James and I were driving around yesterday and just talking about things and he saw a billboard that showed a covered body on a medical examination table with the caption, “Smoking, Table for One” on it. He asked me what it meant and when I told him, he got very sad. He mentioned a few people who he knows smoke and asked if they would get sick too. He was the most concerned about two different people, the father of the girl whom I am babysitting right now and my brother. He is concerned about Little S because he knows that her mother is an alcoholic and isn’t fit to take care of her. (Little S has been in the vehicle during TWO different drunk driving accidents she’s had and Little S isn’t yet 2 years old.) Her father has custody of her and does the best he can. The kids all love Little S and James just said he doesn’t want anything bad happening to her or her father, so she can be taken care of by the parent who is best able to do so. Since he knows her father smokes and that smoking can cause many different problems, it has made James sad. As for my brother, James just loves his rough uncle who takes him 4 wheeling and on his sea-doo and doesn’t want him to be sick or hurt.
My mom didn’t smoke, but she did die of lung cancer (and brain and somewhere else). It wasn’t a fun thing, not just emotionally but physically also. It is sad so see that happen to someone.