Heros

Often when I ask people "Who is your hero", without fail, the same person has been their hero for ages.

Yep...Rosa Parks did something special (because she was tired), Clara Barton, Susan B. Anthony and so on and so forth but what about those people who do something monumental every day?!?!

My hero(s) can change from day to day or week to week.

My hero is the little boy, who, for 4+ years slept every night with his Momma then suddenly, one day, was alone in his own big boy bedroom braving the monsters under his new bed.

My hero is the tween-aged girl, who after years of being the "different kid", suddenly was part of a "group" and due to circumstances beyond her control, had to move 600 some miles away and start all over again.

My hero is the woman some idiot coined a "Clydesdale" who, at mile 20, bends over, pukes her guts out and then rallies to finish the last 6.2.

And today, my hero is my beloved Dr.Pip.

Now the Dr. certainly doesn't get the credit he deserves often enough, but today I will share his strength and publicly spread some kudos!

My husband has been a smoker for as long as I have known him and for years I have nagged him about quitting. I don't know if he took what I said to heart or if he decided to quit just to shut me the hell up, but on Valentine's day, the dear Dr. Pip decided to quit cold turkey.

As it turns out, the Dr.s decision to quit cold turkey was like asking me to quit cooking and eating...so (trying to be compassionate & empathetic), (I think) together, we agreed to something "workable":








That's all folks...3 Winston Lights a day in a crappy snack sized ziplock bag!!!







And just to put it into perspective how that crappy little ziplock bag would look in my world:

















That's right...I think I just might die if someone handed me a baggie like this in the morning and said "Have a great day...I love you".

SERIOUSLY?!?!?!

So after thinking about him for 8 miles yesterday morning, I decided today I would give him a 4:30 a.m. Vince Lombardi!

"Pip...I'm so very proud of your accomplishment thus far and I can only imagine what a difficult journey this is for you." "And honey, I've given a lot of thought to what I'm about to say (it actually dawned on me while I was painfully watching "time remaining" on the elliptical yesterday)...instead of looking at this cessation program from a "time remaining" perspective, look at it from a "time elapsed" position.

And there you have it...my profound Vince Lombardi-ish thoughts for my HERO!!!

Screaming KUDOS for a man who doesn't hear it enough (and selflessly marches off every morning to Corporate American Hell with some stinking little ziplock Baggie!!!!)

Cheers~

H


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