What's one of your proudest moments?

Salem

For me, one of the most proud moments is when I graduated nursing school. Another one is my youngest daughter getting accepted into medical school last August: How about you?

stephen_hannibal

clearlysuspect

Salem

phobicsquirrel

Toombes

Steve2010

Finishing a year in Iraq (05-06) going out on patrols every day. 30+ firefights and 18 IED strikes...and not a single Purple Heart in my platoon.

The Kid

Krieger

Eagle scout at the age of 13, operating my own business at 19, graduating the Paramedic program at 21, and coming up on the 22nd of this month... celebrating 7 years with my fiance.

OchoZacho

Asking my father in law if I could marry his daughter and him telling me that he had been praying for years for her to marry the right person and he said that he knew it was me. The second part was seeing the excitement on her face when I asked her. Love my girl!

Toombes

gmill880

Rhamlin

Easy, my wedding and my daughters birth. Then I guess when I made Captain.

Preebs

I got to see a play I wrote performed. Seeing the audience reacting to my words was pretty intense.

Amos Umwhat

I have to echo your post, Salem, my own graduation with a BSN, and my sons graduation from medical school, oh, and the day I bought my first Harley!

Salem

Amos Umwhat:

I have to echo your post, Salem, my own graduation with a BSN, and my sons graduation from medical school, oh, and the day I bought my first Harley!

Gosh, are we cyber twins or something?? lol!! Right down to the Harley. That was also one of my most proud moments too....that first one.....which was a Low Rider.

Thewelder

A big one would have to be exchanging my RECRUIT ball cap for my NAVY ball cap. Never seen 160 men thatproud. Becoming an Eagle scout, coming home from both deployments (at sea, and one Iraq)

RBeckom

All of the births of my six grandchildren.

RBeckom

dennisking

Krieg

When my two boys were born. Hands down, never prouder.

Salem

I would have to add when I got married, and when my 2 girls were born.

Theedge

I thought it was when I won my last election. But now about 50% of the people hate me at any given time. So not so much....

spindrift

Theedge:

I thought it was when I won my last election. But now about 50% of the people hate me at any given time. So not so much....

What kind of an election?

kaspera79

Theedge:

I thought it was when I won my last election. But now about 50% of the people hate me at any given time. So not so much....

Don't feel too bad, I read that the Presidents approval rate is only 47% right now.

gmill880

Salem

Theedge

Hah, I'm a county commissioner, some states call them supervisors. It's actually not that bad, but there sure are days.

Hippiebrian

My uncle raised me, as my Dad was an alcoholic and, to put it nicely, unable to do so.  All through school, I was a rebel.  Heck, it was the 70's, who wasn't a chemical waste dump, right?  Anyways, my uncle always referred to me as his nephew when anyone asked.

The first time I was home on leave, as my uncle was walking with me in the airport, someone welcomed me home and asked my uncle if I was his son.  He looked at me, then back at the stranger and said "Yes, that's my boy...my son."

 

OchoZacho

Salem

Hippiebrian:

My uncle raised me, as my Dad was an alcoholic and, to put it nicely, unable to do so.  All through school, I was a rebel.  Heck, it was the 70's, who wasn't a chemical waste dump, right?  Anyways, my uncle always referred to me as his nephew when anyone asked.

The first time I was home on leave, as my uncle was walking with me in the airport, someone welcomed me home and asked my uncle if I was his son.  He looked at me, then back at the stranger and said "Yes, that's my boy...my son."

 

That one honestly made me tear up.