What is your greatest achievement?

parkes82uk


Joined: 22/10/2010
Posts: 75

Message Posted:
24/03/2011 12:24

What has been your biggest achievement and why?

For me there are a few, but one in particular is as a volunteer for a charity called Homestart. I was assigned an 18 year old with a 16 month old baby and a staffi puppy.

She had a boyfriend who beat her, a baby who had terribly bowed legs, a puppy she couldn't afford to feed or look after. She was in debt and had no family support.

2 days a week I would go and give her company, take the baby out so she could have a bath, walk the dog etc.

Gradually she confided in me. She finished with the monster beating her. We got help with her finances so she was in a better position. We sold the puppy back to it's original owners, and sort medical help for her little girl.

All in all it was just over a year. I watched a fragile young girl blossom into a confident young lady.

When I had to say goodbye it was very emotional

A few months later at work in Debenhams there she was, she had just got her first job in the same dept, proud as punch!

Handan


Joined: 01/08/2010
Posts: 146

Message Posted:
24/03/2011 13:13

Yes i can see why that woul be a great achievement indeed your work must be very rewarding when you see people turn there lives around like this...i can not be specific about my greatest achievement as its more of a general one . When i can help somebody smile or feel better ........for me thats a great achievement , thank you for posting something so positive have a lovely day

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
24/03/2011 13:36

Giving birth

Simbas

shrimp


Joined: 01/09/2010
Posts: 939

Message Posted:
24/03/2011 14:20

Message 1, i can really relate to you as I too worked for homestart and although my family didnt have anything like the problems yours had, my mum was so fearful of herself and her baby, such low self esteem and I watched her grow into a competant mum and even got herself a classroom assistant job at her child's school, we still keep in touch and she is now a very glamerous mum not the dowdy young thing she was when I first met her.....



Also passing my driving test was one of the best feelings in the world - freedom!!

JohhnyLee


Joined: 25/04/2009
Posts: 2495

Message Posted:
24/03/2011 14:37

I suppose really meeting Ismail and his family, and having the chance to help them and spend some time with Ismail and meet such a brave little boy.



(oh and surviving 35 years of marriage)

parkview



Joined: 12/03/2009
Posts: 1123

Message Posted:
24/03/2011 15:46

2 things, one like simba was having my little girl and the other is working for the Children in Need Foundation here and seeing how we change so many lives. To see the children's faces that we help is priceless and will stay with me forever.

berilela


Joined: 17/07/2010
Posts: 590

Message Posted:
24/03/2011 16:57

mine was qualifing my horse for wembley ,my horse done me proud and i will never forget how i felt riding out into that huge arena til i die awsome.

parkes82uk


Joined: 22/10/2010
Posts: 75

Message Posted:
24/03/2011 17:57

What lovely heartfelt achievements! My latest achievement is qualifying as a Dog Groomer and Micro-chipper, which I love!

Msg 5 well done on 35 years of marriage, I am currently on 9 although we have been together for 17.

JohhnyLee


Joined: 25/04/2009
Posts: 2495

Message Posted:
24/03/2011 18:19

Message 8, thank you,



Its all about give and take, I give and she takes. ( no the truth is we could never afford to have divorced)



Good Luck for another 17



Oh, and I love her, almost forgot that.

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
24/03/2011 18:45

Hi parks82uk...What a very nice thread and it dose make us think and on thinking I have found quite a few.Gaining my diploma was one and I too worked for homestart like yourself as a volunteer and also relate. I worked for the Mental Health team in Essex who seconded my training. It is always so very nice to see people gain confidence and move forward in life..I have been very fortunate to have worked in employment that I enjoyed so very much.

I think watching my own children grown into confident women after raising them on my own for 18yrs is something today that I am very proud of too.



Spider,X

martinD41


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 3001

Message Posted:
24/03/2011 18:54

msg7 what class were you fox hunter?I was 2nd in the fox hunter class in 1979

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
24/03/2011 18:55

I just remembered also when working in the mental health team at one time before the cutbacks I used to run a young persons group in the evening too. This was to enable them to gain more confidence and it was a very successful group too.







Spider,X

berilela


Joined: 17/07/2010
Posts: 590

Message Posted:
24/03/2011 18:58

no dressagewell done you for yr acheviement

martinD41


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 3001

Message Posted:
24/03/2011 22:04

msg13..Thank you, and well done to you

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
24/03/2011 22:21

Mines are the day / days I have made a difference!



