What Moment Changed your life... ?

The first time I saw my wife in person. We had both been involved in a grief recovery chat room, as we both lost our spouses. One day she asked me where I lived, and it turned out we lived 40 miles apart.
We agreed to meet half way for lunch, and I was nervous, as I had not been on a date in 40 years. After lunch, I asked if I could see her again, and the rest is history. We recently celebrated our 15th anniversary.
 

I actually came to this realization a few short years ago.

I fell of my bike going down a hill and hit the pavement with my face when I was 8. Right before 3rd grade started. One of my eyes blew completely red and took a long time to clear. I went to school and was being teased about my eye. It was just teasing. But since I was being abused in the house (though I realized none of this at the time) I didn't know how to handle it. I told my mother. She literally came to the school yard and grabbed a kid by the arm. After that the teasing was bullying. The other kids shunned me and put me down about my mother's actions. I couldn't get away from anything. Not at the school, not in that house. That's when I started comforting myself with food and gaining weight. The best thing I could have ever done for my mother. She loved it. She had a new fun put down and it kept me isolated.
 
At 18 years, at a physical exam, it was discovered that my blood sugar was through the roof!! DIABETES!! This was a "wake up" call to watch my diet, to exercise daily, to banish anger (ie do not allow "negative" thoughts into my brain").

At 78, I continue to exercise (walk 2 to 3 miles/day), eat healthy (no sugar, minimal fats and sodium, preferably fresh vegetables, small portion of meat and carbs). I can manage to live alone (with Flash the dog) in the same house for 40 years.
 
hollydolly said:
without that moment/event.. your life would be different today
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The day I went to look at a horse for sale and the woman had three adorable little kids that clung to my legs and she was adopting them from foster care and I learned from her (tho she herself was married) that single people could adopt children from foster care and that it was very inexpensive (not like an adoption through an agency with lawyers etc).

Totally set my life on a new path.
 
music changed my first day of art class, assignment was bring in record for class discussion. At music store, bought 45 rpm Jefferson Airplane-Lather & Crown of Creation. Borrowed Big Brother & Holding Company Cheap Thrills. Heavily invested in Pink Floyd, madness was the object of my desire. Music was the only thing I had at one point in my life.
 
Giving birth to my first born son who was born with both feet being club footed.
For those that don't know what club foot looks like,, the foot turns in.
Both of his feet did that.

He was about a week old when we took him to an orthopedic surgeon.
The surgeon put 'plaster' cases on both feet ,, gently starting to correct them.
We had to go back for weekly adjustments.
Later when he was older , surgery was done on his feet.

Our son is now 57 years old & has a good job.
When he isn't working at his job ,, he may be working on a car or ATV.
Out with the ATV,, helping to clear ATV trails in MI .

Early in his life he decided to stand unwed.
He recently told me its because he doesn't like to be touched.:(
 
My friend Margaret invited me to go out with her and some friends for a drive to visit her boyfriend's house about 45 minutes away. After I got in the car she said we had to wait for another friend when the other friend arrived he sat beside me in the car.I forgot all about the boy I was already dating and fell instantly in love and so did he. When we got where we were going he broke up with his girlfriend and then he asked me to dance, We danced to Running Scared and he said that I fit perfectly in his arms. We started dating and now we are married for over 50 years.
 
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