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Question: Have you ever had a life changing experience!? What!?!!?
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My mother went through five years of battling cancer!. Radiation, several chemotherapy interventions, stem cell transplants, bone marrow transplant and now it's back!. I've watched her go from a pilot who taught people to fly, EMT that worked with the Red Cross, volunteer Search and Rescue, and attempted Realtor!.!.!.to unable to write, drive and sometimes walk!. She's got Multiple Myeloma and may not make it this time around!. In my moment of depression and feeling defeated she threw twenty bottles of medication on the bed, her hair falling out, unable to eat or care for herself, and said, "It's not what life throws at you it's your attitude!." and I have never been the same since!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I've had many!. Does it matter if the experience changed you for the good or the bad!?
I've had 5 babies, and they've all changed me for the good and the bad!. The good in that I've learned how to love someone outside my own self in ways I never thought possible!. The bad in that I've allowed myself to become isolated!.
I miscarried twins (years before the other kids) and it turned me bitter for a long time!.
I was married to an abusive cheating husband for 2 years, and that made me stronger!.
Now I'm married to a cheater (no abuse, so that's a plus, right!?) and growing in ways I can't begin to describe!.!.!.
I'm watching my parents age, and realizing how far I've got to go to be independant and 'able' to live without them!.
!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!. I think everyone's had life changing experiences, they may just not recognise it!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Absolutely!. From the first years of middle school to mid high school I was a terrible student that didn't care about anything!. I slacked off, thought it was cool to fail, and didn't think at all about my future!.

Then I had one great teacher that realized I had potential, but was just a little twit, and she help me out!. While reading Macbeth and other shakespeare I realized how much fun school can be!. She helped me figure out that I really need to think about my future and that slacking off and causing trouble just wont cut throughout life!. She inspired me!.

Then I realized, I could become a teacher and perhaps influence children the same way she influenced me!. I pulled myself together, went to college, made Dean's list multiple times, and i'm looking to become a secondary education History teacher!. That one class changed my life forever!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

yes, I survived Hurricane Katrina, but lost everything!. I was homeless for a while before I ended up living in a tiny hotel room for a year with a bunch of other refugees in another town!. I didn't get to finish high school, but I'm in college now!. My life would be very different if it weren't for that storm!. It was a blessing and a curse!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I have had a few life changing experience!.!.!.My father was killed when I was 9!. I worked at a convenience type store and two masked men!.!.doped up on coke, came in blasting their guns (I was not injured, but the cash register and lotto machine were) and I had a house fire 20 days after I moved because of some electrical crap ( I saved all my animals and myself)!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Oh, too many to even mention here !.!.!.

The many premature deaths of friends and loved-ones, who in most cases, were healthy

A loved ones 20+ years battle with cancers of various types

A couple of years suffering with chronic depression

Finally being where I've always wanted to be, and joy with the work we now do together (now is vacation)

The recent birth of a new generation of our family (and more are coming soon)Www@QuestionHome@Com

My younger sister who I loved but envied was killed in an auto accident when she was only 21!. That event taught me that we can never know how much time we have and if we will ever see anyone again!. So don't go to bed angry with your husband and don't tell your mom you hate her and hang up!. Fortunately my last memory of my sister was a good one but I still miss her every day of my life!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

when i found out everything my best friend said was a manipulation and could have been a lie as well!. then my next friend got sick of me and decided she'd rather hang out with others!. both betrayed my trust or judgment!. it taught me a lesson!. you can never really rely on anyone to be there for you most of the time!. true friends are one in a millionWww@QuestionHome@Com

Yes!. My cousin committed suicide this past August!. I was the last person he spoke to!. I was always there for him, but I guess sometimes that's not enough!. I wish I could tell you how it's changed me!. But I'm still in the midst, maybe the eye, of the storm!. Once I get through it, I willl know how it's changed me!. For now, I'm just alot lonlier than usual because we used to hang out alot!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

well i had friends since the 1st grade till then 7th when i stopped hanging out so i was invisible to them comparre to the new ppl i met in the 6th gradethey accept me more than the other so once i started going with them one of my old friends asked me why i havent been playing basketball so i explain that i wont anymore so yea it was ackward and i run more when im trying to chase and hit my freindWww@QuestionHome@Com

I found out my mom was having an affair!. I wasn't upset with her, and I understood her, but it was so bizarre to see that side of someone who had always been little more than a maternal figure in my life!. It flipped my whole world upside down! What about you!?!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

my life changed completly the day i set eyes on my 1st child , I knew that from that day for the rest of my life she was all that matteredWww@QuestionHome@Com

When i realized that the purpose of life is to find the purpose in life!.
it's like a revelation!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yes, I had to have my whole lg!. intestine removed at 23 and was stuck with an colostomy for 4 months!. Worst time of my life, but I got through it and am stronger for it!Www@QuestionHome@Com

sure movin tocanada when i was 1
dont really remember anythingWww@QuestionHome@Com

i received a visa n came to the usa from a different country!. this has changed my life completely!Www@QuestionHome@Com

I went camping in winter under a real winter storm!. not the best of my experiences but it made me want to be ready for anything and learn more survival skills!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The first time i smoked weed was the first time i really saw how screwed up i wasWww@QuestionHome@Com

Yes ,many!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.when i fell down unconcious in the airport !.i had lost all my baggage and never found them too!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.made me determined to travel light alwaysWww@QuestionHome@Com

No not really, unless you count separation and divorce!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I had an accident, a pick up truck hit me when i was around 7 years old!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I joined the service after high school!. It really opened my eyes!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

When I experienced true love!. It made me feel alive!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

moving!. it was pretty life changing!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

This poem I read!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

i crashed my car when i was drunk and walked away without a scratch!. i havent drank a drop sinceWww@QuestionHome@Com

my mom died in a car accident!. it was really sad!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

i had an unexpected, near fatal heart attackWww@QuestionHome@Com

i crapped myselfWww@QuestionHome@Com

a new siblingWww@QuestionHome@Com

yup !.!. i met this guy named frank !. !.!.!. and acidWww@QuestionHome@Com