The $100 Question: Have You Accomplished The Impossible? Tell Roni From Roni's Weigh For A Chance To Win!

Wow, great question. Impossible. Well, at 32 I decided to go back to school and pursue a nursing degree. Part of it I did from home online, and part of it in the actual classroom, which I thought was going to be frought with 18 and 19 year olds. Turns out I was pretty much in the middle of lots of moms who'd returned to school. I got all A's in my pre and co reqs and am on the wait list for nursing school right now!

Well, it's not impossible if I could accomplish it, right? :-) But I'm proud of my college degrees earned while pregnant and with a newborn, of raising two fantastic kids, and being married 18 years so far!

We tried for 5 years to get pregnant and we couldn't find a true medical problem so we kind of gave up. Then one day, we found out we were pregnant! With God, all things are possible!

Last summer I ran a 5k. I am overweight, was very out of shape, and had two young kids... but I trained hard and I did it! My time was decent too!

As a shy kid, it was hard for me to overcome my fear of public speaking. When I decided to go to school to be a teacher, I thought I could never do it but I really surprised myself. I made it through student teaching, which was really rough, and got a job teaching at an art museum. I now feel comfortable talking in front of groups.

Katydid and Kid

http://katydidandkid.blogspot.com

I actually got up on stage and sang a solo. AND danced. In my youth, I was too concerned with what people thought. No more!

Getting a second chance :)

Didn't know I could finish the degree until I did.

I always had hope but there was a time I was worried I wouldn't find my true love but I did

my hubby and i built rooms in our basement even though we had never done that before..lots of books and internet searches..i thought we would never finish but we did and they are still standing ..YAAAAAAAAAY

After trying for two years we finally had a baby. garrettsambo@aol.com

I never thought we'd be able to buy a house (especially in the crazy-expensive area we live in!) but we're in the process now!

I never thought I would live to 30 years old and here I am at 46 and glad to be here. Goes to show you how wrong you can be about some things.

I don't believe in the impossible! I grew up in a small farm town where no one went to college and everyone got married, had kids, and stayed in the same place. When I moved away to put myself through school I was told I'd never make it. I did make it, however, and today I have an awesome career with a nice paycheck, a gorgeous house on a Florida beach, and a passport full of stamps from exotic destinations.

Some people take those things for granted, but where I grew up, all of those things are "impossible."

It's still in the works, but I'm in the process of starting my own business. Whether it's successful or not, I never thought I was the "type" to do something like this. With each step, I overcome what I thought was impossible!

Not an impossible feat, but after 31 years, my husband and I are the only couple left standing among all of our close friends.

In 1989 a friend took me to a local concert. I was blown away by the group of women singing. I said I have to join this group, but I can't sing so maybe I could be a support person. The next week I got a flyer that said: do you sing in the shower? Well, yes. I took the class, found out I could sing and I've been singing ever since.

Met hubby got married in march 06 had first son emergency csection july 06 moved to indiana had daughter planned csection Jun 07 moved to vancouver wa husband got laid off went back to school and were looking to move to Ill now are third son is due in sept.

I always felt like an outsider. I didn't have good social skills and hated answering the simplest questions in class. I took a public speaking class to try to improve myself but it wasn't until I trained as an instructor for my job that I improved. Once I realized that I really was an expert in my field I could stand in front of a crowd of 300 and be comfortable.

Count me in for 06/28/2010 - I really want to win :)

ktgonyea at gmail.com

My hubby of 16 years died when I was 37, and my world stopped. After a year of grieving and trying to remember to breathe again, a friend showed up on my doorstep and asked me out. I was pretty rough on him--threw him out of my house, had him help me clean out my husband's clothes, but he gently persisted and the impossible happened. My heart slowly turned toward his, and I fell in love again. We were married, and at the age of 40, the Absolutely Impossible happened. After years of infertility treatment, including two rounds of IVF, donor treatment, surgery, and endless medication, I gave birth to our beautiful little girl.

The really impossible thing is that I thought I'd never love again because it hurt so bad to lose the first time. What I didn't know was that loving others is really the only thing worth risking everything for.

Love to all!
Tanya
spiderdevo8 AT hotmail DOT com

I've always been shy, and not really an open person. Lately, I've learned to open up and share who I am.

One thing I accomplished that at one time I thought was impossible was making it through the first year after my kid came along and then wanting another child too

we bought a house in shambles and re-did all of it within 2 months. Everyone told us we were crazy living in shambles for those 2 months and working non stop, but we now have a beautiful home that we love . . . lots of sweat and tears!

Due to medical reasons I was told I probably couldn't get pregnant but after years of trying we got pregnant with our daughter.

i accomplished the task of going to school by finishing my degree.

After way too many broken hearts, I got engaged to a man who had been married before.

It was a big step telling Mom my fiance had been divorced. I didn't even mention it to Dad.

28 years later, I am still happily married to the man who had been divorced three times before we met!

