I Ain't Ready to Quit

The other day, my husband was making beef jerky and singing/listening to some country music. After one song, he immediately brought the player over to me because he said I just had to hear this song called "I Ain't Ready to Quit" by Jason Aldean. We have been on and off about him quitting smoking, and though he means to, he has come to the conclusion that it is not going to happen successfully unless he is actually ready and doing it for himself. So when he tells me the name of the song, I just shake my head. The first verse talks about smoking, the second verse about driving too fast (which he does as well), but then the chorus and last verse were totally unexpected to me.

"Don't start thinking I'm gonna stop / Givin' it all I got / And you think you've seen love / You ain't seen nothing yet / How could I ever get tired / Of waking up by your side / And the taste of your sweet kiss / Tells me I ain't ready to quit // There's something 'bout the way you say my name / That drives this ole country boy insane / So baby don't stop loving me like this / Cause I ain't ready to quit"

Afterward, his the huge, loving look on his face told me that he was reinforcing his love, not his habit.

Early this morning I said goodbye to my husband and dropped him off for his deployment. We did not spend much time saying goodbye, as neither of us could handle it very long. I was just putting our son back in the car when he called out to me, saying, "...I ain't ready to quit!"