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What was the happiest moment in your life?

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Cranberryjelly1 · 27/12/2022 01:19

Seen similar threads for sad moments so thought this might be a nice similar thread!

what has been the key happiest moment in your entire life? A time when you just felt warm, happy and the best you could possibly feel?

I’ll go first- I’ve had two happiest moments.

The first was being cosy and warm during a terrible thunderstorm. I was on the couch, the fireplace was on and my dog was cuddled into me. She was sleeping and snoring away, and I was petting her head and telling her she was the best dog ever. I just suddenly felt so emotional and thought about how precious she was to me and how much I loved her to bits. She’s been a shoulder for me to cry beside no matter what I’ve gone through and she’s my bestest friend in the whole world. She was happy, cosy, snoring away and it was just such a lovely moment.

the other time was actually years ago with my childhood pony. We were just going for a walk in the field - bareback with no saddle, bridle, helmet or tack! She took off in a gallop and I clung on to her mane for dear life but it was absolutely amazing. I could feel the wind on my face and in my hair and we were galloping through the fields like in some kind of Disney movie. I have no idea how I stayed on, and thank god I did as I probably would have knocked myself out with no helmet on, but it was one of the most exciting, thrilling and happiest moments of my life. I’ve galloped my horses millions of times in childhood as even now as an adult (always with tack and a helmet now lol) and I still absolutely love it, but there was something so special about that one particular time. It was honestly like in a Disney movie. She was a particularly cheeky pony but she kept me so safe that day and she just wanted to have fun. I remember feeling so free and happy, like nothing could ever hurt us and everything was so unbelievably perfect, it was like we could take on the world.

anyone else have a key, happiest moment in their life?😀

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TowerStork · 27/12/2022 01:39

Those are nice moments. Most recently for me it was being awake at 3/4am after the birth of my daughter and just looking at her sleeping in the ward's warm yellow night light. I studied her so closely to see her breathing

purpleme12 · 27/12/2022 01:39

Yes when my child was born.
It truly felt magical.

Sunnytwobridges · 27/12/2022 01:45

My first kiss and when my boyfriend proposed. Nothing has been able to beat those feelings.

LeonoraFlorence · 27/12/2022 01:46

I love reading these!
DD1 was born after a very traumatic pregnancy and birth. She was perfect. She lay in the little clear crib in hospital next to me and she locked eyes with me. We just lay staring at each other and I put my hand up to the plastic and so did she to touch each others. I remember thinking, ‘Ah, it’s you’ as she felt so familiar and right. The room was full of pink balloons and pink and white soft toys which had been gifted, it felt like we were in our own little pink euphoric bubble. I remember the staff saying they’d never seen so many soft toys, they were all along the window sill. I was recovering from a GA after a crash section so the drugs may have had something to do with it but 4 more DDs later and I’ve never felt anything like it!

Gonnabegrandma · 27/12/2022 01:47

When each of my children were born and this year the birth of my precious first grandchild . Also a particular birthday with my parents before they passed

AliceAbsolum · 27/12/2022 01:48

Walking to the top of a fell in the lake district for the first time. The euphoria was intense.

Seeing a line on a pregnancy test for the first time.

Getting a B in my gcse maths on my 2nd go. I knew it meant I could go to uni.

Running down a hill in Devon with friends the day after a marathon in the sun.

LydiaBennetsUglyBonnet · 27/12/2022 01:48

When DD (then aged 3) came into the hospital room after I’d had her brother - her face when she saw him for the first time. Hands down best moment of my life.

Mamai90 · 27/12/2022 01:55

The day I found out I was having a baby girl. I'd had 8 years of infertility and she was a shock natural pregnancy. I didn't want to find out the gender and everyone was desperate for me to find out. When I went for my 4D at scan at 28 weeks you could bring 3 people so I brought DH and then our 2 sisters. On the way to the scan I said 'shall we just find out'. We were all so excited and when we were told she was a girl there were a lot of tears all around. There are only boys on both sides so it was a lovely moment to share and I'm so glad we found out that way.

The other was when she was born of course. I was exhausted that night and they took her for me for a few hours to get some sleep. When I woke up I turned and saw her sweet little head beside me in the crib it really hit me that I was finally a mummy.

SomePosters · 27/12/2022 01:56

My kids first steps

I had been told she would probably never walk
I had watched and waited and wondered for so long!

It was euphoric

SomeChickensAreJustTooBig · 27/12/2022 01:58

Lovely thread.

FangedFrisbee · 27/12/2022 02:04

3 top moments

When my dad (dearly departed) cuddled me close on a night time and said 'you're my princess, daddy's princess' yes I know it's pathetic but he died when I was young and it's the most tangible memory I have.

When my now husband proposed, it came out of nowhere and he had really planned it 🥰

The day we got married was so special. It really was a beautiful day, and we really catered for our guests so they had a nice time too! Free bar that was a beer and cocktail festival, inside marquee (in a hall) pizza van with unlimited pizza and all dietary requirements catered for, bbq evening food with every one getting 2 burgers and sides, ice cream van etc

ScarierThanBoo · 27/12/2022 02:08

Every coffee I ever had with my dad, he always sat in "his" chair in my house and we were constantly teasing each other like kids. The day my dad adopted me and I got to have his name. Marrying my husband, the safe birth of our son after a risky pregnancy and every day out we have together as a family.

Tigger85 · 27/12/2022 02:10

Immediately after my sons were born, snuggling with them in the early hours of the morning shortly after they were born, drinking in their features and their newborn smell.

