In the early days of life without nicotine I am focusing on the positives associated with quitting. The greatest thought is an incident that firmly planted the quit smoking seed into my mind. Even before my diagnosis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease surfaced, the wheels were put into motion by a most unlikely source. It came out of the blue from my 9-year-old grandson. As part of the Thanksgiving observance last year at his school, he noted what the holiday means to him. What he posted on the wall in his third grade classroom was priceless. He wrote, “I am...