Dear Me: Kathy

Aug 3, 2011

You never should have smoked cigarettes to begin with.
You thought you were cool, holding and smoking that cigarette, the same way that your mother did.
Now look at what you have done.
You have no teeth.
You have had bronchitis, and sore throats because of your smoking.
Your car, clothes, and apartment reeks of the nasty smell from the cigarettes.
Your adult children are smoking, even though you have explained to them from a young age, that cigarettes were nasty and bad for you, and everyone around them.
You don’t feel cool holding that cigarette, now that you are grown-up,
do you?
You are embarrassed to let others know you smoke.
You reek of cigarette smoke.
You are so addicted to cigarettes that your attempts to quit have failed.
You are left out of getting certain jobs, because you smoke.
You have spent so much money throughout the years on cigarettes.
The money you spent, could have been used for a savings, in times of need.
You could be using that money for the food you lack, instead of smoking to feel full.
Maybe someday, you will smarten up and quit, before it is too late to
recover from the bodily harm that cigarettes cause.You never should have smoked cigarettes to begin with.
You thought you were cool, holding and smoking that cigarette, the same way that your mother did.
Now look at what you have done.
You have no teeth.
You have had bronchitis, and sore throats because of your smoking.
Your car, clothes, and apartment reeks of the nasty smell from the cigarettes.
Your adult children are smoking, even though you have explained to them from a young age, that cigarettes were nasty and bad for you, and everyone around them.
You don’t feel cool holding that cigarette, now that you are grown-up,
do you?
You are embarrassed to let others know you smoke.
You reek of cigarette smoke.
You are so addicted to cigarettes that your attempts to quit have failed.
You are left out of getting certain jobs, because you smoke.
You have spent so much money throughout the years on cigarettes.
The money you spent, could have been used for a savings, in times of need.
You could be using that money for the food you lack, instead of smoking to feel full.
Maybe someday, you will smarten up and quit, before it is too late to
recover from the bodily harm that cigarettes cause.

Sincerely,

Kathy