Title says it all.
#1
There was a day where I couldn't sleep as usual and was up late at my grandparents house. My dad lived with them and my sister and I stayed there on school holidays. My gramps had insomnia too, and would get up the night to have a cup of tea and do a crossword. I was usually writing or watching TV. Usually both.
One night we both had a cup of tea and talked. He told me about his parents, his family. His dad was a postman, his mum died of breast cancer, he told me stuff even my dad didn't know.
One night we both had a cup of tea and talked. He told me about his parents, his family. His dad was a postman, his mum died of breast cancer, he told me stuff even my dad didn't know.
If I could relive a day it would be that one. So I can remember more, ask him more.
He died when I was in my 20s. Dementia had taken him ten years before that though. He made staying at with my dad bearable. Dad was always in the pub, but my gramps would take us to the library, the community centre, look after us if we were sick.
He was still in touch with my mum and her siblings after the divorce cause he was just that kinda guy. He did half the gardening on the street because he'd worked his entire life after the war ended and struggled with retirement.
I hope he's proud of me. I know he'd love my wife, they have a lot in common, he'd love my kids too, he was a great grandad.
I'm nearly 40 (this week actually) and I still miss him.
18points
#2
The day I got to hear my sister sing for the first time. I've been nearly completely deaf since birth and got hearing aids--don't use them much, I find it overstimulating--but I used them to hear Natasha sing and it was the most beautiful sound I've ever heard.
16points
#3
A bit of a sad answer,the day my mother passed.I was with her but wished I could have done more
15points
#4
The day my brother went into a coma ( died a week later in said coma) so I could prevent him for leaving my side and go for a run that would be his last
15points
#5
My kids are grown up and living their own life...so I can concentrate on my rescued dogs...not so much the day these abused beings arrive,but the first wag of a tail,the first kiss,the first time a head is laid in my lap and the day I call their name and they come running up to me,wagging tails and silly grins on their faces...that is happiness !!
15points
#6
The days where my kids were happiest and felt the safest.
12points
#7
My wedding. We had so much fun with all our family and friends.
11points
#8
I meet a girl i Starbucks i New york. Turn out she also was a tourist. We spend the day together.
11points
#9
My adoption.
I was in fostercare since I was six. When I was eight, I moved into my now adopted parents with my two younger brothers.
Before then, I was passed from family to family because of my blindness. So the day i was adopted (12 yrs old) I finally didn't t to worry about where I was going next.
And also there was star wars characters at the courthouse. :)
11points
#10
Jan 19th 2018. I was on the porch of a rental on the Oregon coast, when a huge rogue wave hit. I was one of 6 people that was swept away out to sea. 4 of those people died. I technically drowned, but somehow washed up on shore and was revived. I am so thankful to be alive, but the beautiful coast, and pretty much any other beach is ruined for me. I will never be able to enjoy it again. I can't enjoy my son exploring the beach. I went to a beach wedding and had to leave. The PTSD was/is horrible on other levels too. I can't stand the sound of being under water, and watching any scene on tv or movies when someone is possibly drowning send me into a panic attack. I wish that I could go back and not be on the beach that day.
11points
#11
The day I got my saxophone. When I didn’t know what a reed was.
10points
#12
The day I met my love interest. Back when I didn't know she had a boyfriend and when I didn't know what we would be like in the future. She's an eighth grader, I'm a seventh. She lives right next to me, and comes over to our house a lot. Especially over the summer, when we were actually good friends. She would talk to me and do things with me. But then when school started again, she just drifted away from me. My best guess is that she would be judged for hanging out with a seventh grader. I just want my friend back. I just want to relive what it felt like to be good friends with her again.
10points
#13
Yesterday.
9points
#14
The day my mom kicked my step dad out of the house. I'd tell her to not let him back in this time except to collect his stuff. He's still here... abusive and manipulative as ever.
9points
#15
March 1st!!! I told my best friend that I liked him in kinda an FML mood and he said he liked me. Its been 2 months 2 days. Thanks to him, I stopped self-harming and learned to manage anxiety. Thanks, Jamie. Thanks for everything.❤
9points
#16
Most days when I'm traveling abroad, that's when I'm usually the happiest.
8points
#17
Luckily I'm not the only one thinking of a sad day. I would like a re-do of the day my son was stillborn.
I would like to do it "better". Hold him longer, be able to look at him right away (I had a panic attack or something like that at first), take pictures and actually take good pictures. Be able to have that photographer come.
I know we did our best in our situation, it's not like you ever plan for something like that to happen... But I have so many regrets now, so many things I wish I would have done. It will be his second heavenly birthday in two days. In a few minutes it will be his little sisters first birthday
I would like to do it "better". Hold him longer, be able to look at him right away (I had a panic attack or something like that at first), take pictures and actually take good pictures. Be able to have that photographer come.
I know we did our best in our situation, it's not like you ever plan for something like that to happen... But I have so many regrets now, so many things I wish I would have done. It will be his second heavenly birthday in two days. In a few minutes it will be his little sisters first birthday
8points
#18
Back in the mid 90s. We were hiking through Mt Edizza park. About halfway through one of the party injured their leg so we had to stay put for a day. It was very foggy with a light drizzle. I went off on my own for a hike. Could not see more than 10m at most. The area was fairly flat with wierd lava pillars sticking up in the mist. I stopped at one point among the lava. No sound but a gentle wind and the rain pattering my rain hood. Probably the happiest I've ever been.
7points
#19
The day I finally got my first bird. He is a gorgeous budgie and we will live many happy years to come ❤️
Also the first time I held a macaw - the beginning of my lifelong addiction!
Also the first time I held a macaw - the beginning of my lifelong addiction!
7points
#20
I would love to go and have thanksgiving with my grandfather again.. he died a few days after and it left me heartbroken. I would love to eat turkey with him and eat multiple cupcakes together :(
7points

