Really happy moments in your life.

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There's so much doom and gloom around and the moment, the world is a difficult/scary place for many people right now. I've just been thinking about some really happy moments in my life, the ones that you just feel are special that I try to 'save' in my head so that I never forget them. I don't really mean the obvious ones like when I had the DCs or our wedding, more the unexpected ones.

Sitting on a freezing beach in Scotland in a tent and loads of layers watching the seals and dolphins.

A day out on a boat with friends many years ago when the weather was perfect and nothing went wrong.

Watching DD and DS hugging each other when we finally got our much wanted ddog.

Sitting watching telly with my mum and dad (both gone now), having a wee whisky and a laugh.

Sitting in the garden watching the birds.

There are many that I've 'banked' over the years, maybe I'm thinking about them more at the moment as reserves are low. 😊
Anyone else want to share any?

Apart from my wedding day, I have one particular happy moment that sticks in my mind.

Ds1’s birth was horrendous, I had ptsd and felt very disconnected from him. I had been in a really terrible place but I made really good progress with cbt and by the time he was 4 months old I was feeling much better but working on bonding with him.

One night he was up in the middle of the night needing a feed. There was a huge thunderstorm going on outside and I was watching it and listening to it out of the window while I fed him his bottle. At that moment I felt like we were the only 2 people in the world and I suddenly felt so calm and so connected to him, like everything was right in the world. It was such a turning point in my relationship with him I’m welling up just thinking about it now.

That's a lovely memory @Minai.

One of mine happened last night! I was treating the toddler to a medley of songs from the musicals at bedtime (I can’t sing, it just makes me happy!!), as I hit the crescendo of I dreamed a dream, I opened my eyes to see him silently hysterically laughing!! It was utterly marvellous
Lovely thread OP!

I'm experiencing one right now.... my eldest son who now works 150 miles away has come home for a week. Youngest is home from university as well. When I woke up this morning I had tears of joy welling up when I remembered that they're both here.

Lovely thread and some gorgeous memories.
A really recent one for me is last summer, I had DC3 and she was a planned c section so I spent the week building up to that day prepping. The day before she came we cleaned the house from top to bottom, changed the bed sheets, filled the fridge with lovely food and wine... when we arrived home with her 2 days later I just remember feeling so happy. I sat on my fresh clean bed with her snoozing next to me in the Moses basket, could hear my boys playing in the garden, could smell DH cooking... it will stay with me forever that feeling of complete and utter contentment.

it will stay with me forever that feeling of complete and utter contentment.

That's the perfect feeling for me. That lovely feeling.

Another one I have was only a few weeks ago when it was really hot and sunny (which I normally don't like too much). I was sitting under the tree in the garden just looking at the back of the house like I have a million times before. Not doing anything in particular really, it was just me and ddog and I just felt really calm and content. It's been a worrying time for everyone recently and it was just a glimmer of loveliness among it all.

Apart from DH's proposal / our wedding day

When we got our two gorgeous puppies. I have always wanted a dog and it made me so ridiculously happy to bring them home, it really was a dream come true. I feel this way every time I go out and come home to them and their lovely welcome

When we put our Christmas tree up in our new home and lit the fire, it was just as I had always dreamt of and I just felt so happy!

When DH and I climbed Snowdon, we returned to our tent by the most beautiful lake, it was later in the season but warm but it meant were the only people around. We opened a bottle of wine and sat by the lake and it was so romantic and atmospheric, I remember feeling so happy and fulfilled

I have s few. One special moments was when my Mum was dying of cancer and had not really been eating. I was at my Mum's with youngest son and my sister came up with her DS and DD. Our children sometimes fell out. We decided to get fish and chips for lunch. My Mum just looked up and said she fancied fish too. We all day at table and had the fish meal and the children played nicely together all afternoon. Mum seemed like normal that day. She died a month later and I often reflect on how perfect that day was.

I foster a little boy with SN who has so many issues but has improved do much since living with us. We take him to play a lot of cricket as he is good. One time when he was chatting to his SW he looked up and said thank you to SW for finding him best foster carers in the world and he said he wanted to live with us forever and I lookef at his smiling face and my heart just melted with love for him. It is etched into my best memories.

Very traditional ones for me, but DH’s proposal and our wedding day.

He proposed when we were on holiday, and I remember the next day walking around in a daze, glancing at my gorgeous, sparkling engagement ring every few minutes

And our wedding day was just such a beautiful day. We’re not ‘traditional’ at all, so we eloped abroad without telling anyone. We were blessed with a gorgeous sunny day, and so many people congratulated us. It sounds strange admitting it, but I didn’t have huge expectations about this dreamy, magical wedding day. But honestly it was perfect! We got married in the morning, and we were so lucky to spend the rest of the day just walking around our favourite city, eating our favourite food and just enjoying our special day

I also have a vivid memory of watching a stunning sunset on a beach in Thailand. DH and I were just at the start of an adventure of a lifetime and the future felt so exciting and full of hope. I remember looking at DH as he looked out to sea, and everything was bathed in the golden light of the sunset. I remember thinking “I will remember this moment forever”. Sounds so cheesy written down!

Mine also relate to my children, when they're happy, laughing, engaging with each other.
Just walking up a local hill with them all and they pull ahead of me and I can see them chatting and laughing with each other.

I have many but the first one that came to my head was when I went snorkelling. I’m not a good swimmer so I was terrified but I got such a sense of achievement and there’s something utterly amazing about watching the fantastic colourful movement of fish in complete and, almost unnatural, silence.
So much calmness.

Along with the usual favourite memories of my wedding day and being handed DS when he was born (I get goosebumps whenever I remember that moment), my other top memories have been at festivals in the summer...

The feeling of absolutely nothing mattering, forgetting that the outside world exists, never checking what time it is, wearing funky clothes and being surrounded by friends all feeling equally as happy and relaxed. With everything going on right now I think of those happy times a lot!

@caringcarer I have quite a similar memory about my mum too. She was in a hospice and they let us bring her home for a family members birthday. My sister was there too and we had such a lovely afternoon, I treasure that day. Mum was happy and had a massive bit of birthday cake. She died 4 weeks later, but I know she was happy that day with us all there with her.

In rough chronological order: first solo flight in a glider, leading a three star multipitch classic with DW, passing my HGV test. Descending Woodhead early in the morning with the scent of heather. Jumping up and down in the wave machine with DD (3) in my arms laughing her head off.

Driving to meet friends for my birthday. The sun was shining, the road was clear I was young and singing along to the radio at the top of my lungs. My all time favourite song cake on and I was belting along the motorway singing away. I was the happiest in that moment alone than I’ve ever been. Sadly two days later I was driving home in tears as I got dumped :( but i still think of that moment, that happy and in love girl. She could have conquered the world.