Have you ever been so happy that you just want to cry? Here is where you can tell us all about it, so I'll spill first the happiest moment of my life (at least, so far, im only 14!!) and my inspiration for starting this topic!

last friday, april 28th, was probably the happiest day!! I had a scolastic bowl meet, and even though we lost horribly, we had loads of fun on our way back making fun of weird people on the radio pretening to be german singing "Red, orange, yellow, green, blue blue blue!" So we got back to school in time to leave, right, for our HUGE HUGE track meet that day. by the end, I was standing infront of probably 200+ althetes and another 100+ spectators on the first place podeum for all three of my event, with three huge gold medals hanging from my neck. Then, the announcer said "would Lauren *blah blah blah* and Madison *blah blah blah* please report to the awards stand. I looked at Lauren and we walked up there and were instructed to stand on the second and third place podeums. The announcer said "these 2 girls standing here are defenatly something special. Lauren........and Madison.....to make a long story short, they announced about how good we did, our times, jumps, and such, and how determined we were to do well, and then the awarder placed a huge plaque between our hands and we held it high, to show we were the highlighted athletes of the year! it was the most amazing moment of my life, and now, me and lauren are closer than ever! it was just the best! I went home and just cried and cried becuase i was so happy!

now your turn! have fun!

Oh yes! Cool topic! Yeah, my best moment was also sport related - in 2004 our school hockey team had won three of the four hockey tournaments there were, and we were facing a team in the final of the ultimate tournament who had won the title for the last four years.

We were so psyched up that we beat them 5-1. So we became the first team to win all four tournaments in one year. It was amazing - I was just dreaming about it again today...

For just about the happiest thread in the JGAFL forum, this topic isn't seeing very much action, is it?

There's no way I can narrow things down to a single "so happy you could cry" moment, but I do know the feeling! I get that weird rush over the strangest things... getting an A on a thesis that I spent five months working on, running down the last downhill of a road race, jumping a 3' fence, finishing a physics problem set, speaking at a podium for the first time... little random events that shouldn't make me especially happy, but just somehow do.

The day I got accepted to college is definitely up there in terms of specific moments that I expect I'll remember for a long time, as was my sixth tennis match in junior year, when my younger sister and I played doubles together and somehow made a miraculous comeback to beat our rival team. I also have had a couple of horseback riding lessons that really amazed me, and then, of course, the HBP release party (I'll remember that one, but putting it up there as the best moment of my life makes me feel very pathetic so I'll refrain ).

I don't know... I'm hoping for more even better moments over the next fifty or so years, so watch this space.

The births of both my children were amazing beyond belief. To see them for the first time was a feeling I will never, ever forget. And those of you with kids will definitely know exactly what I'm talking about. Those of you without, you'll see when the time comes. It's pretty awesome.

Yesterday was probably one of the happiest moments of my life! It was the our play "Hawks and Doves". I had so much fun, though my heart was beating like crazy and people having problems with mics. When we were doing the curtain call, I was so happy. We had been preparing for this play for months. A few months ago, this play was nothing. During that time, we wrote the play, cast the parts, and made it what it was yesterday! I had so much fun! It makes me want to continue acting in High School!

Well, the happiest moment of my life was in February. We had just finished the last production of our school musical, which we had been practicing since early December. And we were at the cast party. Everyone had managed to stifle tears (although there had been several outbursts earlier, one ending in a cast hug). Anyway, we were at the cast party, and we were all having a ball. There was dancing lines, candy, pizza, a fake wedding.....it was fantabulous. So then, several minutes before we all had to part ways, they asked us to sing this song from the play one last time.....and somewhere in the middle we all began to burst out crying (absolutely everyone). And when the song ended, we all went around crying and hugging each other, and just crying on each others' shoulder. Now, us musical folks at our school are known for hugging and being generally.....emotionally extreme. We're known for having a completely wild and crazy time, and then for something sad to happen, to burst out sobbing, and hug someone. So, anyway, the parents who came to pick us up were standing in the corner of the room just watching us go phsyco crying and hugging. It was so bitter sweet, but everyone felt so loved and cared for. That was by far the happiest moment in my life.

