Have You Ever Accomplished Something AMAZING?!

Other than my perfect angel children?!..........i guess you could say when i quit smoking i thought that was pretty amazing.

My most awesome moment must be to hold my beautiful angel in my hands for the first time. It was truly amazing after a difficult pregnancy!

Mine isn't as wonderful as your ( congrats!! ) but in one day I got every room in the house and every closet cleaned and all the laundry done and put away! My house was spotless even with all the kids there... it only lasted about an hour... but for that hour it felt great! lol

Some times its the simple things also lol.

Congrats on your business thats great news!

Meaghan congratulations! I hope that everything goes well for you - it sounds like you've done your homework and have a good idea and I wish you success! That's not a risk that I would ever have to guts to take but I admire anyone who tries to launch his or her own business.

My "amazing" accomplishment was becoming a gestational carrier for a friend of a friend who had endometrial cancer. I didn't really *do* anything other than go to Dr. appointments, give myself shots and take pills, etc. Really, science and medicine and whole lotta good luck did the real work - but at the end of the day, I grew and successfully delivered a set of boy/girl twins to them and, along with lots of other people who helped in the process, helped them become parents. So that's been the most amazing thing that I've been a part of. The kids turn two this month and they are just the happiest, healthiest, cutest little kids I could imagine (they look like their parents).

I found out that my daughter, Ashlee, needed ear tubes due to reoccuring ear infections and fluid not draining. Even with my insurance (BCBS) my cost was $2997.61 because I had not met my $5000.00 deduct - Yikes! So I got on the computer and started making calls and sending emails to any children's charity out there that could and would help us! It boiled down to filling out lots of applications, where I had to swallow all pride and sent in my bank records, pay stubs, last 2 years worth of W-2's and IRS tax returns, along with receipts for the monthly bills, child support arrears paperwork and just basically everything that pointed to why I needed some financial assistance. Well, the hard work paid off and had 2 local charities help to cover the entire cost for Ashlee's ear tube and we were able to have the surgey on 9/29/11. TO GOD BE THE GLORY!!!! To me, as a mother, THAT IS AMAZING!!!!! It was so hurt and angry that on my own, I could not provide the needs for her to have this surgery at all because it takes every penny I earn just to make it through the month, but I rolled up my sleeves and out us out there and said, look I need some help!!!

Yep, I had no education and experience in fund-raising (I just changed out of a job field in which it was difficult to find jobs) and I was in an office that was considered a "black hole" it was so hard to raise funds in. I/we had some staff and management working against the situation and had no power over it. Before I finally got sick of the drama and left, I helped make this office "a force to reckon with." BUT I was determined as I'm sure you and your hubby are. It was hard, hard, HARD. There was many a time I was over stressed, I prayed constantly and I cried plenty. Yep. BUT I was going to make something of myself. I was going to learn new skills. I was going to be successful in this office and this office was going to be a success. I knew it could happen. Enough people wanted this to happen too and so it was.

You can do this!

I am working on Occupy 99.

For months I had been channeling my story to the wrong place...I was getting angry at people who are just like me...angry mad and fed up.

Friday Morning last week something happened. Occupy Wall Street became main stream and well I started to see I was no longer alone.

From Monday on I have been doing nothing but put my energy towards something I can help with.

Occupy 99 will roll out in Federal Way Washington next week...We are currently fighting with the City(who m=on Monday was sounding like they would not make this hard for us)...They do not want to allow us to form....even on our side walks.

I started this alone but I am finding out what the term ''GrassRoots'' is all about....Because you literally have to start from the root up.

This has been amazing. Scary. and sometimes bit overwhelming.

I have shared a story that six months ago I could only cry over. 100 times yesterday I told people what has driven me to come out here.

I am a fighter for what I believe is right.

This is no longer about being a Democrat or a Republican..It is about being Human and seeing that the people put in charge to look out for our best interests was sold out to the devil a long time ago.

God has given me the drive...Is showing me direction and Keeps whispering in my ear..''dont give up, Dont listen to the negative''

God is a 99'er...He does not want moms and dads or just humans to have to make a choice between feeding their families and getting the health care they need.

I am also going back to school in the winter(would have done it sooner but did not get my aid paper work in on time)..another defeat for me and my family...I never thought that it would actually happen.

I never knew I had so much strength..And I never knew , that strength would be able to help people. That to me is an amazing accomplishment.

I did five and a half years of college (183 hours actually) in four years while working and raising my kids. My attorney said I was crazy. That I was not getting enough support to keep my house, that if one thing goes wrong it will all blow up! Oh I voluntarily ended my support the month after I would graduate so if I failed I really failed. I did it with honors even. :)

Now if I can just find the time to find a public accounting job...*grumbles* Yeah yeah, if I wanted to badly it would already be done.

I met a lofty goal, at work, that no one thought was possible. The reward for reaching the goal was a new ipad2 and I wanted it to give to my 19 yr old daughter for Christmas. No one else was able to reach the goal. To tell the truth, they're kind of mad at me for accomplishing it! But with my daughter as my inspiration, there was no stopping me. It took long days and late nights, but my sweet girl is getting an ipad2 for Christmas!

