Question of the Day - 01/07/08

[Refugee 7]

What is the most significant hill/mountain you have had to climb?

P.S. It might be emotional, physical, or otherwise.

[Echosoftom 3]

My weight and health issues.

[Mary Jane 49 0]

I`m still climbing , my health problems

[WildflowerNJ 136]

I am still climbing, too.....

[Starfish 0]

I'd rather not say, but every time I think I've reached the peak, I find I haven't gone high enough yet.

[WildflowerNJ 136]

Yes, I did not want to say, either....

[Flower 0]

stop smoking, It's a everyday battle

[Dynabeat Tim 0]

The hardest mountain that I have ever climb was seeking custody of my 2 daughters ( 4 and 2 ) back in 1986. It was very uncommon for a single Dad to get custody, and the prejudice that I encountered at the local county was unbelievable. But I hung in there and eventually won custody. No support 'cause as my woman caseworker said if I couldn't afford them how could I have custody ? ( Imagine saying that to a Mom ). Anyway after 3 years the state did allow me to get support ( and for a time it was $5.00 a wk for 2 children ) anyway many moons have passed and we all survived, my oldest is now 25 and she is a RN and bought her first house at 20 ! But now there is a new mountain.....the youngest daughter was not really my daughter...there was a "mistake" made on the birth certificate...( in other words paternity fraud )....and the state won't give me back the support that I had paid for the 2 years she was with Mom, (even though had I not paid I would've went to jail, but as a woman at the state proclaimed I had the joy of raising another child !, but isn't adoption usually voluntary ? )....plus the whole fraud of the ordeal, (how much easier would raising 1 child had been ? ) and the emotional distress of 22 years of raising someone who should not have been there, I worked 3 jobs at times to raise them ! Anyway I've gotten the ear of my local state rep. and I hope to climb this mountain and get to the top ! But emotionally this is very, very hard for me......only the love for my other children ( I was blessed with 2 boys who are now 4 and 2 ! )and my oldest daughter, the support of my family and friends and my ongoing love for music , has kept me going. I know there was a reason for it all, but what that reason was I may never find out in this life. Sorry if I rambled.....

[Magnolia 171]

divorce

[surfnburn 5]

The ending my marriage, divorce, health issues, and raising a baby on my own, simultaneously. Now that my daughter is older and I have some distance from my ex, it's a lot easier... I’m going down the hill…

[kira 0]

This may seem like a stupid response but once I'm over a hill/mountain, it sure seems smaller than when it was in front of me. While the majority of my hills/mountains have been self-inflicted by poor choices, learning from each has made me the person I am today.

[Patty Petty 9]

Taking care of my terminally ill mother. It is STILL a huge mountain to climb.

[emmie 2]

Losing my mother at an early age, emmigrating to another country, struggling since early teens with severe depression issues, weight up and down, severe health problems of my own, losing my brother. Losing my brother was actually the straw that broke the camels back for me.

[agirl 0]

It seems like there are always ups and downs, but my main ones are probably here to stay.

[Mary Jane 49 0]

(((((everyone)))))

[conmae 0]

This journey I am on with Griffin. At times it feels like an upward climb and at others a downward spiral. We have come further up the hill than ever expected so I would hope that everyday holds some significance.

[AmyLou 5]

literally - Hiking up to Rendevous in the Grand Tetons... Damn!!!!

otherwise - overcoming the death of my son

[Refugee 7]

Running up the "hill of death" to get front row for the best TP&TH concert I have ever attended, lol. :003:

Taking care of my dying parents for 6 years. :085:

[asakitten 13]

Hopefully the hill that I'm climbing will be over today so I can finish the climb to the top of the mountain.

[Pettyjunkie 0]

(((((Farmers)))))

Losing my father over and over again, and not to death.

[PumpkinBumpkin 1]

(((Farmers)))

I didn't have the best childhood because of my father, and so I deal with the memories of that.

[KansasPettyFan 1]

(((Farmers)))

Overcoming chronic health things all on my own. I stayed faithful to what needed to be done more than anything I've ever done. I have reinvented myself. lol I believe I am coming down the hill.

[The Wild One, Forever 2]

Well I havent had many hills or mountains to go over yet in life, just some bumps along the way.

[Doxiejoe 1]

Losing my father as a teenager.

[Wingspan91089 0]

Well I havent had many hills or mountains to go over yet in life, just some bumps along the way.

Same for me, although getting over today was quite a bump.

(((Farmers)))