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#127034 - 09/02/07 06:52 PM
When were You the Happiest?
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Registered: 06/05/06
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Loc: American living in Europe
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Funny. Today I brought my granddaughter to a playground. There were a group of boys between the ages of 9 and maybe 12. They weren't happy at all. Each one was boasting how strong he is, till the entire thing escalated and they started going at each other with sticks. I grabbed my grandbaby and left, …leaving them on their own.
On the way home I thought what age is actually the happiest age?
Although I had a happy protected childhood, I always felt I was missing out on something, and the competition between classmates was sometimes hard to bear.
I suppose around 21 to 25 was a fine time, although I often mooned about where that special man is for me.
Some of my happiest times were when my children were little, and we did a lot of family outings. But then, children do get sick, and a mother's heart gets sick with worry. So was that time all that happy? I was often under a great deal of stress, chauffering my kids around to all their extra-curricular activities. Now come on…was it all that much fun? No, don't think so.
When my children finally made their way in their careers, I was happy and very relieved that those concerns were over with. So I guess I could say at this point in my life I'm the happiest. My husband and I have done our best in raising our boys. Our family is intact and everyone is healthy. Yes, I'm pretty happy…but who knows how long it will last.
Oh hush busy brain…just relax and enjoy.
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#127038 - 09/02/07 11:49 PM
Re: When were You the Happiest?
[Re: jawjaw]
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Registered: 11/15/05
Posts: 2798
Loc: NM, transplant from NJ
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When Mom was alive...32 years ago. When we were all at home with no jobs to worry about. No spouses to complain about. No boyfriends to cry over.
A wonderful childhood I had!
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#127039 - 09/03/07 09:53 AM
Re: When were You the Happiest?
[Re: Di]
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Registered: 11/28/02
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Loc: SW Florida
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Like JJ - being pregnant was one of my happiest "times" but I'm with Hannelore - the happiest "age" would be now - in my mid 50's. I like who I'm growing up to be. I like knowing that I can set boundaries and I have the right to say NO ! (and recently) because of my two boys I have peace in my life that I thought only existed in fairytales. Travis, Ashley and Belle - who brought me back from the abyss and Robert - who then showed me the path back to God
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#127040 - 09/03/07 11:36 AM
Re: When were You the Happiest?
[Re: lionspaaw]
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Registered: 12/30/05
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DIFFERENT KINDS OF HAPPINESS. 1953 A day when the afternoon was spent with family and friends who all travelled together IN A CATTLE FLOAT to Shell Bay.a beach where we were safe happy and all together. 1954 We hired a coach and went to Loch Lomond.Sailed on the loch and picniced.Everyone was there I knew. 1958 Going to High School and being with friends and home was a place of safety and optimism 1963 One saturday walking home from extra overtime and feeling the World was waiting for me.My future was encapsulated in that day when I had energy love and faith 1966 married soon to be pregnant 1967 My daughter was born.Everyday since I have had happiness 1970 My son was born and there I was with family to take picnics...not a cattle float or coach. Alas between times I have days of sorrow loosing oved ones and place we shared.My husbands illness being the saddest. But still I have happiness. I say Grace for our food.I trust and search out the right Doctors.I admire many people.
Reaching 60 I said to myself "If I dont know now what life is about something must be wrong" I vowed to live each day well. Mountain ash Dont get me wrong I am not being smug but I have today..my husband is here and we want for nothing.
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#127041 - 09/03/07 11:39 AM
Re: When were You the Happiest?
[Re: Mountain Ash]
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Registered: 12/30/05
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I Remember
I remember when everyone I knew Was there with me I could touch them
Most of all I remember Watching… looking at hands Doing tasks.. using tools Making meals
The sounds of home As much as the scene And scents of gardens And scents of rooms
I drive past now and then But alas the heart has gone Those favoured above all others Are missing from that hearth
Yet there in a blink of an eye I see new hands doing other things I have moved up a notch In the family tree
Yes I remember when everyone I loved was there beside me and I could touch them
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#127043 - 09/04/07 01:43 AM
Re: When were You the Happiest?
[Re: Edelweiss]
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Registered: 04/16/07
Posts: 2411
Loc: Arizona
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This will be a strange answer but I was, and I am, happiest when single! I am a married woman who loves her husband. My husband has no faults I can complain about really and he is a good person and a good husband. I love him, as I said. Still, I am happy single. I have my happiest memories single. This is because I don't do marriage very well. I tend to have a hard time in marriage, in the whole idea and definition of marriage. It's hard to explain. I just have the happiest memories when I have been living alone or with a roomate! I would just die if my marriage broke up or if something happened to my husband but I can't relax while married. I work on this a lot and have gotten a lot better. I am giving myself more time to do what I want and to follow my own muse. In the beginning of my first marriage I was so co-dependent that I couldn't find myself with a magnifying glass! I lived and breathed for the marriage. Again, I 'm working one it. Lastly, every single preformance I am in heaven. I love preforming and have had a life of special shows and television and videos that are, every single on of them, a happy, happy time. I love my job. I am winding down now but I did what i loved and that was thrilling. dancer9
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#127044 - 09/05/07 02:59 PM
Re: When were You the Happiest?
[Re: dancer9]
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Registered: 05/27/07
Posts: 178
Loc: Jacksonville, FL
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The happiest times are when we are camping. No phones, no tv's, just us and the critters. While looking at old photos the other day, my best memories are of our family camping trips. The kids learning to fish and snorkle, seeing the looks in their eyes when we would spot wild deer running through the campground and wild turkeys, otters swimming in the springs. One of the best of all was one year while camping we befriended an egret who had been named Edgar. Another lady at the campground fishing next to us said he started coming around and standing close by while she was fishing. Well, he came while we were there, stood and waited on the bank of the canal and waited for his breakfast. We gave all the small fish to Edgar, let's just say that was one well fed bird.
Then there were the trips to the Florida Keys, they were great. Once again, seeing the kids snorkeling around the reefs, my son is a natural, that is definitely his domain. Our first trip was when he was I think 7, we went on one of those afternoon snorkeling excursions, when we reached our destination and everyone else had their life jackets on, my son, yes Mr. Daredevil himself, jumped right in, no life jacket or vest of any kind. The captain almost had a cardiac. I told him not to worry, my son is part fish! I thought we'd never get him back in the boat. I remember when my daughter Sara first spotted a very large barracuda, that was uh? Exciting? A little unsettling, but he didn't hang around. Yes, we are all nature nuts. Hey, does anyone remember Acorn The Nature Nut Show a few years back, that was one of Matt's favorites. Yes, those are the happiest times I can remember.
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