What is the hardest thing you've ever had to do in your life?

Question:

What is the hardest thing you've ever had to do in your life?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: 2 things actually---the hardest one was when my son was 12 and I was having SERIOUS problems with him (severely bad attitude)...I had to turn him over to the State in order to get the help he NEEDED to straighten up... Luckily it was only 6 months that he was actually AWAY but he was in their program for 18 MONTHS... it wasn't like he was TAKEN from me--it was MY choice and it turned out that the place AND my decision were the two TURNING POINT DECISIONS in HIS life because he straightened right up and is now a WONDERFUL 29 year old man and the best son and person anyone could know... so sometimes the hardest things in your life turn out to be the BEST things.... the second was a bit more personal... I had to lay in a hospital bed and listen to two specialists tell me I have a terminal illness...BUT, believe it or not, even THAT turned out somewhat good. Since I was told, life has taken on SUCH a wonderful new meaning----things that bothered me before NO LONGER do.... I appreciate everything so much more then I EVER did before----I wake up in the morning now and LOVE that fact that the sun is out or even that it's raining... still can't like the COLD and snow all that much but somethings Can't change. but birds singing sounds sweeter, a zillion frogs mating in the swamp in my back yard every spring USED to drive me NUTS with the noises they made---but this year, I grabbed my coat and sat on my back deck for HOURS listening to them and they never sounded sweeter.. and my friends and MOST of my family have drawn closer to me...it's been amazing it's just too bad it got this good so late but I'm ENJOYING every minute of it...