Your proudest achievement

[Kalimantan Gull]

I'm very proud of my kids, but their achievements are mainly of their own doing i'm sure!

For me - and it wasn't just me of course - protecting a 6000 km2 rainforest as a national park is my biggest achievement, that and stopping smoking.

 

[Braders]

Turning from a write off at school to a degree holder at a decent University

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Apart from my son and everything he does, it has to be completing the Hastings 1/2 marathon earlier this year. A year ago I couldn't run 1k so to complete that hellish course in my target time felt awesome.

That's a bloody tough half, first 4-5 miles are on an incline; well done.

 

[salty seagull]

Sorry to sound so sentimental but I just looked in on my 2 children fast asleep. My wife and I adopted a brother and sister 3 and half years ago, my boy is now 5 my little girl is now 4, and no matter what I do in my life from now on, it will be nothing in comparison to my 2 kids.
What's the thing your proudest of

We too adopted a little boy. We fostered him from birth and couldn`t let him go.He`s almost three now. We had three great kids (teenagers) already and we certainly weren`t expecting to have any more. I went through the biggest, most painful trauma of my life making sure he stayed with us and getting him healthy. This amazing little boy has brought our family even closer together. If I look at his photos on my phone when I `m at work I`m almost in tears! Sentimental is good sometimes, anyone who thinks having an adopted child is not the same as having your own is WRONG!! Enjoy your kids mate, I know exactly how you feel.

 

[Dave the OAP]

Obviously, my two fantastic daughters, being married for 30 years to a fab wife.

I haven't necessary achieved much apart from family to be honest...sporting wise taking 9for 20 against shore ham comes some way and over my career getting 15 hundreds including one 177no against ferring.

 

[viscentaye]

Fantastic supportive wife and four beautiful children!

 

[slinky]

mine has to be holding the UK powerlifting winners title for 5 years on the bounce (at my body weight), coming second in the european powerlifting competition and 3rd in the worlds.

not too shabby for a fat bloke...

 

[Cars]

Leaving school with no gcse's, being a big druggie and drinker with no future prospects. Having crap jobs like McDonald's, labouring etc...

Then going back to college when I was 25, am now an aircraft engineer for British airways.

Future looks amazing, have been with my partner for 7 years now and am getting married next year. Am on a very good wage and haven't done drugs for about 8 years and hardly drink anymore.

So for those who left school with no qualifications and similar circumstances to my old ways. I'm proof that you can still turn your life around.

 

[El Presidente]

Finding Bill Archer's home phone number and signing up 'Billie' as a transvestite escort in a contact magazine in the North West.

 

[Huple]

Mine would be clearing an entire carriage of passengers on the Antwerp to Brussels train journey after letting go of my best
ever guff after a night drinking strong Belgiun dark ales.

 

[BadFish]

Mine would be clearing an entire carriage of passengers on the Antwerp to Brussels train journey after letting go of my best
ever guff after a night drinking strong Belgiun dark ales.

I woke up an entire mini bus full of sleeping school mates during a school trip to the French Alps.

 

[RowleyBirkinQ.C(deceased)]

We too adopted a little boy. We fostered him from birth and couldn`t let him go.He`s almost three now. We had three great kids (teenagers) already and we certainly weren`t expecting to have any more. I went through the biggest, most painful trauma of my life making sure he stayed with us and getting him healthy. This amazing little boy has brought our family even closer together. If I look at his photos on my phone when I `m at work I`m almost in tears! Sentimental is good sometimes, anyone who thinks having an adopted child is not the same as having your own is WRONG!! Enjoy your kids mate, I know exactly how you feel.

Good for you my friend, I'd recommend adoption to everyone. Before we started the whole process I too wondered wether I would really feel like a proper father to adopted children, how wrong I was. My boy was 19 months old, our daughter was 7 months old when they moved in. They were both tiny and vulnerable little things and I love them absolutely and unconditionally. They are both bright, funny clever little characters, my boy has just finished his first year at school and had a glowing report from his teacher and headmaster. And to think that before he came to us he was written off as unadoptable.

 

[Norman Potting]

Winning the £5 prize for bread making at the local flower show in 1977 when £5 was really £5 and other first prizes in the show were 25p. Beat off lots of top opposition and the judges were so surprised that the prize card has a clumsily scribbled out "Mrs" on it. That and the standard children thing.

 

[Drumstick]

A charity project I did in 03 and 06 we fund raised fro aged doing all manner of silly things to build two schools and two wells to Ugandan villages not even on the map. Very proud of that, I'm sure when I have sprogs they will top that.

 

[Drumstick]

Good for you my friend, I'd recommend adoption to everyone. Before we started the whole process I too wondered wether I would really feel like a proper father to adopted children, how wrong I was. My boy was 19 months old, our daughter was 7 months old when they moved in. They were both tiny and vulnerable little things and I love them absolutely and unconditionally. They are both bright, funny clever little characters, my boy has just finished his first year at school and had a glowing report from his teacher and headmaster. And to think that before he came to us he was written off as unadoptable.

That's a great thing you did there both of you. Rightly proud.

 

[Weststander]

I'm very proud of my kids, but their achievements are mainly of their own doing i'm sure!

For me - and it wasn't just me of course - protecting a 6000 km2 rainforest as a national park is my biggest achievement, that and stopping smoking.

Your rainforest work - amazing. Folk like you all over the world are protecting our planet where you can, from greed and the march of the bulldozer. Priceless.

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

Leaving school with no gcse's, being a big druggie and drinker with no future prospects. Having crap jobs like McDonald's, labouring etc...

Then going back to college when I was 25, am now an aircraft engineer for British airways.

Future looks amazing, have been with my partner for 7 years now and am getting married next year. Am on a very good wage and haven't done drugs for about 8 years and hardly drink anymore.

So for those who left school with no qualifications and similar circumstances to my old ways. I'm proof that you can still turn your life around.

yeah,but i'm 48!

 

[coagulantwolf]

I'm sure I'll be proud of my kids when/if I have them, but only being 19 I can't say I've achieved as much as any of you!

Completing the Brighton Marathon, 3 A's at A levels and having a KDR of 1.96 on COD would be up there though so far in my life.

 

[RowleyBirkinQ.C(deceased)]

I'm sure I'll be proud of my kids when/if I have them, but only being 19 I can't say I've achieved as much as any of you!

Completing the Brighton Marathon, 3 A's at A levels and having a KDR of 1.96 on COD would be up there though so far in my life.

We all have to start somewhere my fine friend. And even at your tender age, I'm sure you've achieved much more than I ever did at your age. Now go out there and make a difference

 

[Worthingite]

What an amazing thread. Made me feel quite choked up reading some of them.

Mine is that in 2000 I worked in India for several weeks with the YMCA in the orphanages over there. Gave me a completely different perspective on life, I was a bit of a brat before I left, going out there made me realise how much growing up I had to do (I was 18 at the time). That said, we had to fundraise £1500, which at the age of 18 might as well have been a million pounds, so the achievement of doing that is up there in itself

Recently, I guess it's keeping hold of a mrs, considering how difficult I am, is this an achievement?!?