My Proudest Moment(s)

When I was in my late twenties I wanted to become certified to teach English as a language. However, the school I was interested in attending required their students to have a college degree, and they had to speak at least one other language (other than English) fluently.

I knew that I did not qualify for either of those criteria, so I devised a plan. Rather than conducting my interview over the phone, I booked a flight to San Francisco and made an appointment to do my interview in person.  It was my hope that by presenting myself in person, I would be able to convince the school board to accept me.  The long and the short of it is, I did convince them and graduated with my certificate.  It was a defining moment in my life, and I'll never forget it.

One of my proudest moments was years ago when my stepchildren asked,

 " Can we call you Dad?"

That's a great proudest moment - they are lucky to have you as their Dad.