Chris

Middle Easter


Joined: 13/06/2007
Posts: 146

Message Posted:
24/03/2011 22:34

Lots of achievements but in terms of this forum



1) Having the balls to buy property in NC is spite on the question marks re deeds because you loe it here

2) Buying as an long term investment, at least 10/15 year & not worried by 3/5 year blips

3) Spending time in NC because its great - basically its got sea, sun, mountains. great people & a laid back style - so if you cannot find your fun here, you are in the wrong place.....





.....planning my next trip as I write



Sorry if I sound patronising, but my simple point is as long as you do things in life for the right reasons & see then through in the long term then not much can stand in your way......

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
24/03/2011 22:41

Mine is of course becoming a mum and a grandmamma. Also worked for a ntaional charity that fulfilled the dreams of treminally ill children. The satisfaction I got from that enhanced my live by giving them a bit more time to see their dreams come true. Also becoming an airline stewardess after the 7th attempt of trying and working my way up to becom a cabin staff insctrutor x

Middle Easter


Joined: 13/06/2007
Posts: 146

Message Posted:
24/03/2011 22:57

Lillii,

As said before you are the 'sweetheart' of 44 & your 'human' achievements trump everything else.



All i was trying to do was get across the optimism I have long term for where we live (& work)



I am passionately against the doom & gloom merchants who like to try to drive NC down.... as I love it

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
24/03/2011 23:02

Middle Easter Thnk you, I never for one moment saw anything other than your optimism . Good luck to you in all you do, with your attitude you will acheive it xxxx

TRNCvictim


Joined: 17/08/2010
Posts: 1417

Message Posted:
24/03/2011 23:16

My greatest achievement, is coming through 7 years of hell that the TRNC have thrown at me! along with 1000's more



If you have the balls to buy a property in the sun complete with sea and mountains! bloody good luck to you!



Any future problems I'd get Brinsley's bazooka!! cos then your on your own

Middle Easter


Joined: 13/06/2007
Posts: 146

Message Posted:
24/03/2011 23:17

Lilli



'aw moore urt' as they say to us all

Middle Easter


Joined: 13/06/2007
Posts: 146

Message Posted:
24/03/2011 23:26

TRNC Victim

generalisations on a forum actually detract from your argument, no mattter clear

philbailey


Joined: 17/01/2011
Posts: 3534

Message Posted:
24/03/2011 23:30

Msg 22 I think they are referring to this



http://www.cyprus44.com/forums/58188.asp

flossie44


Joined: 05/03/2009
Posts: 223

Message Posted:
25/03/2011 00:38

Being part of the British Endurance Team which won the gold at the World Equestreian Games.





flossie

parkes82uk


Joined: 22/10/2010
Posts: 75

Message Posted:
25/03/2011 00:41

Most of us clearly enjoy making others happy and helping to make their lives a little bit easier.

I am very fortunate to have a lovely healthy happy family, and I know how lucky I am!

On a different level as a Customer Service Manager it was an achievement every day to turn an angry or upset customer into a happy apologetic one. I get great satisfaction from turning the situation around.

Hoylemiller



Joined: 03/09/2010
Posts: 240

Message Posted:
25/03/2011 07:07

Gettin the wife to stop playin the one arm bandits in the Marriot Hotel Cairo when she was a Grand $ up...

Still got the scars...lol

berilela


Joined: 17/07/2010
Posts: 590

Message Posted:
25/03/2011 07:46

well done flossie

booitsme


Joined: 04/02/2009
Posts: 667

Message Posted:
25/03/2011 09:32

Setting up a home infusion service for AIDS patients. Not only did I save the NHS £half a million in the 1st 6 months but I also had the opportunity to make the final months of life easier for some truly inspiring people. Getting so involved with their care showed me that the odd ache or pain I had was really nothing to complain about - a very humbling experience but one I wouldn't change for anything as I made some lovely friends who are sadly no longer with us.

parkes82uk


Joined: 22/10/2010
Posts: 75

Message Posted:
25/03/2011 10:01

Well done Hoylemiller lol

Well done to you Flossie!

Booitsme what a lovely achievement.

I believe that everything happens for a reason, and something good always comes from something bad, you just have to find what bit is, which can sometimes take a long while.

Have a lovely weekend 'forum friends' x