Sami had been smoking since he was 18. When he married at 27, his wife begged him to stop but he wouldn’t listen. Holding his son for the first time he decided he had to quit. So he did. But after a year he was back again.
When his wife was going to have her second baby she reminded her husband how he had quit because of his son. “Do this for your daughter” she said.
Sami has not touched a cigarette since that day. But he does tease his wife about how many children they will have to have.
This story has been written for the Friday Fictioneers. For details see the link below:
http://rochellewisofffields.wordpress.com/2014/01/29/31-january-2014/
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Smoke free families 🙂 Lovely.
The half of the story is true. Still waiting for the 2nd half to come true 😦
I hope it will xx
Thanks.
Dear Zainab,
My husband quit smoking in 1976 after a 3 pack a day habit. We’ve been gloriously smoke free since then. Lovely story.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Hi Rochelle,
You’re a lucky lady. This is about my husband. Am still waiting for the 2nd half of the story to come true (Both about the baby and him quitting)
Regards,
Zainab
Good for him for finally quitting and for the best of reasons (after his own health, of course.) Nice to have Dad around for a long time and to have clean air in the house.
janet
Yes waiting for my husband to quit. But at least he never smokes in front of us.
Ha.. Yes convincing argument .. Good he stopped.
Yes, lets hope it happens in real life too.
🙂 i’ve never been attracted to guys who smoke. and yes, babies in the house are a very good reason to quit. the last line made me smile.
Yes but what do you do when you end up marrying one who does. Still trying to get him to quit.
not easy but i hope he does quit. 🙂 my father quit when his teeth started to really darken,it frightened him lol
I gave up smoking 25 years ago for my husband, who I’d just met. Never regretted it, nor will your husband when and if he finally makes it. A lovely story.
Thank you. He knows he should, but he is in the middle of a transition in his job and I’m sure when he settles down he will get round to quitting.
A fun story.
Thanks for reading!
It took grandchildren for my best friends husband to finally quit. I hope your story doesn’t take as long.
Oh gosh, I hope not!
Thanks for stopping by.
This is a great story – Thanks, Nan
Thank you so much!
Zainab, I really enjoy the idea behind this story, the wishful hope for it working out. I certainly hope you get both the girl, and the smoke-free home! That is such a hard thing to stop….
Thank you for your good wishes, yes it is so difficult to quit the habit.
Dear Zainab,
It’s hard to quit without a really good reason, but luckily children are a really good reason, even if she has to have children for the rest of her life to keep him from smoking. 🙂
Take care,
David
Haha, easy for you to say. 🙂 I wonder how many children they will end up with.
Thank you for reading David.
That made me smile – than you!
Thank you for reading! 🙂
I’ve not quite a month of no smoking under my belt right now, so I completely sympathize with this tale!
I’m not writing this week, but I’d love it if you’d drop by my blog for a second anyway, I posted a big announcement today.
Ok will do. Thank you for your comment.
A truly lovely story.
Thank you so much for reading.
Haha! Well that’s certainly a novel way to quit smoking! Good story.
Yes but apparently effective! Thank you for stopping by.
Haha cutely told 🙂
Thank you!
very sweet story…salvation intertwined with a parent’s love for his children…lovely.
more children, less smoking. what an excellent idea to promote population growth. 🙂
haha yes 🙂
Okay, she struggles with childbirth, he gives up a bad addiction – fair trade- I think…
Yeah right! That makes me recall the time my husband hurt himself and told me “The pain is worse than childbirth!”
Ah,so glad he could overcome his addiction for his lil princess:-)Lovely story Zainab:-)
Thank you!
🙂
Quite an interesting story! 😉
Thanks (I think).
Times have changed since smoking was glamorous and actors and actresses used a cigarette to express their characters. Now looking at those old movies, we know they just stink! I’m glad your character gave up for his family and if he’s using that as emotional blackmail, it’s GOOD emotional blackmail! Ann
I never found smoking to be glamorous. Unfortunately my husband is a smoker struggling to quit. He knows he has to do it not just for his health but for his family too. Hopefully that day will come sooner than later.
It’s hard to quit. Good luck to him.
Thank you. He’s done it once he can do it again 😉
Exactly. 🙂
What a sweet ending. I hope your husband quits smoking too 🙂
Amen to that. Thanks for stopping by.