Buono Compleanno Acursio

Happy Birthday Acursio. You called me up the day before and asked me to come to Agape, and I did not know why, but I did. And here it was your 70th birthday, and all your friends were there to celebrate, your Agape family was especially proud of you, and you were a gracious host.

It was not just that the cake and the pizza and the Arancini were good (and of course they were good, indeed, I have not had as good an ice cream cake since I have been here), but the love of the staff and the clients was very special, and we were all happy to see you happy and celebrating the milestone year.

Acur, you have been a good friend to me since I started coming to Agape functions. Thank you for making me feel so welcome, and for all that you do for the clients and the staff. You are another example of why I choose to live in Sciacca.

I do have to mention that that is the President of the Board of Director's wheelchair that Acur is trying to get a ride on. It is a famous wheel chair hereabouts, as it has spent time chained (along with Toto) to the gates of city hall, while Toto has demanded that an elevator be installed so that he can gain access to HIS office. His campaigns for access have finally succeeded, so that he may be treated with the same dignity that all citizens deserve. The wait time he experienced was one of the bad things I have noticed about living in Sciacca. Bravo anche a Toto.