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Today it’s my brother.He’s won yet another award for his children’s books (the best being a Blue Peter award, voted for by the viewers themselves.)
it can be a tad annoying as many ‘slebs ’ jump on the ‘children’s author’ bandwagons.
Oh and a few STWers may have had him visiting your child’s school.
My wife and kids
MrsMC, as well as putting up with me, is nearing 30 years working in children's services, mostly at the sharp pointy end, ridiculously professionally qualified, all the while dealing with the (in her case relatively minor) additional problems that cerebral palsy brings, and making a huge difference to the lives of local girls as a Guide leader.
MCJnr graduates from Cambridge next week, followed his heart and studied music rather playing to his equally strong academic interests. Not bad for a lad from a failing secondary school.
LittleMissMC is gearing up to travel to Norway with her display squad to represent British Gymnastics at Eurogym for the fourth time. Not bad for the girl who is built like the one who held her school shot put record.
I just drive them all around and feel like the runt of the litter 😆
That’s really cool @bunnyhop
I’m really proud of my youngest. They started rowing in August last year declaring they just wanted to do the social rowing stream. Raced their first heads in November, were selected to represent their region for JIRR, were the youngest rower on the Thames for Schools Heads of the river (as part of a J16 crew). In a couple of weeks they’ll be racing at the British Championships and a few weeks ago were at Eton Dorney for Schools Champs.
They train so incredibly hard with such commitment forgoing lots of things their friends take foregranted; navigating hotels and long journeys and the emotions that come with elite sport. They have spent nearly 3 weeks away from home at competitions in 4 months. They’re 14.
Heads of the river
Do the schools do the full course?
Its great fun but one year leanders floated past upside down and the race was binned, it can gwt surprisingly bumpy on the Thames. Technically as we didn't capsize on the way back we performed better than leanders.
Right now I am proud of my daughter for managing to overcome her debilitating social anxiety enough to make it to school for every one of her mock GCSE exams. And equally proud of her twin sister for supporting her through it.
Today it’s my brother.
Nice! But what's his name? So small on the book covers that you can't read it!
I'm immensely proud of my son getting through his degree course and getting a 2:1 - I got bored with school in the 5th Year and failed most of my o' levels, so for him to get through GCSEs, A levels and 3 years at Uni is mind boggling for me. I'm sure no-one else cares though! But he is awesome on a bike too. 😀
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My brother. Has done Martial Arts since 13, now 54. He had a fairly troubled childhood, in and out of trouble with the police, he didn’t do well at school, in the rare days he attended he would generally be sent home. Left school at 16, joined the army junior leaders. Fell in with a bad bunch in the army and became addicted to drugs, left the army at 23. Was in a really bad place, he was in a really awful pub at 1130am about to inject heroin for the first time. He had a major wake up, from there he went to the careers office and rejoined the army. Served for another 23 years leaving as the Regimental Sergeant Major a couple of years ago. Never touched another drug since he had the moment. (That’s no exaggeration, he literally went from the pub toilet about to shoot up direct to the Army Careers Office and rejoined)
Moving about with the army he was constantly changing different martial arts so he never made a black belt. Now at 54 and being out of the army he finally managed to get his black belt a couple of weeks ago. He says it doesn’t matter, belts are for holding your trousers up, but I can tell he’s also very proud to have finally achieved it.
My wife, my daughter, and my son.
My son! Nothing special for most people probably but I look back at where I was at his age and how I was a complete ****ing bell end. He's just finished he GCSE's and will probably come out with mostly 7's maybe an 8 but nothing lower than a 6. Every alwalys tells me how polite he is, and how it's great as he;ll have an actual conversation with adults whereas lots of kids don't seem to engage them.
He had a wobble about maths, but got his head down and put the effort in and hopefully he gets the 7 he needs to get into the college he wants to go to for A level Maths, Physics and Photography.
It brings tear to my eye thinking of how different he is to when I was his age. He's not dull either, has a good SOH and loves sport and just being outdoors. Actually maybe I should be proud of my wife and I as well!!
Daughter as well, but she has 3 years left at high school!
I kow you won't read this but, GO ED, You're amazing!
Nice! But what’s his name? So small on the book covers that you can’t read it!
Good point! It's Andy Seed
Here he is on the Blue Peter awards
https://www.andyseed.com/news/introduction-blue-peter-book-awards-programme/
desperatebicycleFull Member
Today it’s my brother.
Nice! But what’s his name? So small on the book covers that you can’t read it!
Ah yes - his name is ANDY SEED. I wasn't actually sure if we were allowed to promote on STW, but as you've asked.
Whoops nbt beat me to it.
My brother. He has [after the treatment for a meningioma] uncontrolled epilepsy, and has had it for 20 years now. Despite this being pretty debilitating, he still manages to live alone, and look after himself. Yeah he may get into the odd spot of bother on the buses or in town when he has a seizure, but for the most part he lives a normal life. Stubbornly.
