Tomorrow, 2/23/19, is my quit day. I’ve been a smoker for 15 years, only stopping while pregnant, and picked up the habit again when my daughter was 5 months (she is 1 year now).
I’m a single parent and used the excuse of needing “me time” as a reason to smoke. I could have made a sandwich with all the bologna I was telling myself! More of the reason to quit-I’m a single parent and all my daughter has is me!
Anxiety is kicking in as I write this-I smoked my last cigarette and almost wanted to cry because I’m so excited for this next chapter but am also fearful. It is saddening a cigarette is making me this emotional. However, I am committed to raising my daughter in a smoke free home and also showing her that like her mother, she can accomplish anything!
When I look into my little girl’s eyes, I see a promise of the future and I want to be in that future and not have it cut short by a preventable illness due to a mass produced killer.
