What accomplishment makes you feel proud?

What one thing have you done in life that gives you a great sense of accomplishment?

For me, it's my cats. I only take in abused and/or stray cats; I have 10 right now. I've managed to give them a safe, happy, and loving home. They are well-fed, get regular medical care, and have a large (for them!), bright, cheerful, clean (until they mess it up ) house, with lots of windows to look out (complete with birdfeeders for their amusement), and lots of neat places to hide and sleep. Admittedly, they make about 75% of the cleaning I do each day, and a decent amount of the laundry (their blankets, accidents on cuishions, etc.), but I love them so much anyway. I feel blessed to have them! I'm glad that I can do this for strays. We even decided to buy our house due to some of the features we thought our 2 cats we had back then would love, such as the bay window!

I LOVE my cats!!!

My first would be getting Hercules and Gigi fixed. That was a huge one for me because Herc went over a year without being neutered and thats to LDG I found a great low cost spay and neuter clinic that gave me the ability to get both cats fixed. And a big woohoo to PennDot for giving me my license back. Im also really proud of myself for graduating DUI court without any revocations or relapses. I also have found a new sense of accomplishment by crocheting, I made a scarf for a good friend of mine (fingers crossed she loves it) and I can make my daughters birthday presents and hopefully soon will be able to make blankets. That stuff all makes me feel really happy and accomplished.

I like to think that I actually did some good when I worked as a nurse at the jail. A pretty teenage girl came up to me one day and said "you don't remember me, do you?" I didn't. Then she told me that when she was in jail, I had got her off heroin. I immediately remembered her then; she had been so thin and bruised-looking when I knew her. She stayed off drugs when she got back on the street. Though I wasn't due the credit she gave me...I was happy to have played a small part in her recovery.

Probably being the first person to fight a divorce case in the UK without a lawyer. I did it because I couldn't afford a lawyer, back in 1972, and didn't know till I walked out of the court that I had made legal history. It was in all the national papers, and Time magazine, and after that lots of people did it. So I opened the way, especially for women. Many people wrote to me that I had given them hope, though I got some terrible hate mail too.

I was the first person to attend and graduate from college from my immediate family and also to include all my parents siblings and their children.
I remember mom trying to talk both my sis and I out of additional schooling and to become secretaries instead!

First person in my family also to attend and graduate from college

Within 3 months of my first ever job, I remember being instrumental in the success of Sonia, the green receptionist. (I was hired before Sonia. I wasn't a receptionist. I was one of 3 secretaries who provided back-up reception. Sonia's boss was mean to her (then why hire her right?? )) but I was extremely helpful to the point of making sure Sonia succeeded. She had a small child to feed and I knew with a little TLC, Sonia would be the receptionist there for years to come - and she was. She was an entertaining young gal with charm and "did the best she could" - and she outlasted the mean bosslady (who was fired)

My fostering. It makes me feel amazing everyday.

I went back to school at 43 and graduated with a 3.9 GPA, and scored higher than my instructor on my state boards. Unfortunately massage therapy did not pay the bills, but it was a great course and if I had never done it professionally, I would still be glad I took it.

I was recently invited to join the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (for two year colleges). I'm currently carrying a 3.7 gpa, and need to maintain a minimum of 3.5 to remain eligible. I wasn't expecting it, and didn't know that such a thing existed.

4.0 in grad school.

I did genealogy research and traced my family back to 1790. I wrote a book and published it complete with the history and pictures of ancient ancestors. I feel like maybe it is a legacy to be left behind for our descendants.

Originally Posted by nurseangel

Though I wasn't due the credit she gave me...I was happy to have played a small part in her recovery.

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Don't sell yourself short, you may have been due all the credit she gave you. Just one persons sincere belief in an addict, and caring about them can be the catalyst that starts them on the road to recovery.

Completing 8 marathons.

And beating breast cancer.

(Okay, that's two things. )

I forgot to add that I'm very proud of being a veteran.

Originally Posted by Essayons89

I forgot to add that I'm very proud of being a veteran.

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thank you for serving the USA