"Do the schools do the full course?"
Yes, my daughter picked up a silver medal a few years ago.
My dad - he's 97 this year, very independent.
My daughter and my son very different people, Mrs Gordimhor and my two stepsons very proud of them all
gnusmus simply for being able to keep on buggering on despite misfortune that would sink many folk
My wife, she is a consultant therapeutic radiographer specialising in breast cancer, she managed to finish her Msc during COVID and organised her cancer wards response to COVID, she made her way to consultant without having a doctorate, despite working an 60-70 hour for NHS, she now is also seconded to NHS England and lecturing with them and now taken on a third role with local Uni to lecture there to, plus she has just had her first scientific paper in Radiography journal.
Any daughter, 14 now and been Type 1 diabetic since 4 years of age, doesn't let her stop her doing anything, and I started volunteering with her schools DofE to help them with her, and having been on 4 weekends now, proud to watch her take charge and lead her group and watch her interact with her friends, she has an old head on young shoulders...
Absurdly proud of Grandson No1 (in blue). Failed to have any kids of my own, but Stepson No1 produced this liddle guy eight years ago, and he calls me Grandad. Last August he joined a local Under 8s football team and I've watched him play (almost) every match since. To see his enthusiasm and ability develop over just one season has been a privilege. I'm obviously biased but he's morphed into a skilful wingback with an oh-so-sweet left foot. Huge lump in my throat last weekend when his team won a tournament.
Eldest has just completed GCSEs. He went into high school diagnosed with quite bad dyslexia and struggled with Maths too. This is a big (400+ per year) sausage factory of a school where those needing extra help can fall between the cracks. Mix of teachers from awful to pretty good. I gave him a little bit of maths help early on and then he just seemed to click and raced ahead on his own. He doesn't seem to be what you'd call academic but he's put the hours and effort in revising.
Waiting to see the results, but whatever they are I'll be proud. He's got no idea what he wants to do in life so it's just one foot in front of the other I guess...
My son. Because every day is hard in some way or another, and sometimes just getting up and going out to college is hard. Sometimes he doesn't manage it, and because I'm his dad i have to get annoyed (in the right way). He's about to finish 6th form and is taking a year off, hopefully working but also to finish some medical treatment he needs.
When he performs though.... he comes to life. Just thinking about watching him hold a whole audience in the palm of his hand makes me well up. This obvs isn't him but he sang this at his college graduation performance. Just him on a stage in front of everyone. Aaarghhh, pass the tissues.
Immensely proud of my daughter too but I'm not diluting this post because it's too important to me.
He won't read this but my boy, you are my hero.
First up, I'm proud of bunny hop for 'listening' and promoting some consumerism 👍
Top prize goes to papa, he managed 1's and 2's on the commode yesterday.. after weeks of seemingly forgetting what it was for. 🥳
As per others, my wife and kids.
About 12 years ago my wife was diagnosed with MS, relapsing-remitting first and then primary-progressive which means that she mainly uses a wheelchair now apart from when she's stumbling around the house. Meant she had to take ill health retirement from a job she loved... if that were me I'd not leave the house and wallow in self pity but she's not let it stop her at all. She's out all the time (just stumbled in from her Friday morning art class) and is more busy now than when she worked full time and a large part of that is working with and helping others who have MS. She's an inspiration to me - I should tell her more often.
All (I hope!) parents think their kids are epic and I'm no exception for loads of reasons. Proud my youngest in 12 months has gone from barely being able to swim to being promoted to the top gold class at his swimming lessons this week. Proud my eldest just smashes through life, taking it all in his stride with no stress but excels in everything he does.
I'm also dead proud of loads of other people for various reasons and I should probably tell them. From stuff some of my closest mates have done to family to colleagues.
My whole family tbh
My mum has retired from international badminton this year at 69, she didn't want to be one of those doddery old women on court, so took up golf last year. She won the womens club champs this year.
My wife has just been put up for promotion, done all the training that's needed for her CIPS professional development thing.
Youngest is living his best life, middle one has been coming out of his shell and started racing BMX and the eldest has gone through some tough bits the last couple of years and is starting to find her tribe
My wife.
She should have died a dozen times before her heart transplant.
But now she's 10 times stronger.
She's a speech therapist who has changed the lives of children in less well off areas around Hobart.
Since covid she has been working from home and now services schools all over Tasmania who wouldn't get a regular speech therapist through telehealth.
In the mean time, she's on call to council heart transplant recipients & those who have been added to the waiting list.
My sister.
Was the youngest ever head of an organ tissue matching lab in the country and the first woman doing the job in the world. Now runs about 6 of them. If you or a relative has an organ transplant in the south of England there is a fair chance she's had something to do with it. Has done some amazing things with stem cell research to combat organ rejection and working towards a blood type matching free transplant world and also not having to spend the rest of your days on immunosuppressants post operation. Was involved in antibody research during covid and now is on various government advisory groups. I suspect a gong of some form maybe coming very soon.