Pinkerbelle
(a former Qwerty)

Initially, I thought I'd write that I left my full-time day job three years ago to become an artist, and if you knew me, you'd know that that's a pretty amazing feat for this Type A, ultra-security conscious woman. And I'm not knocking it: it is, in fact, a big deal for me.

But I realize that there's an accomplishment that's much more significant than that. As far back as I can remember, I've been a perfectionist. No one -- truly NO ONE -- has ever been harder on me than I am myself. I've always focused on what I haven't done, with only the occasional (usually intellectual) pat on the back for what I've accomplished.

These days, I'm much kinder to myself. It wasn't an overnight shift, and it's still a struggle, but it finally became clear that it's a myth that berating yourself will lead to positive change. It never will. It's kindness that has the best chance. I've always understood this in my relations with others, but somehow didn't translate it to my treatment of myself. So I have a new mantra: "progress, not perfection." If you'd asked me five years ago if I'd ever be able to bring that belief into my life, I would have laughed (or snickered, nervously). But not now.

I'm 26 years old and am a literary agent with a well-respected agency!
This is something that I thought may take 15 or 20 years if it even happened at all.

I'm 26 years old and am a literary agent with a well-respected agency!
This is something that I thought may take 15 or 20 years if it even happened at all.

I know it sounds hokey, but I can't believe that I actually found a man that I can share my life with. I never thought that that was possible.

I lost over 130 lb.

suvived serious illness and made it to 67

I wasn't supposed to be able to have children but now I have 3, the younger 2 I got pregnant while on birth control. Talk about a shock!

I never thought I would actually earn a degree. I loved college and I love learning but I'm so ADD I kept changing degrees. I ended up getting a major in what was supposed to be my minor since that never changed and I took so many classes in it.

My son who has autism to talk it took 5 years of hard work but we did it
angelsspot(at)hotmail(dot)com

I never thought I would find a good husband. I thought I was stuck in an abusive relationship that I could never get out of much less be happily married. But I did it. I left. I took care of myself and my kids and I did find the most wonderful husband.

miscarriage. i really thought that they would have had to put me in a looney bin, but i'm still here and i'm still sane. God and my husband helped me get through it. i still cry whenever i think about it but i am able to remain functional.

I was widowed at 33, and thought my husband was "the one" and it would be impossible for me to ever date anyone else, much less fall in love and get married again.

But, at 38, I met a wonderful man with three children and now am married to someone who could not be more perfect for me and I am "mom" - all of which I thought at one time to be impossible.

My life is great!!

I managed to take care of both of my dying parents, my husband, 3 kids, dog, keep my job, and not have a nervous breakdown.

dgwithrow062405 at gmail dot com

Getting my engineering degree was the thing I accomplished that some people told me would never happen.

I have raised 2 children (so far into their teens) and realized (very early on) that I did not have to follow in my mother's footsteps and treat my children like they were a chore that I hated. I am very close to both of my children and wouldn't have it any other way.

I was told I would never have kids- and if I got pregnant I'd never carry them long enough that they'd make it.

Not only did they, but they are thriving- all 4 of them and I have a grandson!

(Granted the bedrest and preemie stuff can be rough but worth it.)

It was always a lifetime goal for me to finish my doctorate, but I was never sure if I'd reach the finish line - luckily I had the extremely generous support of family and friends to help me through and to keep me motivated, and I did accomplish my goal just last year. Now the payback process begins, because I could never have done it without them!

I know it may seem like I am exaggerating but my son has austism and I thought it would never be possible to get him integrated into school...well, the impossible happened and not only does he go to school but he almost got straight A's last year, it blew my mind! He has really grown and changed and it makes me sooo happy to see him succeed!

I had my daughter when I was only 17. First, the impossible was getting through high school while nursing an infant & working. Next impossible thing was getting through nursing school. Next thing was the one that people seem to think is really impossible: I raised a happy, healthy, BRILLIANT, funny, kind & beautiful daughter.

I just want to snuggle up teen moms & say "WE define our situation, it doesn't define US!"

My daughter is top of her class (well, more so now that we homeschool lol), blowing mile stones away left & right, and learning to be her own person. If you would have told the scared, vomiting at school during math class, teenager that our lives would have turned out so well, I wouldn't have believed it. Impossible!

not yet

I am accomplishing getting over my anxiety/panic attacks. It has been a long road and I'm sure I still have a ways to go but I feel so much better and healed.

mightynaynay(at)cs.com

Indeed, I (and my husband) accomplished the impossible. Nearly 16 years ago, after four years of infertility treatment, we had our daughter. At that time, the doctors told us to "be happy with the one you have because there won't be any more." And, truly, we were quite happy as a family of three. Last year, however, without any thought of having any additional children, without any treatment or other medical intervention, there we were, in the doctor's office, confirming a second pregnancy out of the blue! It was an extremely difficult nine months, hard on both me and the baby, but January 14th, we were blessed beyond measure with our "little miracle man," now a happy and healthy five and a half month old! Mission, "impossible," accomplished!!

Many thanks!!

I never thought that I'd be strong enough to take care of another person like I took care of my grandmother before she passed away from Alzheimer's, it was a learning experience in so many ways