real man. a responsible one at that. go him!

it's a little known saying among the motorcyclists in my husband's family. it's not if you have ever had an accident, it's when... and it's true. whether it is a minor accident - if that is even possible - leaving you with some small flesh wounds. or be it something major, like wrecking into a tree or losing control on a highway at higher speeds, only to find yourself in the icu at reading hospital... it is bound to happen to even to the most cautious and responsible motorcycle rider. so, please wear a helmet and quit your crying! it's for your own good. seriously.

..............jfk..............