Stingray, I think that is a great idea. You are so right humor is sometimes the best medicine ever.
So with this in mind let me see if I can get a chuckle from this story. It was parents day at my grandaughters school, and since her mother works outside the home and does not get paid if she is not at work, she asked me if I would go sit in my grandaughters class.
Of course I did, and at the time of day I was there (around 11:30 am) it turned out I was the only parent in the class at that time. Each class has approx. 25-30 children per classroom, by the way these are 4th graders ages 9-10. So there I sat quitely in the back of the class, just as I sat down in came a special teacher (by special I mean she was not the usual teacher), her job that day was to speak to the class about different things that are not good for you.
She began her talk by asking if anyone in the class had a parent, grandparent, aunt etc. that smoked cigarettes, at this point my grandaughter turned around and pointed to me and raised her hand saying yes my grandmother does and we have told her its bad for her. All 25-30 students then turned there heads around to stare at me, shaking there heads, as if to say "bad grandma", what could I do but sit there with my head hung down. I shrugged my shoulders and said "look I am trying to quit". But that did not help. As this teacher continued her talk about the evils of smoking, going on about how bad the smell is, its gets in your hair and is just all around nasty.
Of course she is right, and there is no defense at all for this awful habit. Finally I raised my hand to give my input on the topic, and she said "yes Ms. Grandmother you have something to say". At that point I did comment that the one thing she had not mentioned was that nicotine is addictive, which is part of the reason quitting is not so easy. She agreed of course but I am not sure 9-10 year olds understand addiction and all that goes with it.
It was then time for me to get my jacket and slink away into the hallway and head for the first door I could find to get out of the school. To of course smoke a cigarette. Believe this before I go back to parents day next year I will have quit smoking and I will think twice about it before going in. I am kidding, I of course will go back anytime but the shame and embarressment I felt that day as they all stared at me as if I had grown horns will stay with me a long time. I still laugh when I think about that day.
Hope all get at least a chuckle out of it, I know I did.
Thanks and hoping all are having low pain days, and plently of laughs.