Jessica Leigh's Blog – January 2012 Archive (3)

Martin Luther King Jr once said "I have a dream".  Turns out I do too, mine is to be a non-smoker and to drag as many of you along with me as I can. 

The Tobacco Cessation program offered by Reid Hospital started on Monday, "Learn to Live Tobacco Free", I spent that hour meeting and getting to know the facilitator and my fellow smokers.  We talked and shared a little bit about ourselves, and formed a comradery.  We will be the support for one another through this journey of living…

So, back in December I heard about a Tobacco Cessation program offered at Reid Hospital.  I've been wanting to quit smoking for a long time, but every time I have tried I have failed.  I want to be healthy, I want to improve my running and skating, and I don't want my kids to watch me smoke and become smokers themselves.  I also hate how I smell when I smoke and have spent so much money on cigarettes over the years it disgusts me.  When I looked into this Tobacco Cessation program I saw that…

Wanna know what you get for doing the right thing?  Ya get in trouble, that's what you get.  Well that's if you're a kid in school these days, what with zero tolerance polices on weapons and such...let me very briefly explain that statement. 

I was reading news online, and stumled upon a story at upi.com that summarized in two sentences a recent incident at a Georgia school that got me going.

I completely understand the need to discipline children who knowingly bring…