© 2009 Dear Public Project
I feel this fear every day. Especially now that I am a mother myself. I can't do this without my own mom.
I find myself filled with disappointment, anger, and sometimes hate. My mom has smoked since she was 15. But, even after the premature death of my father, the threat of lung cancer, being hospitalized, and then having to walk around with an oxtgen tank...She still smokes...She assures me she turns off the oxygen before she lights up!