Like Ally I'm also someone who has many happy moments, and I do cry easily over things

One of the moments I remember the best is last year (april 25th, 2005) when I got the message I was invited for a multicultural gathering in Portugal.
I worked really hard on a painting and out of 100.000 other Dutch contestants I won. I remember so well when I got the message, I opened the envelop and started to cry. My mom didn't knew what was going on, I hadn't even told her about my participation because I thought I didn't have a chance to win.

About three months from now You'll see me posting in this thread again, or in a thread about the most horrible things that happened. I'm busy with getting on to a university that has a really strict procedure so it's hard to be accepted. It has cost me so much free time and money, I'm going to cry really hard when I'm rejected but also when I'm accepted.

This thread is great, it makes me happy to read everyone's happiest moments.

I can't decide between 2

first, when I got my degree - because I worked so hard, not just with the coursework etc, but to get over an anxiety disoder and panic attacks to be able to complete it (and being accepted onto my Masters course) - just for all the effort

second, my mum loves giraffes but because shes disabled couldn't go to see them abroad - so I arranged for her to feed Morris the baby giraffe at chester zoo - it was so lovely to see her face, after everything she's given me in all the years

This is pretty darn hard. I'm extremely happy when I'm shopping or hanging out with my friends. However, the happiest moment of my life was June 9, 2005. I had been trying to do a backbend since I was a about 4. I tried for years, and sometimes got very close. Eight years later, I finally did my first backbend without a spotter. I was jumping up and down and screaming. It may seem weird to anyone else, but if you knew me you would understand.

The happiest moment of my life was when I gradiauted from High school. I was so happy that when we started singing our grduation song I started crying. That time, it was really full of mixed emotions because i'm so happy that my high school days are finally over, but at the same time I was so sad because I'll be missing my friends.

There is a quote by Amy Tan (who wrote The Joyluck Club) saying that too much happiness always overflows into tears of sorrow, and I think it's absolutely true. I don't really have a happiest moment in my life, but sometimes so much happiness builds up that I get to feeling like I'm going to burst. It's a little sad because I know that much happiness won't last forever, and I start feeling a strange combination of being too full and absolutely empty. I guess the key is to know that life is full of countless wonderful, surprising, happy things, so even though no one of them will last forever, there will always be another to take its place.

one of my happiest moments is kinda sport-related too. it was when i found out that i'd got through an audition to join something called Show Team and i performed at her majesty's the haymarket theatre in london. that was when i was 11, so i was v.happy then, and i had the opportunity to perform in huge theatres several times since then, but that was when i felt most proud and happy, because i'd actually got through an audtion that had over 100 people, letting only about 35 through or something

The most recent moment was when I got a letter from an Ivy League school offering a full scholarship. I was so shocked because I didn't send in my ACT or SAT to any Ivy League school. That was deffinatily a very happy moment.

My most memberial moment was when I threw for a game winning touchdown my freshman year and all of the preasure just went away after that pass. I was soo stoked when that happened. I have that game ball framed right behind me. That probably was the greatest day of my life so far anyways.

no one has posted here since like...my birthday...haha

hmmm...ive had many many moments that just about seem the happiest ever. but i cant just pick one moment...

1) first day of 6th grade camp. it was super fun ha, especially when the bus broke down. that was funny...ok well yeah to me it was. and we were like an hour late.

2) my promotion...at my old elementary school, there was like this huge ceremony. i dont know, but it was really fun. you know, sitting there in the hot sun, with a balloon arch over our heads. yeah...well i saw my first best friend that day, and i had one last conversation with a boy who used to be my friend. first 'hi' in like 2 years, last 'bye' in 5 months...from my first best friend, i mean. that day was also the last time i saw some of my friends. i loved every single minute of it.