Congratualtions on your big win and good luck in your adventure.

I regained vision in my left eye after going almost completely blind due to an undetected retinal detachment. I had emergency surgery when the situation was discovered during a routine eye exam (my right eye had compensated for my left and I didn't realize I was slowly losing sight in my left). I was expected to regain some sight but not necessarily vision again in that eye. About five years after my surgery, my eye had improved enough there was a contact lens prescription they could give me to improve the vision. That was one amazing day when I got that news!

Congratulations and best of luck to you!!

Yes, adopting our wonderful daughter internationally -- it took 4 years and more paperwork than you could imagine and I so HATE paperwork. I sitll look at her and wonder at the miracle (and perseverance!) that brought us together.

Way to go on your accomplishment!

Mine isn't on the same level but here ya go: I've worked my butt off with my 4 year old nonverbal autistic son to use his manners, verbally. No his speech is nowhere near perfect nor understood by everyone but the fact remains he is well-mannered.

Great question! My stuff's not amazing, but (and I'm listing here as a positive self-affirmation, self-absorbed thing) here goes:

I am still alive and kicking after having three boys in under three years
I did my masters degree during my children's youngest years
I am the head of an organisation, and the youngest in that organisation
I have finally found a job I love and fulfilment at work
I am a rescue diver and have dived to stupidly deep depths on only air, with dangerous sharks, and in some of the most beautiful places with water like gin, and in some of the most treacherous places including extensive caves and tunnels.

Thanks for letting me do this. It was an exercise in self-absorption and I feel a bit selfish, but it's nice to sometimes stop and say, hey, I'm doing ok.

I started an insurance agency from scratch. Literally client #1. So I get it! And congrats and wishing you much success in the future!

On a side note, I think I'm pretty amazing to have two big babies, one 2 weeks early weighed 10.12 and my second came in at an even 11 and he was almost 2 weeks early also. I think that is an amazing accomplishment! =)

Hmmm....work accomplishments aside, I would have to say that when it took my blond, blue eyed son MANY descriptive phrases (to describe his new buddy at school).....and "dark skin" was about down at about #6 on the list of his observations.

I consider that O. of MY accomplishments! :)

I don't know if my accomplishment was something I thought was impossible, but it was definitely something that piqued my interest as a challenge to take on to see if I could actually do it. That thing was my National Board Teaching Certification. It is likened to medical board certification for physicians. It is an organization that sets rigorous standards for teaching and the work is evaluated by other exemplary teachers in the field. It was a long and expensive process. It involved videotaped portfolios of certain subject lessons, written analysis and reflection as well as other documented accomplishments to show my growth and creativity as a teacher. It also included a timed test portion that spanned all curricular areas. It took me 3 times to pass that sucker. The first time I ended up having emergency abdominal surgery and was out of work for 6 weeks (abdominal surgery was unrelated, but caused a huge obstacle nonetheless!) and had to ask for an extension to get the taped portions done. I missed it by mere points. The second time around I was going through a traumatic break-up, had a very challenging class and a principal that was not an ally to me. I missed passing by literally 2 points. As they say, third time is the charm and I sailed through it with flying colors! I remember being at school in my fifth grade class at the time when I got the news. There was lots of fanfare and congratulations from the principal, teachers and many other administrators across the district for my accomplishment, but what I told my class, what was most important for me to share with them about this whole process was the fact that I DIDN'T succeed the first time. Or the second time. But finally after the third time. That is what I take away from it the most- is I didn't give up. It was extremely hard and at times I felt like a failure, but learning is more about the mistakes you make than the successes in my opinion. You can't truly appreciate success or taking risks until you have appreciated failing.
Congratulations to you on all of your hard work and believing in your intuition and talents. In the words of the late Steve Jobs~"Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow know what you truly want to become."
God Bless!
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Congratulations! It really is amazing to accomplish something like that! GOOD FOR YOU!!

I was beyond proud of myself for my undergraduate degree. I got pregnant at 19 and had my daughter at 20, but I still did 4 years of school in only 3 and graduated a year early. I am also in the last year of my MBA program. So even though I had my kids early (one at 20, 22, and 24) I have stayed on track financially and educationally. I am 28 now and will have my MBA by 29, built a nice decent size home at 25, and make darn good money for my age, in my field, and where I live. So I think for me, it's been staying on track despite having to grow up at such a young age :).

Wow! Congratulations and best of luck in YOUR business!! You deserve the success you've worked so hard for !!!!

All i can say is, I am still trying to build momentum in a Network marketing endeavor against all ods, thank you, you are definitely an inspiration!

Just being the best you can be is AWESOME...we are ALL awesome in our own individual way...Congrats!

Congrats, I can't wait to find out about your product. Lots of Luck and success!!! Bethany frankel sold her skinny margarita for 120 million dollars, great story.