It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.....

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Babsinbloom65

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Looking back on your life, was there a best time and a worst time in your life that stands out to you? Or is one of those times or both even happening now to you?

The best time of my life was the day I first held my newborn daughters in my arms, all three of them. :) The worst time of my life was when I found out my ex was sleeping with other woman, and when I confronted him on this, he told me he wasn't going to stop...and I realized I would be filing for a divorce. :(
 

I'd agree that the best of times was when they put that little red squalling scrap of humanity in my arms for the first time. Worst time? It would have to be standing over my husband's body in the hospital, saying goodbye to him, knowing that this was the last time I'd ever see him.
 

For me the best time was probably seeing my son being born and realizing that I was a father. There was such a feeling of euphoria in that moment. Same as when my son called in the middle of the night to say that our grandson had been born.

Worst time(s)? Getting a call from my sister that my mom on the opposite coast had suffered a collapsed stent and was heading into surgery and that she might not survive the procedure (she did, though she died on the table and was revived). The other one that comes to mind most often was a call from the same sister when I was much younger, to tell me that my best friend had committed suicide. I was to have been at his wedding a few days hence. To get a call like that shakes you to your core. I've never cried so much.
 
My pregnancy I don't think I experienced a more extended period of feeling happy before or after, not every moment, but, I felt a real deep sense of joy with every new developing stage of my pregnancy. Plus, I was living in central Manhattan, I could walk to, correction hobble over to Central Park, what was not to love about that. :D
 
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Best of times- like many here I'll say the births of my children.
Worst of times- sorry won't put that one up on the internet
 
Best was wedding day and honeymoon, and holding each baby for the first time

Worst was watching some of them head down the wrong road.
 
fureverywhere said:
Best was wedding day and honeymoon, and holding each baby for the first time

Worst was watching some of them head down the wrong road.
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It is hard watching your children take some wrong turns on the road of life, but I know I took a few wrong turns myself and yet I finally ended up where I was supposed to be all along. Our children will too. :)
 
My childhood was tragic and traumatic, but I survived it, and, though adulthood was challenging for me, I can say definitively that the best times outnumber the bad times by a huge margin. My sons are the best people on the planet, and my grandkids are extraordinary. I feel I am reaping the benefits of the lessons a very difficult life taught me.
 
FazeFour said:
My childhood was tragic and traumatic, but I survived it, and, though adulthood was challenging for me, I can say definitively that the best times outnumber the bad times by a huge margin. My sons are the best people on the planet, and my grandkids are extraordinary. I feel I am reaping the benefits of the lessons a very difficult life taught me.
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I feel that exact same way about my daughters and grandchildren, they are the best blessings I have ever received. :)
 

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