I don't come here much, but this site was vital to my quitting smoking. I began this quit journey 7 years ago on June 17, 2005. While it wasn't the easiest journey ever, and I did stumble a few times, I'm proud to say that I am, and have been for many years, a successful ex-smoker. While I do take those mistakes very seriously, I still consider June 17th to be my quit date, as it was the day I began this journey and will always be a special day for me because of that.
This year, I will be giving myself a new quit present - a baby girl. Ironically, she's due around my quit date. I don't know if she'll come exactly on that date or not, but even if she's a week or two away from it, she will still be a reminder of the beautiful blessing that this quit has given me. Because I quit smoking all those years ago, I was able to meet a non-smoker who became my husband last year. Within a month of getting married, I became pregnant and will be bringing a healthy baby girl into this world in a couple of months, and I owe a large portion of that to the fact that I quit smoking.
Because I quit smoking:
She will never have to endure smoke while her mom is pregnant.
She will never have to live in a house where second or third hand smoke linger.
She will never have a parent set the bad example for her of smoking.
She will never be the victim of an accidental cigarette burn.
She will never have to deal with her clothes smelling like smoke.
She will never have to get into a car that reeks of stale cigarette smoke.
She will never see her mom debating about whether to buy food or cigarettes.
She will never have to see her mom's "nicotine fits" when she hasn't had a cigarette in a while.
She will never have to see her mom desperately try to quit smoking, but fail, because I've already been there/done that and came out successful on the other side.
She will never know what it's like to be the child of a smoker.
I am so proud to be bringing a happy, healthy baby girl into this world, all because of a choice that was made nearly 7 years ago.
Crave the Quit!
