OT: What are your Top 5 life moments?

Tough one. I'm not sure I have five just yet. But I'd say marrying my high school sweetheart and getting my MD are two of them.

1985 - Harbaugh to Kolesar to beat Buckeyes 1989 - NCAA Champ Party @ South U & Church after defeating Seton Hall 1996 - Woodson houses punt v Buckeyes to win B1G 1997 - Rose Bowl Champions / National Champs 2000 - Tom Brady over Tide @ Orange Bowl

I can count mine on one hand and still have two fingers left over.

Maybe three.

1. Birth of my triplets. Just the relief to see that they and my wife, who is Type 1 diabetic, made it through safely. 2. First date with my wife (no, I didn't score). A lot of people will say their wedding day, but for me it was when I knew that I had a connection with this person. We were both transplants to a new city, and we talked over drinks for 4 hours. Was a good night. 3. Michigan acceptance letter. It was my childhood dream, and I didn't apply anywhere else. 4. Winning a regional spelling bee to make it to DC. I did the "dirty bird" dance after I won. 5. The Braylon Game. Roommate and I were jacked (and hoarse) after that game.

1. Marrying hs sweetheart
2-5 birth of my 4 kids
- item remotely close to wd, when I was 14 and the Pistons finally beat the Celtics in the 88 playoffs (??) ...that was the best day up to that point...and is nowhere close now.

Off the top of my head...

1. Kids being born

2. Sorry, the wife gets the second slot

3.  Passing the bar was pretty exciting

4.  Buying our first home which was pretty big adult moment

5.  Varsity letter in wrestling as a Freshman.  It was only D3 but many good memories.

1985 - started my policing career 1992 - birth of my 1st daughter 1997 - birth of my 2nd daughter 1999 - birth of my 3rd daughter 2002 - birth of my 4th daughter No wonder I drink so much!!!!

1. Delivering my second child in an unassisted homebirth
2. Birth of my daughter
3. Marrying my wife on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean
4. Graduating college and immediately moving cross country to be a ski bum
5. I don't know. Landing my annual birthday backflip this year at 33 yrs old

1. Life-changing event that falls under the forbidden religious category here. 2. Marrying my wife 3. Kids born (4 day tie) 4. Graduation week, which featured: Graduating from college; leaving my hospital job that required 2 hours of commuting per day (in addition to school) with a kind send off from coworkers; preaching to a congregation of 3000 plus another 10,000 live streaming; moving away from California; meeting my future brother-in-law, and the next day walking my sister down the aisle at her wedding (in North Carolina). Bonus: ordained the next week. 5. Hard to narrow down any number of other special events. First football game with my Dad? 1997 UM-OSU? Mackinac island day with my wife? Buying our first house? It's a logjam.

1. UTL I

2. Driesbach-to-Hayes Kickoff Classic

3. Braylon Game

4. Henne-to-Manningham

5. Malice in the Palace

The rest of life is just the moments in between. Love, women, dogs, travel, good books.

2. Banging your wife

3. Any Michigan Win. Ever.

4. Banging my wife again

5. Bacon.

becoming President again in 2012, the day I shook Ronald Reagan's hand on Red Square, winning the Crimea referendum, and though it hasn't happened yet, I'm reserving a spot for November 8th just in case.

Married Birth of children Saved a life College graduation President/CEO

Marrying my wife! Birth of my daughter! And just last week found out we are having twins! Due beginning of January. If they are both boys, they will be Charles and Desmond!

1.) the day I married my wife.  not to get overly dramatic but the ability to fall in love, stay in love, and create a loving family changed my life...

2.) my son was born first.  And actually the best day wasn't him being born but rather the day we told everyone. Love, love, love.

3.) my daughter was born second.  she was born at 31.5 weeks and ended up being in the nicu for 10 days.  Specifically with her it was holding her in the cup of my hand to 'feed' her.  (feeding was basically through a tube)

4.) graduating from UofM... but actually the happiest moment was when I got accepted and in particular when I told one of my oldest friends.  We were headed in different directions, he is now serving life, and we both knew it. The love and support he shared with me will never leave me.

5.) One day when I was teaching I had some kids in class during lunch hanging out as they always did.  The conversation with one of my girls got real deep as she shared what it is like to grow up without parents.  I broke down. It was overwhelming to hear what she was going through, I had no idea because she covered it all so well.  The bond we shared with everyone in that room that day was powerful.  

1 - The day I discovered MGoBlog

2 - The day I hit 100 upvotes

3 - My first OP on MGoBlog

4 - My first negbombfest (which was from my first OP thread of course)

5 - The day one of my posts found itself on the MGo front page

Everything else in life is just cake now

1-3 Birth of kids

4 Cheating by not picking one, but the times with classes and students... going away parties, dinner on a cliff in Santorini, championships, team bus rides, the girl who kicked cocaine, the girl who lived in your classroom while her family was disintegrating, talent shows, a 7th grader literally running down the hall to give you a hug... that stuff.

4.000001 Senior year of HS, spring, finally getting the girl I'd been in love with since 8th grade.

5 Getting the call from WOTC that they wanted me to write D&D books.

 

 

No kids, one loving relationship of 20 years counting and a work/play hard weird professional lifestyle. So maybe

+ trekking the Antarctic continent and climbing the glaciers there

+ alpine summiting several noteworthy mountain peaks

+ motorcycling solo and backpacking across various regions including W. Africa, S. America and rural former Soviet Union

+ racing others' yachts across the deep oceans in life or death situations as a team

+ thousands of parachute jumps various disciplines including the Swiss Alps.

Somewhere in there or elsewhere I can come up with five. There are more, including being bundled under a dozen blankets in a horse-drawn sleigh on Christmas Eve and quietly trotted through the snow in Austria's national park near Bad Hofgastein with picture perfect full moon, snow-covered giant firs, stags, gurgling brooks, candle-lit shrines to miners and church choirs singing in the background.

How to assess, I admit that I've been lucky in some respects. I hope to enjoy future similar good luck.

1. Kids 2. Ranger School graduation 3. Shooting 67 at Oakland Hills south course 4. 45 second limit of ducks 2 years ago- 3 drake wigeons (triple), quick reload and 3 drake mallards (triple) 5. Woodson's punt return vs. OSU in 97.