Happiest moments in your life

[Major Chord]

It's if I had to narrow it down...I'd say that it's between singing in a concert for over 300 music teachers...and leaving them in tears. There was not a dry eye in the house, including our choir. Long story...but even more than a year later one of the most emotionally fulfilling moments of my life.

Also, prom this year. I wasn't dating the girl I took, but we were good friends. She was just so beautiful that night...and was the best date a guy could hope for. Sharing those dances with her was quite special. And there must have been some chemistry because we've been on several dates since.

 

[Angela 0077]

Well my happest part of my life was when l had my daughter.
She was 3mths prem.

I didnt get to hold her until she was 2mths old because of all the problems she had when she was born.
The day l brought her home also was the happest moment.

 

[GMac]

Probably the first time I held my little baby niece (who's now a bouncy 3-year old).

GM

 

[Emher]

When I opened the envelope and read that I was accepted to film school. I let out a scream of joy. It was the first good thing that had happened to me in a long time.


And ironically one of my fondest moments is one with my much spoken about evil ex. Second day I was over in Atlanta visiting her, we went on "day-date" to Stone Mountain Park. Same some stuff, walked around a bit, but then it astarted raining so we decided to drive around the park a bit. Then we decided to park a bit, for some snuggle time to wait for the laser show that night. And the time spent in that backseat in her moms old Chevy Cavalier was some of the happiest hours of my life. Nothing advanced, just some making out, looking into each others eyes and a bit of nervous feeling each other, but it was awesome. And after a while she fell asleep in my arms and I just watched her, totally happy just observing the girl I loved sleep.

Even though I know now that she lied about her feelings at the time, I will not paint that time as a lie. Because I want more of that feeling, much more. And I want it to be true this time.

 

[doubleohfive]

I have several, in no particular order.

October, 1998. Chewie joins our family.

The morning of May 4th, 2006.

June 19th, 2008: being notified by my bosses I was being promoted and realizing they had waited to tell me so they could do so on my birthday.

June, 2010: Being asked by my best friend to be godfather to his first son.

August, 2009: For the first time in maybe 25 years, my dad, his brother, and their cousin, their wives, and all their kids got together in the same place at the same time for a barbecue dinner at the end of my immediate family's vacation to California. Shockingly I insisted on taking a photo.

March, 2010: Equipping my parents in DC and both my uncles in California with webcams and Skype and being present the first time they video chatted.

 

[Adm_Hawthorne]

So far?

The day she asked me to marry her
The day I graduated from college
The day my gran told me she was proud of me

 

[An Officer]

Leaving my home country. At the time, I saw it as a bad thing, but now I realise it's the best thing that ever happened to me.

Falling in love, for real, for the first time.

The birth of my siblings - and watching them grow.

Stopping drinking. Soon, I'll add stopping smoking to that list.

 

[Adm_Hawthorne]

OH! I can't believe I forget this...

Meeting Kate Mulgrew in person outside of a Trek Con.

(Yeah, I'm that kind of fangirl.)

 

[Nomad V]

I have to agree with folks that it is a new birth in the family, and especially the birth of my kids.

 

[Gil T.Azell]

March 1 2007 I recieved a phone call from my sister
"Hello Uncle Bill, ..." and she told me his name.

Febuary 25 2009 I recieved a text message with a picture of her wrapped in a blanket, from my brother in-law with her name...

April 1 2009 I recieved a phone call from my brother
"Hello Great Uncle Bill"
( No it was not a joke, )

Are the three top so far..

 

[MetalPants]

For me some small things that make me incredibly happy, like having my niece and nephew sit on my lap. They're 10 and 7, so those times will be ending soon.

Also, when I graduated with my bachelor's, then studying in London, and spending time in classes working on getting the Master's. Finally finishing the thesis... So yeah, my life has plenty of happy moments.

 

[TrekkieMonster]

This is a great idea for a thread.

For me there a few, some of which may seem a little odd.

Finding out I passed the Bar.

Getting married, both times (1st a big formal wedding/commitment ceremony before it was legal, and then again on the beach with just a few friends and our dog once it became legal.)

Getting our first puppy.

One birthday I spent all alone a few years ago when, much to my surprise, I realized that not only did I not hate myself any longer, I actually sort of liked myself, was happy with my life, was sort of proud of my accomplishments, and actually enjoyed my own company. Who knew?

Sitting with my grandmother one day near the end of her life and in the depths of dementia holding her hand and talking soothingly to her to ease her terror while a nurse changed a dressing and she told me that she loved me. I told her I loved her, too, and she squeezed my hand and she said, "No, I know you and I love you." And when I looked into her eyes I could see that she was there again; I could hear in her voice and see in her eyes that, for a few minutes after that, the woman I had grown up with and adored was with me again and knew who I was (instead of thinking I was my father -- which was fine with me, too.) By the time I left a couple hours later it had passed, and she called me by my father's name again, but I didn't care. When I got out to the car I broke down in tears, but tears of joy, because that one last time, for about half an hour, I got to be with my grandmother again. It had been a few years.

And before I get too maudlin ...

OH! I can't believe I forget this...

Meeting Kate Mulgrew in person outside of a Trek Con.

(Yeah, I'm that kind of fangirl.)

I got to meet her once, too, after seeing her in "Tea at Five" (in which she was absolutely amazing.)

 

[C.E. Evans]

For me, it was a summer's day in '88.

Nothing spectacular or life-changing happened that day. It was just me, my mother, and my grandmother going to our favorite shopping mall together on a Saturday afternoon. We all went to our separate shops and then met back up when we were done. I bought my first album--on cassette--from a group that would become my all-time favorite (Level 42).

The thing I remember the most about that day was just how incredibly peaceful and good everything was. There was no drama. No hassles. No big shadow of something bad hanging over our heads to worry about.

It was simply a perfect day.

Saint Louis is notorious for its oppressive, life-draining humidity during summertime, but it was unusually cool and pleasant that day for some reason. I remember sitting in the back in the car and simply taking in all the cool air coming in from the lowered windows on my face (no need for the A.C. that day). We had barely left the shopping mall when we stopped at a local pizza joint and got what I swear was the best-tasting pizza I ever had. It was so good, that we all got separate slices to take home (being a shameless pizza whore, I wound up eating everyone's in the end).

My mom, my grandma, and the pizza joint are all gone now. But I will always remember that one Saturday afternoon when we were together, when everything was just cool, and all was right with the world...

 

[Finn]

1. The day I lost my job, the feeling as I pulled onto I-270 in DC (okay. Maryland). It was a sense of freedom.

2. The day I proposed to my fiancee (It was overcast and there was a drizzle as we walked through Georgetown...)

3. July 4, 2009- 4:30 am at a high rise hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts overlooking the Charles River and downtown Boston, watching the sun come up with my fiancee.

I'm going to update this next May....

 

[JiNX-01]

My wedding day (just about everyone I loved was there, many having come from several states away to be there); the day my wife-to-be accepted my proposal; the births of my girls and my grandson; the day my second daughter was declared cancer-free after nearly a year of chemotherapy.

You win!

 

[ed629]

The day my sister got married, seeing that she met the person she deserved to have in her life.

 

[emacs]

seeing my baby nieces and nephews for the first time made me rather happy.