It’s my birthday!
I love birthdays—celebrating the anniversary of the day of my arrival onto the
planet as a being no longer requiring life support from her mother’s womb. It’s an important day. It means this: I am meant
to be here. And for that reason alone, I
should live well, celebrate life, contemplate making it better, take action, and so on.
As a birthday present for myself, I am quitting
smoking. Smoking is gross. It kills.
It’s socially unacceptable, which makes me a shameful outcast. It’s a vice I use to stuff feelings and
escape. It’s … well…
Heart Disease is the number one killer of women in America.
It’s Wednesday!
I thought about honoring myself for Wednesday’s Woman
because it’s my birthday. My judgmental
inner-coach told me that would seem very prideful and vain.
On second thought, maybe not.
Hmmm….
Today’s Wednesday’s Woman is every woman who has ever
stopped smoking!
For more interesting reading, check out last week’s
Wednesday’s Woman, by Anna Mahler, spotlighting Christy Turlington Burns who is a former smoker and
founder of Smoking is Ugly.
Another interesting read about women and hot off the press is from Forbes: The World's 100 Most Powerful Women 2012.
I didn’t make the list.
But Forbes hasn't figured out just how powerful I am. I will give them a few years.
Enjoy your day!
Wednesday's Woman is a weekly feature spotlighting women who are positive role models for our daughters and the world. . .
Enjoy your day!
Wednesday's Woman is a weekly feature spotlighting women who are positive role models for our daughters and the world. . .
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