i can't think of my happiest moment... but i guess that my happiest moments are something taht most people wouldn't consider to be too happy... okay so, like at all my other schools i was SO unpopular it was unbelievable... so last year when i was even more unpopular, i met my friends, all on the same day, they were freinds before i became their friend, and usually i never got close to people, but theses people i trusted more than my family, and they were true, and honest, and wierd... and HP maniacs! they were creative, and funny, and they were real freinds i knew it! every single day of the school year when i sat down with them at the lunch table i was instantly happy, cause they cared about me, and i could be my TRUE self in front of them! sometimes i WAS happy enough to cry, just to be there with them... and once they heard i was moving, i realized how much that they cared about me... i just cared about them, they cared about me, and through all the years i got made fun of, mainly because of my skin desease (which is almost gone now, YIPPEE!) and because i was short, and i (used to) wear glasses and i was an HP fan, having them was the greatest, and now i am not unpopular here,at this new school, and i have grown up just a bit more, and i have new freinds, but i will NEVER forget them, the people who made a difference the most in my life i will never forget you: mckenzie, mackenzie, liesl, kendra, emma, and danielle!

1. Winning the State Championship in football my senior year felt amazing (American).
2. National champions was better.
3. Long story, but I am a math major. We were given a problem that was incredibly difficult. After 5 very dark hours, I solved it. That was elation beyond everything.

Besides the births of my children which were absolutely amazing, the day I graduated high school is right up there.

I was pregnant my junior year in high school and I dropped out of school because I was so sick. I went back to school my senior year, and did all my senior advanced classes, plus the remaining classes from my junior year, had a full time baby, and still had a B average. I was so proud of myself I felt like I could do anything.

I don't mean to discount the births of my boys, but for any parent those days are a given. I was doubly blessed because my oldest could have been ill considering how sick I was, and my youngest was born not breathing, so yes they are my miracles.

last year, my dad was in the hospital because his gall bladder ruptured (more serious than it sounds, trust me). It was touch and go for a while. He got out, but we couldn't see him for two months, as he was still very weak. He stayed at my grandmothers house. When I saw him again, I crie happy tears, because I hadn't seen my father in 9 months.

i dont know. i havent really had a happy moment where i would cry aout it which is weird because i cry quite a lot. ususally its when im reading a book or movie and it has a really sad ending. i usually only cry about sad things rather than happy things. its weird

1) My team won the Cup that is for everything here in BC. I was so happy I didnt cry though.

2) Well I might be getting a new guitar for my Birthday or Christmas, then Ill cry.

and..

3) I got to go to my first Vancouver Canucks game, I love the Canucks and have been a loyal fan since I was 2.

i went to a concert of my very favorite band the hives.first i met the leadguitarrplayer and got to talk to him...it was so great
during the show i was able to stay at the first/second row and got to touch the singer´s hand twice...i was so happy i could cry
it took me 3 days to believe what happend

My happiest moments would definately have to be the births of my 2 children. When my son was born, he was 3 weeks early, he had his umbilical cord wrapped around his neck, body and leg, he did not cry out. I was afraid he was going to be a mute, he finally cried out 2 days later (and has not shut up since and he's 13) My daughter on the other hand, I had alot of probs with that pregnancy, I kept going into pre-term labor with her it was awful, finally after a short 45 minute labor she came into the world screaming at the top of her lungs! Both of these moments were joyous to me!

So far my happiest moment was:

On my 14th birthday, I got a call saying that I would be playing Bride Liza in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers at a small theatre in my town. I was so hysterically happy I couldn't stop laughing and crying. It was a great birthday present for me!

Let me think...
I guess the happiest moment in my life was when my girlfriend told me she was in love with me for the first time. I had not been very popular at school and I met her at dancing school. We just talked and danced together and then we started writing mails and on 23th December 2003 she told me she was in love with me. We are a couple for about three years and two months now, and since then, eyeryday I spent with her belongs to the happier ones in my life...

the happiest moment? well there's been a lot. the only one i can think of now is when my friend took her four best friends to this country part of the state where we went horseback riding, saw cows, took pictures of us in old dresses, and went hiking, and it was just so much fun because we talked the whole time. that weekend was full of memories and it brought us closer together than ever.

Let's see...here's some of the happiest moments of my life, in no particular order:
1. When my first nephew was born, and I held him in my arms for the first time. He was so perfect, and he wrapped his soft little finger around my thumb. I've never seen anything as beautiful, except of course my preceding nieces and nephews
2. The first time I saw my name in print, even if it was just in the school paper. I just loved seeing my writing in there, though. I felt so proud. Also, when my teacher named me one of the chief editors for next year
3. And, last but certainly not least, whenever I hugged my bf for the first time knowing that he felt the same way. The year since that hug has been so full of wonderful moments that I couldn't describe them all, but that instant was pretty wonderful

The happiest moment of my life...

