What are your biggest lifetime achievements ?

[Nannad]

Originally Posted by PoohBears#1fan

My children of course, particularly how selfless and non materialistic they are, despite being very fortunate in life and travelling fairly extensively, we always volunteered as a family whenever we travelled with them and ensured they saw how people can live to appreciate what they had rather than take it for granted. I'm so proud that it paid off and they're such caring, well balanced, non entitled individuals.

On a personal note, gaining my scuba diving qualification was a major thing for me as i'm not a natural diver at all.

My parents were always incredibly proud that I graduated as a nurse, it makes me very happy to know that I made them proud, and that I went back into the profession before they passed away, they were never happy that I gave it up when the kids were little so I'm pleased they got to see me nursing again.

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[CarolynU]

Originally Posted by Floridatilly

Can I tell you my dads story/great achievement as he is no longer here to tell it.

My dad’s dad was a traveller a true old fashioned Irish traveller who happened to stay for a while for my Nan but got itchy feet when my dad was 3. His mum re married to a horrid man who beat my dad daily. They had 6 other children so 7 children slept in one bedroom with just old mattresses on the floor and a leaky roof. My dad was given the last scraps that were left over to eat.
At the grand age of 11 my dad had enough of the beatings and left home, walked from Wigan to Oldham to find his aunt. This took him 3 days on a stolen bike. His mum came for him when he was 14 to bring him home.
He started working at 15 at bulldog tools. He could not read or write.
At 18 he met my mum and she fell pregnant, her parents said that they could get married if he went to night school and got some education.
My dad fell in love with education and ended up volunteering to teach other adults to read and write one evening a week for ten years until the charity went bust. For the first time in his life he had a home full of love and he went on to do a degree, masters & PHD but still continued to do other A levels that interested him like biology, psychology etc etc. He was the chairman of the institute of management.
His family (my mum, my sister & I) were his life.
He was so loved, such a loving man but also very tall and strong, certainly not someone you messed with lol. He was the corner stone to our family.

He was dragged up, they was unbelievably poor, he was beaten and spat on, lived with other relatives for 3 years yet this never effected his later life. He turned his life around completely.
In the hospice one of the carers burst out crying when she saw my dad, he had taught her read and write and passed on the passion for education and learning and she said she had always remembered him and was forever great full to him.

My dads greatest achievement was not letting his childhood ruin his life. He was tremendously proud of my sister and I and loved his grandchildren with all his heart.

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What an amazing story. No wonder you are proud of him. An inspiration to many.

[tinytots]

My two beautiful daughters, everything else is second place.

My Degree with the Open University later in life after leaving School with only 3 GCSES's!

Supporting my husband as an Army wife and also very proud of his achievements and service.

[PoohBears#1fan]

Originally Posted by Nannad

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Thank you

[BlueMacaw]

-surviving my difficult and frankly traumatic childhood

-getting my degree, despite being the cliche council estate kid from a single parent home

-again, managing my buy my own home at the age of 21, despite being made to feel I would never amount to much because of where I came from

-surviving my dad walking out of my life when I was 18, despite my heart being broken (it still is).

-making my dream of going to Florida and New York a reality

-managing to break the poverty cycle I was born into

-overcoming being bullied, I was bullied first as a young child by my elder half sister who was 7 years older, then by friends at high school and then again in employment.

I really didn’t want to turn this into a depressing post, but despite all of these things I’m very happy with my life right now, I have all I need and I’m content with that.

[TheHughesCrew]

Originally Posted by Floridatilly

Can I tell you my dads story/great achievement as he is no longer here to tell it.

My dad’s dad was a traveller a true old fashioned Irish traveller who happened to stay for a while for my Nan but got itchy feet when my dad was 3. His mum re married to a horrid man who beat my dad daily. They had 6 other children so 7 children slept in one bedroom with just old mattresses on the floor and a leaky roof. My dad was given the last scraps that were left over to eat.
At the grand age of 11 my dad had enough of the beatings and left home, walked from Wigan to Oldham to find his aunt. This took him 3 days on a stolen bike. His mum came for him when he was 14 to bring him home.
He started working at 15 at bulldog tools. He could not read or write.
At 18 he met my mum and she fell pregnant, her parents said that they could get married if he went to night school and got some education.
My dad fell in love with education and ended up volunteering to teach other adults to read and write one evening a week for ten years until the charity went bust. For the first time in his life he had a home full of love and he went on to do a degree, masters & PHD but still continued to do other A levels that interested him like biology, psychology etc etc. He was the chairman of the institute of management.
His family (my mum, my sister & I) were his life.
He was so loved, such a loving man but also very tall and strong, certainly not someone you messed with lol. He was the corner stone to our family.

