To ask what has been the highest and lowest point of your life?

[Pricklypear12]

I want to hear about the best thing and worst thing that's ever happened to you...

Best - the birth of my daughter, marrying my second husband, the birth of my grandson, getting the keys to our beautiful new house - a relocation so we are near to him now.

Worst - realising my first husband was an alcoholic and I was going to have to leave him to protect my child, the death of my mother and brother.

Yes I agree, it is a mixed emotion thread. Love and support for anyone going through their bad days. May your best days always outshine and outnumber your worst

My best was leaving the hospital with my second son, to go home to my first and my lovely warm cosy house.

My worst, probably now and it seems never ending. Demented father requiring residential care but me having to raise a safeguarding in respect of local authority negligence, trying and failing to move house, a nightmare boss, a son who is Ill with all the symptoms of dysautonomia, but no cure for it, and worried about rising travel costs, and not being able to reduce my hours to take a postgraduate course in a subject I'm passionate about. I'm like a fish out of water socially and have few people I can be understood by. oh well.......

Best: moving to London, feeling so free, misspending youth approproriately. Graduating, when my babies were born. All amazing times / moments

Worst: clusterfuck period of bring pregnant after 3 miscarriages, family member suicidal, other family member extremely ill, no job and money afraid we would lose the house.

Worked out in the end though - everybody recovered. Getting over that really tough 5 year period. But things are looking much brighter.

Best - having my third child because I know now we are complete as a family.

Worse - first day of mediation with my ex husband over custody of my eldest children. He lied and denied factual evidence all while threatening to want the kids full time.

Best - the day I met DH and knew I'd found my person. It just made everything make sense and my life clicked into place. Have had lots of other wonderful days since but nothing compares to the sheer bliss of that day, even though we did nothing but walk and talk (for 8 hours!)

Worst - PND. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. It was hell.

Best: the birth of my daughter
Worst: being told at eight weeks there was no heartbeat on the scan, my second miscarriage in two consecutive cycles and what I thought had been some kind of miracle after the first miscarriage wasn't meant to be

Worst day - was 21, had been rejected by someone I loved then woke up to two letters - one was a rejection from a job I wanted and the other was saying I had failed one of my university exams. I was also suffering from recurrent stomach problems from e. Coli in the water at university so had very little energy and a very bloated mid section. I was not a happy bunny.

Best day - 31st birthday in Paris with my now DH. Was just a lovely day in a lovely place with lovely food and drink with my favourite person. It was also the day of the brexit referendum before I knew the outcome!

Best bringing my children home after both been in NICU

Worst : missing my dad by 20 seconds before he died, seeing him in the chapel of rest and my Aunty committing suicide and then seeing her body.

Both one and the same for me. Having my son.

Best: Can I have a few? Getting my final exam results (I did well and had studied so hard). Passing my degree. When my DH (obviously BF at the time) told me he loved me. The day I moved to Portugal (such an adventure). The days after my DS was born (maybe not the actual day, that was a bit manic what with the sleep deprivation and ECS!).

Worst: Getting the call to say my beautiful grandmother had died unexpectedly after just spending 2 weeks with her.

Worst...mum dying when I was a child

Best...age 28...when my dc were babies and had just moved into our new house

Highest: giving birth to our DD.
Lowest: DH dying suddenly.

Best: the births of my 2 children, marrying DH, diving with manta rays on honeymoon with DH (just a time when we were so relaxed and happy)
Worst: most of 2018. Miscarried 3 times at 11 weeks, one was horrific. DS was only 18m old and didn't understand why mummy cried all the time.
DD being transferred to the regional PICU on a ventilator in something called a pod. I had had no sleep in 3 days and was utterly broken and to me it just looked like she was lifeless in a coffin.

Worst the death of my lovely old ma.
Best - beautiful summer day lying in small track up in a moor watching swifts and swallows. Stayed there for a long time in perfect silence and contentment.

Best; Marrying my DH / birthing DC / working for myself in my chosen profession / getting keys to my home /all the firsts for the DC have been some of the best moments for me

Worst; A phonecall telling me my DH had been randomly brutally attacked (psychiatric patient having a very unwell episode) and may not survive until I got there (he did, all ok in the end) / hearing my DM had cancer / my DBro losing the fight of custody of his DD who continues to be abused by her DM /

Life is certainly a mixture of highs & lows...I'm happy with mediocre these days.

WORST - the first time I was abused as a child.the 2nd time realising it was going to keep happening.

• living with a violent partner
• being diagnosed with breast cancer

BEST - meeting my wonderful husband.

• having my children.
• overcoming breast cancer .......seeing some friends in a new light and ditching the ones who didnt care ,means spending more time with the right people.

HUGS xx

Worst, aged 15 very nearly committed suicide. Had it all planned out and had even written a letter. Friend called for me unexpectedly that night and ended up staying over (was a Friday) and inadvertently saved my life as I was too chicken to go through with it the next night. I kept the letter because I thought I would still need it though.

My friend's funeral when I was 25, he was 27. Made me all the more glad to be still alive. But it did finally put to rest any lingering suicidal thoughts. His mum's face was heartbreaking. He had a 3 year old daughter.

I burned the letter when I got home that day and cried like I have never cried before or since.

Best, walking out of school for the last time and the birth of my dc.

Being on holiday with just friends at 21 and feeling wholly and completely free for the first time since I was a small child.

Best: Not one thing really, just occasionally looking back over my life and feeling a quiet sense of accomplishment at how far I've come and what I've achieved.

Worst: Visa/immigration issues that dogged me for a year or so in my twenties. Horrendous, inhumane, nearly drove me to harm myself.

Hugs everyone. Support.
I’m tapping into the best !

Best: my son looking up at me breastfeeding and smiling a big gummy grin, being divorced and telling my dp

Worst: miscarriage on holiday and hiding it from the kids, when my exH told me he didnt love me anymore (turned out I'm better off though)

Started to read this thread but can't. It's horrible

Best - when I returned home after DS was born. Him being born was great but it didn't feel like bliss as much as taking him home AND getting some peace and quiet.

Worst - deciding to leave home with DS and my handbag. And finding out my dad was going to die.

highest - both the birth of my DH, and also my own childhood when I was happy and still believed in magic and a happy ending.

Lowest - when I found out last year that my had a ONS with a woman from work, the day I found out was the worst day of my life and every subsequent day for the next six months were equally as painful. This was coupled with DDs anxiety issues (three years and counting on that one) which have been horrendous. Both of those situations have left me at times self harming and wishing I could go to sleep and never wake up again.

Birth of my DD, not DH!