That'd have to be when Emy and Dillon started going out. I don't know Emy all that well, but Dillon is my best friend and he's wanted her for so long, it's just that she's two years older than him and they live in different towns. Dillon was so happy when he told me the news, and that made me feel like I was just ready to burst. I literally screamed and then I gave him a piggyback ride. I bet you're wondering why I consider this the happiest moment of my life. Well, Dillon has been the best friend anyone could ever ask for. He makes me happy like no other. But he's not so happy all the time and Emy is what makes him happiest. And when he's happy, I'm happy.

Um- seeing my cousin in 7 years. i love him so much.

IN harry potter and the chamber of secrets in the movie- when Hagrid comes in during the last dinner and harry hugs him- I have never been happier in my life.. and i sobbed for a while.

I guess I have never been happy enough to ever cry .
But something that really made me happy was when my little brother wsa born it was just the greatest thing in the world. but now he annoys the heck out of me but I still love him.

I was watching oprah the other day ( yes I watch oprah) and they showed these soldiers coming back from Iraq. And on her show the soldiers and the families were re united and that made me cry like a baby becasue these soldiers are really young and it is just such a happy moment for them and their families to have them back home while others suffer becasue their sons, husbands, fathers, mothers, sisters, daughters, ect. never do come back home. So to have those soldiers come back to their families is the happiest thing

My happiest moment was the best.
My dad had just gotten out of surgery on his leg. He tore a ligament or something? And he couldn't walk at all. He was so active before this happened and it pained me to see he could barely more his leg. So about I don't know, a while after surgery, my dad began to try to walk. It hurt a lot. And when he finally did, I knew everythign would go back to normal, and that's just how I want it to be.

My happiest moment happend just the other day. My cousin came home from war and got to see his baby girl for the first time. It was on the news and he came out of a bus with a big smile on his face and ran to his wife and baby it was so sweet!!!! Then it showed other people seeing their wives and babies and. Then they interviewed him and it showed a clip where he said his baby's name and she looked at him and smiled!!! I cried!!

-Kelsea

I did cry when I got my acceptance letter into a great acting university. I was soo happy and soo ecstatic! I'm pretty sure my family was tired of my constant chatter about it by the end of the day. haha.

-marie-helena♥

my best moment....well I have a lot but the whole week I spent in spain with my lovely class in 2005 was such a great time...and also the last class trip I had in June this year was great and sad...I cried a little of sadness too as it was the last time we were together but I was soo happy to have spent so much time with such great people...we did soo many funny things..chilling on the beach and sooo many things which are forbidden so I shut up now..lol

I have a few "happiest moments". The first was when I was enrolled in this dance competition and I had made it to the final two groups (sadly, my sister wasn't able to participate in the competition as she had broken her arm the week prior. she was still there for me though, as usual because she's great like that) and we had finished dancing and we were waiting for our scores. I ended up winning the competition (and it was a big competition too) and I cried haha. The second happiest moment of my life was when my twin sister Leila and I got our acceptance letters into the same Univerisities. That was a great moment that I'll always remember.

Of course our wedding, but most definitely the night my son was born. Looking into the eyes of the human being that has grown inside of you for nine months is incredible. It was like I had known him all of my life but was just waiting for him to arrive. He's the light of my life!

Hmm... I can't really think of the 'greatest' moment of my life, hard one there, but I can sure recommend something that'll make you feel amazing! It may sound weird, but it seriously is awesome. I feel like I'm flying- well, let's get on with it then. First, find a really long sidewalk, Second, take your shoes off, Third, run till you die, as fast as you can! Hey- don't look at me like that! It rocks, alright? Hehe.

PS works better on a nice day, with a bit of a breeeeze.

But I just thought of a- 'moment'. When I first actually looked out the window during airplane take-off. It was seriously amazing- First you're on the ground, rollin'... then the next second you're in the air! Awesome. I recommend it. lol

One of the greates moments of my life was last year March 24, it was a day before my birthday and I was helping out at a Junior Badge Workshop for Girl Scouts. There had to be a hundred girls there including my troop and when we were doing the closing ceremony everyone sang "Happy Birthday" to me. It was the nicest present I could've gotten. Afterwards my whole troop came and hugged me while I was crying. I'm crying now too. It was so sweet of them to do that.