He was dragged up, they was unbelievably poor, he was beaten and spat on, lived with other relatives for 3 years yet this never effected his later life. He turned his life around completely.
In the hospice one of the carers burst out crying when she saw my dad, he had taught her read and write and passed on the passion for education and learning and she said she had always remembered him and was forever great full to him.

My dads greatest achievement was not letting his childhood ruin his life. He was tremendously proud of my sister and I and loved his grandchildren with all his heart.

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This has actually brought a tear to my eye. Wow, he sounds like an amazing man

I’ve got no great achievements as such, apart from my amazing boys. They infuriate me on a daily basis, but they are turning into quite decent human beings, on the whole. They know right from wrong, and know they are loved. Both of them gave me a run for my money health wise when they were born, including sepsis, blood transfusions and blue lights! So surviving their births was an achievement in itself I suppose. I’m made of strong stuff.

I do like to think, also, that doing my job as a community nurse brings a little bit of joy/ positivity into some people’s lives each day.

We’ve got no major debt (other than the mortgage), which is an achievement for more reasons than I care to mention.

Lovely to read everyone’s answers on this thread x

[beautybutterfly]

🤔Hmm... I actually love thinking about things like this and reflecting!

- My GCSE results. Even though I'm nearly 30 I'm still so proud of myself for getting 2 A*s in English Literature and Language.
- I class surviving an emotionally abusive relationship and divorcing the a***hole a lifetime achievement; surviving it and then coming out of the other side, qualifying to be a teacher and buying my own house on my own (after years of being told that I'd never be able to do anything like that and my job, at the time, meant f*** all). I sometimes feel like writing a bit of a book about my whole experience, mainly because I'd find it quite cathartic but also because I'm so proud of myself for getting through it all.

[Tracey2019]

Getting my first flat at 18
Adopting my first dog from dogs trust when he was 4. Hes now 11yr old and i love him as much as the first day i met him. Also bringing dsis's pup to live with us as i secretly wanted her from the day i met her. Fate smiled on me 😂
Having ds at 23 well nothing will ever top the feeling of him lying on my chest at seconds old. Ive never felt a love like it
Learning to drive almost 2yrs ago has changed my life so much as its enabled me to get a job which has helped my mental health so much

[kirmat]

Originally Posted by Floridatilly

Can I tell you my dads story/great achievement as he is no longer here to tell it.

My dad’s dad was a traveller a true old fashioned Irish traveller who happened to stay for a while for my Nan but got itchy feet when my dad was 3. His mum re married to a horrid man who beat my dad daily. They had 6 other children so 7 children slept in one bedroom with just old mattresses on the floor and a leaky roof. My dad was given the last scraps that were left over to eat.
At the grand age of 11 my dad had enough of the beatings and left home, walked from Wigan to Oldham to find his aunt. This took him 3 days on a stolen bike. His mum came for him when he was 14 to bring him home.
He started working at 15 at bulldog tools. He could not read or write.
At 18 he met my mum and she fell pregnant, her parents said that they could get married if he went to night school and got some education.
My dad fell in love with education and ended up volunteering to teach other adults to read and write one evening a week for ten years until the charity went bust. For the first time in his life he had a home full of love and he went on to do a degree, masters & PHD but still continued to do other A levels that interested him like biology, psychology etc etc. He was the chairman of the institute of management.
His family (my mum, my sister & I) were his life.
He was so loved, such a loving man but also very tall and strong, certainly not someone you messed with lol. He was the corner stone to our family.

He was dragged up, they was unbelievably poor, he was beaten and spat on, lived with other relatives for 3 years yet this never effected his later life. He turned his life around completely.
In the hospice one of the carers burst out crying when she saw my dad, he had taught her read and write and passed on the passion for education and learning and she said she had always remembered him and was forever great full to him.

My dads greatest achievement was not letting his childhood ruin his life. He was tremendously proud of my sister and I and loved his grandchildren with all his heart.

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😢 what an amazing man. No wonder you are so proud of him. Thank you for sharing. X

[BucksBugsy]

Bringing up someone elses child as my own.