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January 2011 Moms
MarSamWhitney
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Life Changing Events
MarSamWhitney
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Kind of a GTKY type deal, name a few life changing events you have survived. How did it effect you? (Effect? Affect? I have a head cold, I don't fricking know right now)
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Re: Life Changing Events
Meeting my H was one. I was having WAY too much fun at the bar. Like WAY too much. I met him, and I literally stopped going. My life kind of mellowed out around that time, which was a good thing.
2003, I lost my gma, who I have always adored. I was there when she passed, and it was something I will never forget. We had some awesome times, and she would have LOVED Whitney.
Having Whitney, the whole pregnant/ labor/ newborn.. I didn't know I would love someone more than my family or my H. Ha!
Getting a dog (the one I had to put to sleep in December). I was also on a fast track, partying all the time, and getting him slowed me way down and made me start being more responsible.
Moving in with my H- I had never lived with a guy before. Once I did that it was kind of a given we would get enagaged, married etc.
Having my daughter.
When my Mother suddenly passed away 3 years ago. I never knew I could miss someone SO much! My Mom and I were very close. I spoke to her daily and saw her about 3x a week. It's so hard to not be able to call and talk to her. I think about her all the time! I wish she was still here to see Joslyn and watch her grow up, she would have been the best grandma!
My 12th birthday my best friends dumped me. I showed up to school that morning and they refused to talk to me, started all these awful rumors and were total bitches for the next year. I was never close to them again but it definitely made me appreciate the few friends that stuck by me a lot more. I became more open to friendships with other people as well.
I lost my grandpa in 2003 to cancer. I was closer to him than anyone else, he was amazing. I kind of went a little crazy after that. Turned into a huge party girl, drinker, smoker etc.
I met DH in 2005. He's one of the only people who just totally lets me be myself and loves me for it.
By far the most life changing experience was the Aiden's birth. Nothing can prepare you for that moment when your world is no longer focused on you and you have this all consuming love for an amazing little person.
Emily's birth was a whole new experience of having a daughter, a sweet baby girl
2006 I lost my Grandpa to Cancer. He was the most amazing person I have ever known.
2006 in Dayton. First kiss with H. Once we kissed I told my friend he was the one.
The birth of Cooper.
- Parents divorce
- Meeting DH IRL (we talked online for years first) for the first time
- Moving to CA
- DH enlisting
- Becoming a mom
Ugh, my heart breaks for you. I couldn't even imagine.
The first few months after graduating high school. So much happened that changed me and made me become more "me" rather than the me my family expected me to become.
Moving 15 hours away from home where the only person I knew was my DH (at the time he was just my boyfriend though). Also living with DH itself. Both made me grow up a lot and even though I was fully dependent on him financially I became so much more independent in many other ways.
Becoming a mother changed me in ways that I expected and ways that I never expected. I've never been this confident in my life and definitely didn't expect that to come from becoming a mother. Even DH makes comments about how I'm a completely different person than I was just a little over a year ago and how he loves my new confidence.
DH is leaving pretty soon and I'll not only be taking care of our daughter by myself while he's gone but I'll also be having another baby while he's half way across the world so I'm sure my life and myself are about to go through some drastic changes.
- Meeting DH has to be up there at the top - I was in two previous relationships that came close to engagement and walked away from both for different reasons. I knew early on that DH was the one.
- Having Justin - We had been married 11mos & 2 weeks when he was born. It was incredible.
- Finding out we were expecting Joshua- I cannot imagine life without him now
- When I was 17 my mom passed away from cancer. I knew it was going to happen, but I didn't think I could live through it. I learned that I was stronger than I knew and that love can last more than a lifetime.
- At 22 I met DH. It was the first time that I really let myself love and be loved since my mom died. I also knew early on he was "the one."
- When I was 27 I lost my dad to a long battle of various illnesses. I still feel very alone without him. I am a parentless only child. This has made me more independent.
- I had DS when I was 30. I don't remember what life was like without him. I cannot even put into words what he has taught me about life and love.