*Kolene*

There are certainly a lot of things that have and do make me happy... why waste time being sad, right??

Over the last few weeks, some of my happiest moments have been whenever I get a call from my dad (there hasn't been many times, but they sure are nice!). He's over in Iraq right now, but I know he's safe and a lot better off than some of the younger soldiers, and the fact that he gets to call at all is really special. I know that he'll be busier and busier, so I'll take whatever I'll get! Also, the last time he was there, and then when he came back and we all met him at the airport... that made me cry. Whenever he deploys, and then comes back... that is a really special feeling. We make these big banners to hang outside the base that say "Welcome Home Daddy" and we go wait with all the other wives and kids until they come running out of the buses... it's great.

Last year, before I made the move from Virginia to California... wow, that was so special. A group of my friends got together and threw me this surprise party... we were laughing all night long! I had an incredible time.

What really makes me cry tears of happiness is just sitting back and counting my blessings... I know I've got the best parents and siblings you could get, and I live in a nice house, and I've never felt pressure to be anyone but myself, and I do well in school... that type of thing. Lately, some of my close friends have been in some really tough situations, which make me sad... but even happier that I've got what I've got.

And then there's the little things... finding a pair of jeans I love, when my friend made me a CD of all these Beatles songs, eating abowl of ice cream at 2 in the morning , feeling the ground disappear beneath the airplane, seeing a baby smile... or my personal favorite: when the light turns green just as you pull up to the intersection.

Hmm... I guess I'm a pretty happy gal!

Hugs,
Anna

1. Meeting Mrs. McPhee and just knowing her.
2. This years Valentine's day when my sister said the sweetest thing.
3. When my pastor said something wonderful to me.

The happiest moment of my life, I think, would have to be the day I got my high school diploma. I just felt so free and relieved that I had finally accomplished what I had set out to do. I graduated high school, with honors. All of my hard work paid off. All the nights I spent studying and working on projects helped me to get the grades I needed to finish high school and get into an awesome college. That moment, when my principal handed me my diploma was the best moment ever!

I'm pretty like happy go lucky and cheerful and stuff but I don't really get like super duper I could cry happy or at least nothing sticks out as the happiest moment of my life. I just have a general happy disposition. For example, I was in this group of people I just met and we were doing an activity where you name leadership qualities and write them on the board... I dont remember what trait I gave but after I wrote it on the board I came back to my seat next to this guy and he was like "Oh, You would pick yellow."

When my first boyfriend told me he loved me for the first time. It was such a happy, romantic moment and I believed that we were genuinely in love with each other but it turned out to be nothing more than a crush. My feelings for him faded.

When I got accepted into Law school. I didn't know for sure that it was what I wanted to do but after being accepted, I know that it's my dream to make sure people are put away for their crimes.

Getting the all-clear after my breast cancer scare. It's killed a lot of other women in my family and I cried all day with joy and relief when I got the all-clear from my doctor. The waiting was the worst part of it.

That's the only ones I can remember at the moment.

Since my last post in late August I've been thinking and thinking about the happiest moments in my life trying to pick one out... I wouldn't call them like hysterically happy moments just moments I was a little happier than I usually am (in no particular order):

1. Going to Australia and New Zealand
2. Winning a State Competition
3. Going to Washington DC and staying in the Georgetown University Dorms
4. Varsity Jersey in Basketball
5. My birthday last year

I'd say that It's a bit too early to decide the happiest moment, as I'm quite young...

But I guess so far, the happiest moment was probably when I:
Met my true friends
When I passed my recent exams with A's and a B (:
And my last birthday was simply awesome! It was the best out of all the birthday parties I've ever had

Well, I don't know if I would cry (but there have been some moments I cried when i was really happy--but I wouldnt say it's my happies moment) but I went to this guys swim meet, and I really uhhh him.
And then he kissed me! It was a little surprising!
Okay that's a typical teenage girl moment. Sorry D: