Most memorable Day

My first solo flight flying alone, Thursday, August 2, 1973. After that, many good things happened. My career ended with me being a Senior Captain at United.
 
This is a great thread. Us newbies should enjoy reading and adding to it. I'm gonna have to think about it, life has many memories some good some not so much. I'm trying to make new ones every day, I want to enjoy the adventure!
 

Okay. Of course death of my loved ones has been the worst and most life changing moments. Just can't get away from it. :sorrow:
 
I had a big grin as I walked away from the Naval Station in San Diego in 1959 with my separation papers in my hand. I went home and married the girl that had sent me cookies while I was on ship. We are still married.
 
Three days that changed my life...I will include a birth. When my first son was born in 1984 my Mum told me " When a new baby is born the sky will be bluer and the sun brighter". Maybe not for most other people but that first walk with the new love of my life. I knew nothing would be the same again. Two was when I first saw a young security officer on my new job...he became my husband. Three was the morning he told me my Mum had passed suddenly in the night. I thought he was crying because we had been bickering the night before. Disbelief, I wanted to call the hospital because I knew there was a mistake. Then deep depression...congratulations you are now an official frickin' "grown up"...oh and I was three months pregnant with Rosemary's Baby.
 
I still remember the day I started kindergarten. I was so excited. I remember my mom walking me to my class. My teacher was a grandmotherly gray haired lady. I was not afraid at all. The day stands out to me after all these years. I was the most hopeful and happy little girl that day. The sun was shining and I felt I had truly joined the world.
 
The most memorable day was when I was living in a small town in South Africa. A very smart African gentleman (business type of person) was badly slashed down his right arm and his brief case was stolen. There was blood all over the pavement and people were slipping in it, it was congealing quickly in the heat on the hot pavement. I have been trained in first aid and immediately realized this person could die or go into serious shock from loss of blood so I went into the nearest grocery store and asked for some cloths so that I could bind up his wound. All the manager could find was some flags. By now a large crowd had gathered. I realized I had to cut away his denim coat to ascertain the extent of the wound. Suddenly this sharp knife appeared in front of me and I was able to remove the sleeve of the coat. There was a huge gash on his upper arm so I packed it with the flag material and then put on a tourniquet to stop the bleeding. I sent out urgent messages for help and some police came with a pick up truck to take him to hospital. I made sure all his belongings went with him. It was a terribly hot day and there was no water anywhere. I was covered in blood and had nowhere to wash it off. My toes with stuck together with blood, but I can tell you I had a wonderful sense of satisfaction unequaled since then for I knew that I had saved a life. I went on a two week vacation with my family and upon my return got a phone message from the same gentleman thanking me for saving his life! I decided years ago that I would be the Good Samaritan and would not pass by a person in need. I urge you all to do the same. Even if you think the person lying on the pavement is drunk, at least check because it may be someones husband and father who had a heart attack. Even if it is a drunk, call the local police. He needs to be moved for his own and other people's safety. Let is start loving and caring about each other in this frightening world we live in today. God bless all the unspoken heros and heroins of this world who never make the local news, and all the Good Samaritans.
 
Hard to choose just one, but I'll say it's the first time I met my husband in person. We'd been communicating by emails and phone - US to UK. He met me at Heathrow Airport - Nov 1999. We got engaged on that visit and were married in April 2000.
 
joan321 said:
The most memorable day was when I was living in a small town in South Africa. A very smart African gentleman (business type of person) was badly slashed down his right arm and his brief case was stolen. There was blood all over the pavement and people were slipping in it, it was congealing quickly in the heat on the hot pavement. I have been trained in first aid and immediately realized this person could die or go into serious shock from loss of blood so I went into the nearest grocery store and asked for some cloths so that I could bind up his wound. All the manager could find was some flags. By now a large crowd had gathered. I realized I had to cut away his denim coat to ascertain the extent of the wound. Suddenly this sharp knife appeared in front of me and I was able to remove the sleeve of the coat. There was a huge gash on his upper arm so I packed it with the flag material and then put on a tourniquet to stop the bleeding. I sent out urgent messages for help and some police came with a pick up truck to take him to hospital. I made sure all his belongings went with him. It was a terribly hot day and there was no water anywhere. I was covered in blood and had nowhere to wash it off. My toes with stuck together with blood, but I can tell you I had a wonderful sense of satisfaction unequaled since then for I knew that I had saved a life. I went on a two week vacation with my family and upon my return got a phone message from the same gentleman thanking me for saving his life! I decided years ago that I would be the Good Samaritan and would not pass by a person in need. I urge you all to do the same. Even if you think the person lying on the pavement is drunk, at least check because it may be someones husband and father who had a heart attack. Even if it is a drunk, call the local police. He needs to be moved for his own and other people's safety. Let is start loving and caring about each other in this frightening world we live in today. God bless all the unspoken heros and heroins of this world who never make the local news, and all the Good Samaritans.
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My! Your story borders on the unbelievable, but then, so do some of my own. I never know whether folks think I made it all up, but then, given the "Net's" proclivities for artifice, I guess I can't really care too much about concluding faith.

Your deed moved you to the extent that you felt today compelled to disclose it. What a most revealingly sensitive scene you described! There must be very many heroes and heroines as you mentioned who remain "unsung".

Your tale is one of the best "for the books", in my estimation, what a wonderful thought to keep in mind closing out yet another year! Bless You! imp
 
Joan, that is a wonderful story. Most people won't do anything to help unless someone else is helping first. What a great feeling it must be to have saved someone's life.
 
The day I decided to end my 30 year marriage......I can recall the exact moment and how relieved I was to have finally made the decision.

Yes it changed my life. I could stop walking on eggshells and not have to explain in great detail every move I made.
 
Decision to end a long and unhappy marriage

DECI can relate. Although it was not the most memorable day of my life, I can remember the day I was walking along the pier in Santa Cruz, California, and I told a young person that I was going to divorce my nasty husband of 20 years. I felt a wonderful lightness of being. Bear in mind, we had emigrated from South Africa only a few months earlier. I was 53 years of age, I knew no-one, had no job, very little money, only a beat up old car and a silver tea service. We had lost our money in coming over here because of the exchange rate. I went to the library and got information about a "Do it Yourself" divorce, which I did, at a cost of only $146. It took a lot of guts, but I have never regretted it, although life has been quite hard for me to make a life for myself in California, but I have survived. I am now 80 and even though I had several offers of marriage, 20 unhappy years was enough for me, I was not going to risk putting my neck in the noose again.
 
Glad things are working out with husband #3 dear. I am quite envious of couples who love each other and get along, but that just was not on the cards for me. Blessings
 
joan321 said:
Glad things are working out with husband #3 dear. I am quite envious of couples who love each other and get along, but that just was not on the cards for me. Blessings
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Thanks. I finally wised up. Nearly 16 years with this husband - a record for me! ;)
 

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