Let's have your best memories!

1) Meeting Avril Lavigne by winning a contest my sister and I worked so hard for
2) Seeing John Mayer in concert
3) Summer vacation to Seattle with my dad and sister
4) Winning first place for my dance solo at competition
5) Swimming with beluga whales and getting to watch one being born
6) Rescuing one of my dogs

Ok...that's 6, haha, but couldn't pick just 3! I have SO many, but could fill up a whole thread.

The best memory I had was on a Christmas morning when I was 10 or so. My sisters and I woke up early to find lots of presents by our beds. We opened up a present and they were radio headphones. I had a blue one and she had a pink one. We turned them on and at ended up on the same station listening to "Feliz Navidad". Till this day I remember that Christmas. Also we got a Super Nintendo ;-P

1. Wedding Day
2. Having both kids
3. Walking off the carrier and seeing my husband waiting for me on the pier after being deployed for months.

The best memory I had was on a Christmas morning when I was 10 or so. My sisters and I woke up early to find lots of presents by our beds. We opened up a present and they were radio headphones. I had a blue one and she had a pink one. We turned them on and at ended up on the same station listening to "Feliz Navidad". Till this day I remember that Christmas. Also we got a Super Nintendo ;-P

hehe I have loads of good memories like this one!

Great idea for a thread Vanessa Here goes, in no particular order:

1. The first time that my favourite gym instructor at my old gym pointed me out in a class and said I was 'fit as buggery' and commented on my technique. She was a world aerobics champion so it really meant a lot to me

2. On honeymoon in Fiji, we stayed in the 'royal villa' where Prince Charles stayed when he visited which kind of meant we were the guests of honour. Anyway, on our last night we got back from a day trip, exhausted and the restaurant phoned us and told us they were saving a table for us. When we got there, they told us there was a traditional dance show on that night so they saved us the table at the front It was very sweet and unexpected - and it was a great show enjoyed with a couple of delicious cocktails and the best curry served in a whole coconut

3. This one is kind of random but it always makes me laugh if I think of it. At university, I was friends with this guy from Africa and since my parents were total racists, I was very naive about any kind of culture etc. Anyway, we went into his room to listen to some music. Before we went in, he said just let me check the room doesn't smell because I had my rugby clothes in here before. The first thing I saw when I came in the room was this piece of toilet paper with what looked kind of like dog poo on it. Obviously, I thought that was really creepy but I didn't want to say anything in case it was some kind of culturally accepted thing. Then it seemed like he was trying to hide it, like a couple of times his foot was right in front of it when he was changing the song. Anyway, when he eventually found it he was mortified - but more so when he realised I had already seen it and not said anything! We both had a good laugh! It turns out a group of the girls had melted down a caramello koala - looked pretty real!! hahaha

1) meeting my husband, I asked him out and he turned me down because he was seeing someone at the time. I was so embarrassed that I stayed away from the store he worked in for a month. I finally went into the store again and he told me "I've been waiting for you to come back in! I broke up with my girl friend that night you asked me out". We've been inseparable ever since!
2) holding my kids for the first time
3) every memory I have of my dad is wonderful. I lost my dad this past January and I have so many good memories of him. I'm so thankful for all of the wonderful times we had.

I'll avoid the obvious ones.

1987. Lost my job of 11 years. Girlfriend has just broken up with me. Told me I was to immature when I proposed to her. Things looked very bleak. Just about to get kicked out of my apartment.

I had made up my mind that my only opportunity to get through this period would be to re-enlist in the Marine Corps. I was 32. Made an appointment to sit down with the recruiter. Talked my brother, Steve, into going down with me. Went down to Recruiters. Didn't really go well. Don't remember too much about the recruiter, but afterwards, my brother and I went to a local Mexican Restaurant for lunch. Around noon. Sat in the bar for hours, nursing a couple margaritas. We were both pretty broke.

My brother was gay and our differing lifestyles didn't lend itself to getting together often. I don't rmember what we talked about or many details of that afternoon, but I will always remember spending that entire afternoon with him. I moved to Portland within months of that afternoon. Steve was diagnosed with AIDS and died in 1994 - 1 year after Holland was born.

That afternoon helped me through one of the darkest days. I have rarely felt as close to a person as I did to Steve that day.

Proposing to my wife. I'm a pudgy little D'bag from Ohio, and it's not very often that a guy like me gets to step up and be a prince. When you take out that little box and get down on one knee you get to be that guy, even if it's just for a minute.

College graduation day. 3 years of night school while working full time. Climax of the most difficult and important thing I've ever done.

Births, of course. Daughter. Son. Grandson. I've welcomed a lot of loved ones to the world.



I'm the richest man I know.

My husband has told me about the feelings he had when he proposed to me. Different way than you described but the same idea. Cool memory!