Who are you Proud of?
 

Who are you proud of and why?

Lately, I'm very proud of:

My boyfriend, who works eight-nine hours programming/driving and still always finds time for me.

My mum, who is going through breast cancer and weight loss, but is being really cool and nice to everyone.

Myself, for getting through my English summer class, and preparing for the long distance relationship I had to endure while taking seven classes in the fall! :crazy:

My 11 year old niece.

All around cool kid, good student, plays two sports, and plays them well, likes to read, thinks Auntie Em is pretty cool for a grown up, isn't too grown to give hugs, and the best part a few weeks back she was reading something in a book I gave her, and spent 2 weeks convincing my idiot sister what she wanted to do, she parted with 12 inches of her very thick, wavy gorgeous hair and gave it Locks of Love. I was completely impressed.

I'm proud of my big extended family -- solid as a rock

My dad, for getting knocked over by a forklift and having his leg crushed and sucked into the treads, then managing to keep the leg (with the help of many doctors and surgeons, and one steel rod) and then starting back at work in under 6 months (light at first, back to speed now. As a production manager, he's on his feet all day). He's seriously a role model in terms of work ethic.

My mom, for spending many a year in the background as a paralegal, and finally hitting up lawschool, graduating with a JD and is now (I mean, right now. As in, she's in the test premises as I type this, doing the multiple choice portion.) taking the bar.

I'm proud of my mom for starting fresh in a new career, new town, and for swimming through grief the way she has.

I'm proud of ratbastid for being himself, and for standing for what he sees in other people, and for going after what he wants.

I'm very proud of all my kids, but my son Beckett is probably the star right now. A wonderful son, an outstanding student, and athlete in highschool. Once convinced the Govenor of Missouri that he should spend he day, and have dinner with his family at the mansion. World traveler, and explorer at 27. Graduated with two bachelors degrees from the University of Washington Honors School, and beginning law school at the University of Colorado next month.

My Mom.

She's put up with my stupid ass for 23 years. She worked everyday no matter what just to make sure my sister and I had everything we needed plus a little extra just to make us happy. She gave me the best childhood she could even without the help of my father. She is the most wonderful and loving person I will ever know.

My wife...

Over the past year she upgraded her University Degree so she could attend Teacher's College in the fall... of the 3000 or so applicants she was among the 600 or so that were selected.

While going to school full time last year she also:

1) worked slightly more part-time at her job doing PR.
2) taught English riding to kids every Monday and Wednesday night and all day Saturday and Sunday
3) Took care of our one-year-old daughter (only using a baby sitter while she was in class) and our 9-year-old son
4) Obviously I was there to help but I was away on business for about a total of 6 weeks in one or two week stretches

She achieved this by getting up and working through the middle of the night on her papers and press releases...

In the five courses she took she received and "A" in each of them.


Proud doesn't even begin to describe how I feel about her...

I'm totally proud of sus and mimi for the things they've achieved in their lives. It's never easy. And they did it themselves. Strong women. That's that.

I'm very proud of my father. Have been, and always will be.

He contracted Hepatitis C a few years ago, went through chemotherapy, lost his job, thought he was going to lose his mother to cancer(thankfully, she beat it), and was put on government disability. All of this was beyond his control. He was a single father of two throughout this entire hellish ordeal.

He did his best, and continues to do his best, to raise my sister(I'm basically independent now), and if I do say so myself, he does one hell of a job, considering the circumstances. There are a precious few people who are strong enough to do what he has done, and I will respect him and be proud of him until the day I die.

Note: As of now, and for the past few years, his disease has been in remission, but it's one of those that you can't really cure, and could come back at any time.

I'm proud of my sister living on her own in NYC.

The beautiful gals in my life -
my little one for learning how to use "please" and "excuse me"(she's 15 months)
her mother ... for making my life so special and meaningful.

My mother for giving birth to me at 18 (common practice in Russia, just the culturally accepted thing to do.. still...) and then completing a PHD in Chemical Science by 24. Which is probably one of the biggest factors as to why we were allowed to immigrate into New Zealand.

My dad, for not getting fucked up when he was in the Red Soviet Army. And working 12am-7am shifts at a local concrete block making plant so that our lives in Russia would be slightly better, but we moved before the fruits of his labour were fully realised.

Also my great-grandmother, who died when I was about 4, but she practically raised my mother. She worked as a nanny for rich people from when she was a kid until the 1917 revolution. Survived WW2 by almost instinctively moving away from her village and over the Volga, but lost her husband in the war. Surivived Stalin and his famine/purges by hiding wheat in the walls of her house so that she could make bread afterwards. Living to 84, and according to my mother was the wisest person she had ever known.

- Loverboy for getting a serious education

- my little brother for finishing the education that he started 2 years ago

me. because i didn't think i'd ever achieve anything.

My mom because she's among the strongest people I know. She's overcome so much and succeeded beyond the vast majority of people.

My college roomate Chris who followed a dangerous, difficult, and grueling path to become a Marine helicopter pilot. I'm not sure where he's deployed to right now but wherever he is, I'm proud to know him.

And my fiancee because, like my mom, she has overcome a tremendous amount of bad and is beginning to enjoy a much deserved amount of good.

Im proud of my parents because they always keep me the son first in life and will always keep me happy. I like dad for always working his tail off with 2 jobs and Mom for making yummy dinner everynight!

My wife.

Watching the kids all day long, and putting up with me. She's a saint.

My dad, for sacrificing for me.

not to sound like an asshole but I'm proud of myself for foregoing my chosen career to work for my father so my older and younger brothers could continue college (something I'll never get the chance to do) . You have no idea how hard it is to wake up every day , one day older , another day past your dreams . But then I realize the one I'm most proud of is my little bro . Straight A , straight edge , scholarship Drexel student with the world ahead of him and handfulls of smarts and artistic talent. Sometimes your lifes achievesments arent want you accomplish , but how you help others achieve their dreams.

My father and my two sons.

Dad accomplished success in several fields with only a high shcool education.

My oldest son recently began his career as a commerical airline pilot and my youngest starts college in two weeks. His senior year in high school was phenomenal.

How true! I hope I can help my daughter achieve her dreams and that most of all they will be HER dreams that she achieves.

I am proud of her. Though she's only 4 yrs old she is growing fast and learning quickly. She shows such compassion at times. - I've seen her pass up playing with kids she had been asking to play with because she saw a friend of her's was distraught. She ran past the kids without a sideways glance to comfort her friend instead. - We went to a funeral and her main concern was that the people not be so noisy and wake the deceased. When I explained the situation she then decided it would be a good idea to sing "Jesus Loves Me" to those who were mourning. I hope she continues to think of others in such a tender way.

I'm also proud of hubby. He has grown so much since we married. He's gone through a lot and had pushed on. He's had more trouble than many people his age and yet he's not given up. He doesn't wallow in self pity but works hard to help take care of his family.

I'm also proud of myself. I have turned my back on some of the self destructive behaviors of those in my immediate, childhood family. I still struggle with some patterns of thinking but I strive to at least recognize it when I do it.

myself, for studdying my butt off to get ready for the upcoming MCAT test August 14'th

I'm very proud of my father - his life is a story of hard work and results. Recently his mother died, and he was able to stand up in front of his childhood church (her current church) and deliver a moving eulogy. That took a lot of courage, but it meant a lot to our whole family, especially his father...