What would you say was the most important day of your life?

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I quite often hear people talk about their wedding day as being the most important day of their life, and that’s why there is so much pressure to get it just right, but to me, I feel like a wedding day is a minor part of the marriage as a whole. But then it got me thinking, what day has been the most important to me? And I don’t know the answer!

There are important times that have shaped my life as a whole, but not one specific day. And do those who think their wedding day is the most important day, still believe that long after the wedding has passed?

Lofari I’m so very sorry to hear about your DS 🌷

EastmidsGp how is DH doing? 🌹

flowerpot 🤞🏼Thinking of you & your sister 🌸

💐 for everyone else 🌺

Oh Buzz, I’m so very sorry to hear about DS & DD. You were incredibly brave to allow DS to be a donor. Very, very, selfless and brave ❤️

I really couldn’t pick one day.

Day my first child was born, completely changed me as a person.

The day I did CPR on my father in law. It wasn't successful, but we tried so hard. Phoning my lovely sister's in law to tell them that he'd gone off in the ambulance with Dh and MIL, then having to phone again to say he hadn't made it.
I feel I grew up that day.

The day I handed in my notice without another job to go to. It made me realise how much dh loved me, as he was supporting me in putting my mental well being first.
In the long run, although it was financially tight, it brought our family together as I was able to give them more of me.

The day my husband had a stroke. It's still very recent history, we don't fully know what the future holds, but the thing that stands out is the love we have is strong, and we will support each other through this.

Mine is the same as Upstart's, although it also included my DC. And surviving that was the start of something wonderful.

Buzz probably meaningless from a stranger, but sending you love and gentle thoughts.

@AnnieAnoniMoose

DH is improving daily thank you for asking. He required life changing surgery to save his life, he is home but we've had to make massive adjustments. He is so weak and a physical shadow of his former self.
It is odd to think that he had what we thought was a summer cold and 3 days later he is fighting for life.
We're taking one day at a time, trying to be positive and using black humour to get by.

He is alive and here and that is all that matters.

You know, it is odd what runs through your mind in a crisis. At his most critical i lay on his bed beside him and all I could hear/think were these song words:

I can hear your heart beat through my shirt, this is all I wanted, all my life

And it was all I wanted ... for his heart to keep beating. I got my wish.

I'm so sorry to hear of the sad losses people have faced here. My heart goes out to you.

Some of the most significant days of my life have been the sudden death of my mother, finding out about my now XHs affair reading some emails while he slept, and losing my first baby. Oh and my father being attacked. Gut wrenching shocks.

Some of the best days of my life were the births of my DC, my wedding day and getting offered a scholarship to study abroad. But there have been myriad joyful moments, laughter, kindnesses that aren't significant but have made life worth living.

Thank you everyone. It's never meaningless to me that my children have been acknowledged. My rl circumstances mean that they are never spoken about so it means a lot that people have taken time out of their days to acknowledge them. Thank you all so much

I am so sorry to everyone else with similar stories to mine. It's a really crappy path to be on

That's hard on you Buzz that you can't talk about your lovely children.