What's the happiest you've been in the past year?

Mine was in June. I graduated hair school. I had though at 30+ it was too late to learn a skill. I mean I knew it wasn’t but for me personally it was a hurdle. I felt really good knowing I had something else ahead of me. Unfortunately I’ve had a really hard time finding a job so I’ve been depressed about it. I wish I would of went to “real” school because I really enjoyed learning again.

1. When my husband told us we could afford a new kitchen. Ours is falling apart. I’m not even joking… we have missing drawers and doors, our floor is concrete because the flooring has been ripped to shreds. We’re a serious Oprah case. The people who owned this house before us were section 8 renters. We ripped out one cabinet and under it, we found fake fingernails and parts of a weave.

2. When I began and finished massage school. It’s been the most fantastic experience (aside from marriage and babies).

Mine was July 23, 2008, the day I was diagnosed with Addison’s disease (primary adrenal insufficiency) and got the proper treatment. I had been very sick for many months prior to being hospitalized and by the time I went into the hospital, I was in a full blown adrenal crisis. I had lost 40 pounds in about 5 months, and was living on Ensure and Gatorade. I couldn’t even leave my apartment. I knew I was dying and I was ready. I went to the hospital on Monday, and by Tuesday afternoon I had my diagnosis and started receiving steroids, and by Wednesday, I felt like a million dollar bill. I can’t begin to tell you how great I felt. It was like being born again… Everything was beautiful, everything felt beautiful… I was so happy! and still am

Our son got into his first-choice college back in November, ending a gruesome, months-long ordeal that had consumed all his (and our) spare time and energy the college application process is now officially just nuts. Huge, warm waves of relief for days.

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Our first choice for president got into the White House back in November, ending a gruesome, months-long ordeal that had consumed all his (and our) spare time and energy the presidential election process is now officially just nuts. Huge, warm waves of relief for days.

March 2008-My girlfriend at the time had been paralyzed by a blood clot a month before. She started learning how to walk again and within a few months was well on her way to being 99% okay. I’ve never been so proud of anyone I don’t think, as I was of her during that time. Watching her recover has made me nothing but happy.

On the same note, this past summer she could not only walk, but run, dance, and hike. We spent a week in the White Mountains, getting up early, grilling, swimming in the river, hiking. It was simply the happiest I have been in a long, long time.

@essieness that’s amazing and wonderful. I’m so glad you finally got it figured out.

@harp I forgot about November 4, 2008…best day EVER!

@aviona Thanks! It has been life changing, to say the least.

August 9, 2008 – I married the love of my life. I have never been so sure of anything in my life than I was that day when I said my vows. My husband is my world, and even though the months since them have been full of tumult and upheaval, I know that I have a partner who will be my rock through all of this.

The day that my oldest son was accepted for the student exchange trip to Germany.

The day that my youngest son graduated from middle school and won numerous academic awards, including Student of the Year.

The day that I spent with my then 4 year old daughter, hiking. We hiked through the woods down to a creek that we waded in and threw rocks, got muddy, and had a wonderful carefree day.

@essieness that’s how I felt when I finally went to the doctor and got diagnosed with celiac. My weight had crashed, I was bruised from head to toe and just incredibly sick. As soon as I got a diagnosis and was on my way to a recovery I realized just how sick I had been, and just how great it was possible to feel. Such a great feeling that is!

@elijahsuicide : That’s fantastic. I’m so happy you found a new creative skill! I was sort of in the same boat. I was beginning to think I’d never find something I actually liked to do. Luckily, I don’t need to work at the moment. I can’t imagine having to find a job right now in a field that isn’t in dire need. I wish you the best of luck- I know you have little ones.

Btw, poop on “real” schools. Trade schools are real schools. I wish all schools (from K-12 even) provided skills that taught us how to survive, and not just how to have a job and work for the man. If you lose your job, you don’t know how to survive. But with survival skills, you don’t need that employer! As a stylist, you and your scissors can work on anyone in a moment’s notice and make some dough. But one lonely banker is going to have problems all by himself.

—Seeing the stories those of you posted about finally being diagnosed makes me really jealous. I know if I could finally find a doctor to actually help me I would be much better off.
I wish I had insurance.—
What the heck I can’t whisper!

I think it was when my oncologist told me that after I finish this round of chemo, I’m done. The chronic leukemia is finally under control and I can move on to a normal life, again. My entire family has been living in limbo for several years, now. My son only has memories of me being sick, so for the first time in his life, he’ll see me healthy. Even while sick, until things really went bad, we did some normal things – Mom just got tired, really quick and had to take a lot of breaks. My daughter can’t wait to start running with me. She’s really started to love running – she started when I couldn’t run. I’m looking forward to having her as my running partner.

It will be wonderful to have that normal feeling again.

@adreamofautumn and @cak So happy for you both! Coming out of rock bottom is a wonderful feeling and while it’s so cliche to say this, it makes you truly appreciate life.

