by Cynthia Springsteen

Created on: December 03, 2009

We are closing in to finish yet another year and questions are buzzing around about what you are going to give up this New Years? Trying to decide what you are going to make a resolution about is a difficult choice, especially if you plan to keep it. For me, this year is to quit smoking. I have been smoking since I was a teenager and now presently, I am in my 40's. This is a very long time that I have damaged my body and done something that everyone in the world knows is bad for you. How after all these years of being a smoker can I turn things around and become a non-smoker? This is my plan to become a non-smoker in 2010 and start my new life.

The first way that I know I will keep my resolution this year is because I want to live. I have a family that loves me and depends on me and I want to do everything in my power to be here for many years to be with them. Of course there are many reasons to keep this resolution but the top of my list is for me. I had to want to do this and believe with all my heart that I was going to do everything in my power to succeed in this resolution.

The second way that I know that I will keep my resolution this year is because I have two children. I do not want to submit them or their friends to second hand smoke. We all have heard of the dangers of second hand smoke. I want to not hear my children say their clothes smell and not want to be in the same room as me because I am smoking. My focus will be looking at them, looking into their beautiful faces and asking myself would I ever want them to do to their bodies what I have done to mine? Don't my children deserve to have a mother that is healthy and doesn't smell of smoke?

The third way that I know that I will keep my resolution this year is because of my wonderful husband. I have someone in my life that truly and deeply loves me for me. I have someone who supports me in every way that a husband can. What would his life be like without me? I want to grow old with him and share many more memories together. I am lucky enough to have someone so special to me, don't I have to do everything I can to stay here on earth and continue to share my life with him?

The fourth way I intend to keep my resolution this year is by focusing my energies on my health and reminding myself that everything I do affects me and in some cases the people around me. Quitting smoking causes many to gain weight and in 2010 I will celebrate my daughters Sweet 16, I do not want to gain weight and be

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