There's a few times I have entered what I will describe as flow state riding my mountain bikes that is extremely satisfying, like the bike is an extension of my body and I hit berms perfectly gaining speed each time and hitting small jumps perfectly. Exhilarating and also weirdly calm.

I have found the same flow state a few times during guitar playing too and it's like your on auto pilot and the music is just coming perfectly and effortlessly without thinking, again deeply satisfying.

Xmasungrateful · 27/12/2022 02:15

My 3 home births. Most amazing thing ever .

namechange143 · 27/12/2022 02:23

This is such a lovely thread, I'm enjoying reading these moments.

For me, a few hours after my son was born. I never thought I'd ever carry a pregnancy to full term. It was lockdown times, just me & him in the ward, I lay there looking at how perfect he looked, all wrapped up. I'll never forget that moment ever.

SomeChickensAreJustTooBig · 27/12/2022 02:32

A few times I remember being filled with amazing positive emotion -

When the offer letter arrived from the university I’d applied to and my Mother and I stood in the hallway and looked at each other realising my future was about to start. 1987 and I still remember.

After a day’s interview when the College Principal telephoned and offered me the job I wanted(2005).

When I was told the contracts had exchanged on the house I bought myself after a harrowing divorce. I was 29. I started crying when I got the call. I wanted and needed that house so much.

The fascination and love and gratitude I feel looking at and hearing my three sons, I can’t believe I gave life to them.

cortisolqueen · 27/12/2022 02:34

I am probably weird.
I felt euphoric stood at the top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge (I'd climbed it with an organised party).

When I got married I was happy but not euphoric (I was probably too stressed!). When I had babies it was different again, I loved them but didn't feel euphoric (& there were serious issues with most of them)

Hawkins001 · 27/12/2022 02:40

Wearing a cap and gown. And wondering how in the pickle I pulled it off.

Hawkins001 · 27/12/2022 02:41

That and the moment when a good friend wanted to take our friendship a step further.

AmazonianAvatar · 27/12/2022 03:04

I can remember vividly feeling how it must feel after winning the jackpot on the lottery (but even better) after I had my (very unplanned) twin DSs 20 years ago. I'm sure I felt like that after I had my other 2 singleton DC, one older, one younger, as well but can't remember it on that scale.

If I'd known what absolute nightmares they were going to be I'm sure the feeling of euphoria would have dissipated very quickly Grin. They were born by elective c section so no drugs other than a spinal epidural (other two were born vaginally). Not sure if I released double the amount of oxytocin or something as two of them but I will never forget that feeling. Pure joy and happiness. Lasted for a few weeks iirc despite being absolutely knackered. Nothing else has come close.

Sugargliderwombat · 27/12/2022 03:11

Driving home from hospital with my little baby, we turned a corner and drove past a field with a view of the south downs, the sun was setting over the field that had just been harvested, I remember thinking - 'the end of his first day on earth 🌎.' I had a very speedy first labour so everything in the hospital was a blur, but this I remember clearly and its now firmly 'Robins field' to me. I hope they never build on that land!

Pinkbonbon · 27/12/2022 03:19

Seeing my fave celebrity on stage, sat 2 rows from the front. A few times he looked directly at me and my heart felt like it was about to jump out of my chest.

Infact that whole trip to London was spectacular. I felt so free :)

I'm actually grateful I don't have kids because I would be able to just up and go wherever I want, whenever I want xD

Nat6999 · 27/12/2022 03:19

The day I met my late dp, I met him through OLD & we arranged to meet for a day, we went to a nearby town & spent a lovely day walking round, calling in a pub for lunch & then sitting on a bench in the park cuddling & kissing, it was like we were in a bubble & nobody else mattered, later when I got home he texted me to ask if I would be his girlfriend because he liked me a lot.

Ted27 · 27/12/2022 03:20

Sitting in court with my 9 year old son for our adoption celebration hearing.

The legalities are done elsewhere but it was his day court for which he had waited a long time and he was finally able to believe that I was his forever family.
He was very happy with the huge cake he got afterwards as well.

CheerfulYank · 27/12/2022 03:27

So many things…one that I think of is a time when DS1 was around 4 months old. I got horribly depressed in my third trimester with him. Had I known then what I know now, I’d have gotten help immediately, but he was my first baby, I’d only been married 6 weeks before finding out I was expecting him, and then after his birth we moved to a tiny town where I knew absolutely no one and didn’t feel like I fit in at all. I was just so overwhelmed.

I loved him, I knew I loved him more than anything in the world, but I felt…separated from him somehow? I took care of him, but I just was so scared and unsure all the time. But then one night (after some time on anti-depressants and just really easing into things) when I was rocking him to sleep, I sang him the song that goes “take good care of yourself/you belong to me” and I just started to cry. I just FELT he was mine, and really FELT how much I loved him and always would. I was so happy and so relieved to feel like myself again. It was like being in a dark room and then suddenly someone threw open the curtains and the sun came streaming in.

He’s a hulking 6’3” fifteen year old now, but he’s still my little baby really. And I had two others after that and never had PPD like I did with him, which was such a relief.

A recent happy moment was a year and a half ago. I’d just been elected to the city council (of the same tiny town…I found my place after all!) and we were voting to officially fund and designate an area of a park for a dog park. It was such a small thing, but it was the first thing that I’d been asked to do by a voter and I’d been determined to see it through. Everyone voted yes and the parks director (a quiet older man) gave me the thumbs up from the audience and mouthed “you did it!” and I just felt really right in a way I never had professionally. I was so happy. I’ve done much bigger things since, things that are more “important” in the grand scheme of things, but that yes vote on the dog park will always take the cake.

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