tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691658930553811594.post5601109897108577985..comments2023-06-28T06:32:44.349-07:00Comments on 50 and loving it: Day One-The patch is itchy!Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07501135370105739621noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691658930553811594.post-74941973366526111472009-09-01T12:02:39.816-07:002009-09-01T12:02:39.816-07:00Marge -- You knew my Mom when you were in Cardston...Marge -- You knew my Mom when you were in Cardston. Back then she was a smoker -- as in 2 pack a day and had been since I could ever remember. In 1986 something amazing happened --> I came back from SAIT for Spring Break in February and Gloria said: "Did you notice Mom quit smoking?" I looked at her like she was imagining things (and we all KNOW my sister has a more active than normal imagination). So, I watched Mom -- finally that evening as we were sitting playing Crib and watching TV, I asked: "Mom, did you quit smoking?" Her response: "For today I choose not to smoke." As it turns out, Brian Mulroney had raised the price of cigarettes while she was a respiratory infection and physically couldn't smoke. She decided she would be "Damned if I am going to give that Crook another penny of my money." <br /><br />She never smoked again -- she did use the nicotine gum to quit and it helped. <br /><br />You know the BEST part of her quitting -- in 1998 when I had my daughter, Mom came to Edmonton for a visit. While she was at our house she had a heart attack. Not only did she survive the heart attack, the angioplasty she had gave her TEN YEARS of relatively good health. I told her frequently that her quitting smoking was a GIFT to me and to Siobhan -- if Mom hadn't quit smoking I have no doubt the heart attack in 1998 would have killed her not to mention the fact the doctors would have been less inclined to invest resources in treating her. <br /><br />SO, you are NOT quitting smoking for just you and Phil -- but for your KIDS and the GRANDBABIES you will someday have. I KNOW you want to be around for them -- give THEM the gift of knowing you. My daughter was 10 when Mom died and she has amazing memories and shared experience she will hold in her heart forever. . . .Rhihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13879649649138090705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691658930553811594.post-29027755327629431322009-09-01T12:00:16.337-07:002009-09-01T12:00:16.337-07:00Ah, I love this, welcome welcome welcome my darlin...Ah, I love this, welcome welcome welcome my darling fellow blogger, enjoy the journey, both the quitting and the writing. I look forward to accompanying you on the trip. Love you lots! xxxxC.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06718970528564075858noreply@blogger.com