One Year...
The one year anniversary is fast approaching. Nov 2nd 2008 will be the one year mark since I quit smoking. I've supported myself since I was 17, I've put myself through school, I've given birth 3 times, I lost one baby through miscarriage, I've grieved the death of the two people I loved deeply, I've survived one teenage rebellion, I've climbed the corporate ladder.....and NONE of those was as challenging as quitting smoking. It was ( and still is) the hardest thing I've ever done. I promised myself my most precious tattoo once the journey is complete. I'm so close now. What remains is shedding the final 15 pounds of weight I gained when I quit. The best incentive was buying clothes for the Dominican in a size 2, the size I was before quitting. I'm currently wearing a size 5 so if I don't succeed, I'll be wearing a terry towel wrap for my entire vacation. I'm running everyday, weight training 3 x's a week, hockey and volleyball weekly and back to an organic diet. It's nice to be focusing on ME again. I want to tell you why I quit. I want to share my visions with you
1. I have to be at University Graduation for each of my daughters. I will be proud when they accept their diploma and begin their lives as strong, independant, educated women.
2. I have to be there for each of my daughters on the day they get married. I have to give them something borrowed or something blue to wear when they walk down the isle. I have to warmly welcome my new sons. I have to cry when I see how beautiful they are in their gowns.
3. I have to be there when each of them is pregnant. I have to show up at their door when each of them is tired, heavily pregnant , make them their favourite meal, bathe them and let them indulge in sleep all day while I clean their house and freeze meals for them. I have to be at the hospital squeezing their hand, crying with them as they introduce me to my grandchildren
4. I have to be there to babysit , whenever, however. I want to be a cool granny.
5. I want to travel the world when I'm older and retired. I want to go to Poland and Prague and Russia and Ireland and Italy and most important ..my homeland Turkey.
6. I want to live a very very very long time
This is why I quit. This is why I will succeed.
1. I have to be at University Graduation for each of my daughters. I will be proud when they accept their diploma and begin their lives as strong, independant, educated women.
2. I have to be there for each of my daughters on the day they get married. I have to give them something borrowed or something blue to wear when they walk down the isle. I have to warmly welcome my new sons. I have to cry when I see how beautiful they are in their gowns.
3. I have to be there when each of them is pregnant. I have to show up at their door when each of them is tired, heavily pregnant , make them their favourite meal, bathe them and let them indulge in sleep all day while I clean their house and freeze meals for them. I have to be at the hospital squeezing their hand, crying with them as they introduce me to my grandchildren
4. I have to be there to babysit , whenever, however. I want to be a cool granny.
5. I want to travel the world when I'm older and retired. I want to go to Poland and Prague and Russia and Ireland and Italy and most important ..my homeland Turkey.
6. I want to live a very very very long time
This is why I quit. This is why I will succeed.
posted by Sandi at 11:57 AM
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