Proud Mom Brag - Share yours

Congratulations to her, and you! That's a great reason to be proud

I'm proud of my eldest DD because she's proving to be a great Mum to her 4 month old son especially at the moment as her fiance is away 5 nights out of 7 on business and we all know how long the evenings and nights can seem.

And I also proud of my younger DD who is just plugging away at getting where she wants to be in the future, currently working 2 jobs and studying part time.

Congratulations.  My ds hasn't heard from every college, yet.  However, he got into some good ones, so far.  Sadly, he has been rejected at a couple, as well.  His first choice hasn't let him know, yet.  We're on pins and needles over here.  Good on your dd. 

My 4 year old is entertaining himself because my 4 month old is really fussy today and I'm exhausted. It's a little brag I know but I'm proud that he's creative and imaginative and able to occupy himself a bit today. It doesn't happen often!

Portia this is amazing and says so much about your son and you and dh as his parents. If I was you I might rent a billboard! I'm proud of all of you!

So proud of all our pea children!

My DS started 6th form & partway through his first year he realised he'd made the wrong subject choices, took full responsibility (even though there were other factors that should have shared some blame for his troubles) & asked for rather chance to start over. He stuck the year out & then started again with new subjects.

2 years on he got an offer within 24 hours for a place on either the drama or comedy BA at his top choice uni which also happens to be where his girlfriend is. He listened to us counsel him to check out other options too, got 2 other offers but didn't like either course as much. Last weekend he went to Kent for one last interview & came back very starry-eyed: the course, the campus, the everything. Offer came straight in & he chose the best course over the girlfriend; at 19 I think that takes strength & maturity (luckily girlfriend also has these qualities & fully supports him). I'm so proud I could burst right now.

My Mom brag is a little different. My dd was always a tiny little thing. Ate pretty well and was really active in school sports. When she moved away for college, she gained the typical freshman 15 and 5 years later it became about 70 lbs. She is married and lives in another state now. Her dh is deployed to the desert and she decided to gain control of herself while he is gone. It's been 3 months and she just hit her 30 lb mark! She still has 40 she wants to lose, but she's doing awesome! Today she texted me, said she was crying because an older woman came up to her at the gym today and said "I just want you to know that I've had my eye on you since you started coming at the first of the year, I go home and tell my husband how hard you work, and your transformation is amazing!" I don't think she believed me when I told her I thought she was looking great, it took a stranger to notice and say something. Now she's even more motivated to lose the next 40 before her dh comes home in August.

I'm so proud of my big kids! They were talking about this one guy at school. He wins state competition for preaching every year but Caitlin wishes he wouldn't because his lifestyle doesn't match up - he literally doesn't practice what he preaches.

Jared is very protective of Caitlin, Apparently the guy has a reputation for being very inappropriate. The guy asked Jared if Caitlin was going to prom. Jared says #1 I won't let you anywhere near my sister, #2 she would absolutely tell you no bc you are no good... and proceeds to tell him how he needs to change and that none of the girls have any respect for him bc he is a player and a creep.

Praise God both of them want no part of wrong when they see it. I'm glad Jared has strong convictions about how women are to be treated and is not afraid to call his classmate out on it. Apparently this isn't the first time. this kid and another apparently place bets to see if they can put their arm around her at the lunch table. He keeps telling them to knock it off, there is no way I'm letting you do that. Jared still acts like a little boy in a lot of ways but I told him this is how a real man, a good man, acts.

So they are talking about this at dinner last night. It was dd's birthday and I had posted on fb. One of the responses was from the mom of the creepy kid. "We were talking about your daughter! My kids were saying how beautiful she is." All I could think was, we were talking about your son too and it wasn't good! 🙊

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Dd got her license yesterday!

Ds finally applied to college!

Both are going to national competition, ds won first place at states for humorous interpretation and dd won for handbells, choir and two acting pieces, one of which she had the lead role.

Tell her to go and try on some clothes. It's amazing to see what size you can fit in vs what you think you can.
It's a real whoa moment. Congratulations to her....

My "brag" is on my granddaughter. She is 23yo and a wonderful, single mom. Has her own house, just bought a new car and was promoted to manager at her job(which she loves). She is so good to me, too!

My brag might sound silly compared to all of these but my DS finally got an antidepressant added to his medicine. He has been on a mood stabilizer for a while now but the depression symptoms were persistent. He has gotten up and gone to school every day for the past three weeks. He has not missed the bus once. It sounds like such a silly thing but it has greatly impacted me who is usually wrestling with him to get out of bed in the morning. And I scraped together every dime I could this weekend so he could attend an anime convention. It sounds ridiculous but just the idea that he was willing to commit to doing something for an entire weekend is a huge step for someone who has spent the better part of the last two years not wanting to do anything.

Sometimes its the big things and sometimes the small.  Congrats to your son... the little things can be the hardest of them all.

Congrats to you Mom you're doing a great job!!!

Congratulations to her!!!

I'll join in!

My oldest is in her third year of a double history major (emphasis on the Classics) at University of Guelph. Her very favourite professor mentioned he was doing a work study program this summer, told her she should apply. Because it is a work study, it has to go through Financial Services, who informed her that due to her living at home, and not getting much OSAP funding, she wasn't eligible to apply. But they gave her a form to fill out to add her travel expenses to the mix, and that put her over the edge! She applied, but was concerned about her lack of Greek. She only has Latin. The Professor told her not to worry, she had the Latin and the experience they were looking for. She found out this week she got the job!! 35 hours a week, $13 an  hour - she will be SET for school funding next year!! And how this will look on a resume is fantastic. We are SO proud of her!!

I let out a "hell yeah" after reading each one of these. These are all fabulous!

Now for mine: my oldest DS has dreamed of becoming a fire fighter his entire life (he is now 24 yo) He has kept his nose clean knowing he would have to pass a background investigation. We don't have anyone in the family that is in the fire service so he doesn't know anyone to give him a hand up. He got hired!!!! I pinned his probationary badge on his chest two nights ago! He still has 7 weeks of their in house academy and must past one year probation but HE GOT HIRED! This city hired 13 candidates and all of them have a spot in the budget. The Fire Chief told us all that these are the best 13 out of the 596 applications they received.