@elijahsuicide What’s going on with you??

@adreamofautumn – It’s funny how freeing a diagnosis can be, isn’t it? I’m glad you are on a better path, now. :)

@essieness – thank you!

@cak and @essieness yah being healthy kind of rocks! :)

@essieness I don’t want to get off topic, and for some reason I can’t whisper. My dashes are joining together when I post.
Basically I’ve had hypothyroidism for 10 years and on top of that been dealing with depression all my life. It gets better and worse, but it’s been a lot more of the worse the last 4 or 5 years.

Election night: Obama made it. My boyfriend was so nervous about it, and so was I. I mean, we’d been watching and reading 538, but there was no way to be totally sure up until the end that something wouldn’t go wrong. We were so happy. And partly because we were there together, but partly because we had such hope for the future. (And still do.)

@elijahsuicide That’s very much like Addison’s… I’m sorry you’re going through that and I’ll be sending happy thoughts your way.

@elijahsuicide I’ll keep you in my thoughts.

thank you, ladies. I appreciate it.

These past couple years have been full of happiness for me.
July 5th, 2007, my son was born. It was one of the greatest days of my life. Just imagining it, and my life with him..it always makes me happy.
August 5th, 2008, marrying my best friend. It was such a whirlwind day, that I’ll never forget. I don’t think I stopped smiling that entire day.
Those are the big dates, but there are so many little things that make my heart fill with happiness every single day. Watching our son and husband play together almost always makes me want to cry happy tears. They are so cute together.

When Wis.dm went down. Now I have so many more friends!

Scoring my first goal ever. Watching Obama win the election. Welcoming another niece into the world. My fiance telling me he wants to start a family.

There are other things, smaller things.. but so far it has been a good year. :)

@3or4monsters – sounds like a great year, so far! Good for you! :)

It happened 4 weeks ago, only I can’t share.

Kind of hard. Maybe when I moved to the Caymans with my boyfriend? Or actually, when for Christmas he bought us both tickets to go see my family because he know just how much I missed them.

Mine was last night. I went to a Guggenheim Grotto concert, and the music was absolutely sublime. I couldn’t stop grinning like an idiot. For two hours, everything else slipped away, and life was fine.

Nov 23, 2008. My 1 year old daughter had open heart surgery to fix her heart. The doctor fixed it perfectly and she will probably never have another heart surgery again. She has been through alot, we were so grateful that everything went well.

2009 has just been greatt for me.
everything is just falling into place.

Two days ago, when a fellow Flutherite offered to do a commissioned artwork of my deity Evelyn. I can hardly wait for it to be finished.

Every single second spent with my daughter :)

I was in the hospital with Guillain Barre Syndrome, which is an autoimmune disease that affects the ability to walk. I was there for over three weeks. I had five days of IV and then just intensive physical therapy. I was not on any medication after the 5 days of IV. The doctors and nurses told me i’d be amazed how quickly i got stronger, and i was. I was not in pain. I was not worried about work, getting to work, being late for work, bills, household stuff. The baby was with my mom so she was taken care of. i had cell phone, computer, magazines, books, TV. I was in a great hospital and I was friendly with other patients and staff, so in that way it was like an adult camp. Friends and family came to visit. I could wheel around in the wheelchair and do laundry or go to the rec room. It was actually a very worry free time and i enjoyed myself immensely. I think being off work for a really long time was the main thing that made me happy. It also made me re-evaluate my job satisfaction and how life is short and all those things.

@jca, wow! Makes me almost want to go to the hospital! No really, I’m glad it was a joyful experience for you.

Two things come to mind:
The night I was ordained-the culmination of nine years of work.
Any time all my children and grandchildren are together and happy.

@cdwccrn Would you mind sharing in what tradition you were ordained?

Election Day.

Inauguration Day.

Mamma Mia!

Painting my living room ceiling while singing with the Dixie Chicks.

Today is the happiest I’ve been in the past year. I was just notified that I received a significant promotion in my military squadron that I’ve tried for on 4 previous occasions.

@Bluefreedom Woohoo! Congrats!

@BlueFreedom, congrats from me too and thanks for taking care of us.

@Bluefreedom Congrats buddy!!

@BlueFreedom Congratulations! :D

Thank you very much, my friends. =)

Birth of my twins!

Congrats Aloisius!

@Bluefreedom even though I don’t know what on earth you’re on about, congratulations on the promotion. It must mean a lot to you :)

@Jack79. My promotion was a progression in rank, a big leadership step for my military career, and my becoming the midnight shift supervisor here at our base.

@Trustinglife. Thank you also, sir. =)

I got that, I am just not very sure how big a squadron is and what you were before (I obviously assume that you went one step up from whatever that was). I also thought that these were done automatically, like after 4 years you go from A to B, after another 3 from B to C and so on…or depending on who retires/dies.