Currently is in despair with the fallout of the London hospital ransomware attack and the real world damage it has done to exceptionally ill people and the number of people who have died because of it 🙁
Still finds time to be an amazing mum.
Ohh, another for me – my brother-in-law and his wife, who were both senior members of the James Webb Space Telescope team (she was Observatory Alignment Thread Lead and Deputy Director for Vehicle Engineering).
Lot's of people for lots of things.
Including myself for finally doing something about it.
So much talent around STW its heartening.
Another reason I'm proud of my brother is that he goes into schools and promotes reading, especially for young boys. He's an ex teacher but loves being around children and making learning fun. A lot of his books are educational (with commissions from The RSPB and The British Museum). Often these visits are accompanied by various things he's made, one being a life sized sarcophagus and a Galleon sailing ship, all made from cardboard.
He's also been on the local news and radio a few times and once came second on Bullseye, narrowly missing out on winning a speed boat :O)
and once came second on Bullseye, narrowly missing out on winning a speed boat
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the whole family!
mrs G double world champion Quadrathlon ( masters) ,WW rafting slalom (silver overall 4 events) Maths teacher being the hardest/worst of the lot!
Eldest Teaching assistant she was a nightmare at school herself also fantastic mum to 2 great kids
Middle just got outstanding new teacher of the year at work ( we tried to talk her out of going into teaching but ...)
played for winning Yorkshire Ladies team at Twickenham
Youngest just joined Yorkshire Ambulance service on an apprenticeship target to be paramedic.
whilst I am a lazy old git that will pootle about on a bike occasionally( not proud of that)
My best mate Walshy. We’ve been best mates for 49 years after we started primary school together.
He was (is) a Royal Navy medic who went out to Sierra Leone during the Ebola crisis. He worked 12-14 hour days, literally every day for 8 months
He witnessed unspeakable horrors but saved countless lives and contained an epidemic.
He came and stayed with me when he got back and it completely *ed him up. He’s still dealing with the PTSD. Watching loads of people die isn’t much fun. Who knew?
He said about it “at least in Iraq you knew who was trying to kill you and could shoot back at the *ers, but this… “
I’m so proud of him and i do tell him that occasionally but then have to remind him that that doesn’t mean I don’t also think he’s a ****. 😂
my son.
became a dad at 16. didnt work out with grandaughters mother. but he has Ella every single weekend and has done so for the last 16 years. she has aspergers. so it is no easy task.
also 5 years ago he started a relationship with a lady who was the Ex wife to his rugby captain. it all went down ok, until Martin ( rugby captain ) commited suicide.
my lad had already asked his now wife to marry him, which she did. he has since adopted Martins daughter. and also my son and daughter inlaw have a daughter of their own now.
so he now has 3 daughters to look after.
i could never have done what he has. and he is just a cracking nice, happy decent bloke too.
Myself. Week 6 , run 3. 25 minutes non stop. A couple of weeks back 8 minutes felt impossible.
And a huge thank you to someone on here who talked about piriformas stretching.
This has meant for the first time ever ( touch wood) I've down couch to 5k without doing myself a mischief.
My Niece.
She just entered her first Ironman in Austria last weekend, smashed it and came 2nd in the 18-24 category.
She's nails 🙂👌
My neice, because despite having two of the most useless parents in the world she has grown up into a kind, beautiful and ambitious young woman. I'm a very proud uncle.
Do the schools do the full course?
Yep, watching the crews get to opposite Fulham’s grounds at race pace and then accelerate for the finish was just brilliant. Having gone to everyone one of their races apart from the first I am in awe at the commitment of the kids and the coaches.
Love the stories everyone.
As I've no kids - The nephews.
Both 2nd Dan(or 3rd,i forget) black belts in Karate(nef1 assistant sensi at dojo), just back from Japan Training with the guys who represent Japan in the big competitions/Olympics
Nef 1 - Qualified as lawyer(and economics) with a big firm, maybe a job/flat in canary wharf if moved to London office
Nef 2 - Qualified as economist- now with the office of national statistics.
So I'm showing off and having another post on here.
Attended MCJnr's graduation at Cambridge yesterday - obviously proud of that achievement, not least coping with 3 years in that weird Hogwarts/Unseen University environment!
One of his friend's mum's took us to one side to thank us for Jnr taking her daughter under his wing on the very first day they started at uni. She'd been having a "teary wobble" on their stairwell when he found her, calmed her down and took her along with him to an event where they met up with a couple of others who would become part of that uni friend group that's seen them through the three years.
Her mum had spent 3 years hoping to meet us and thank us for that.
Very dusty, the old Cambridge colleges.
EDIT - though just discovered that 3 years supposedly surrounded by some of the brightest brains in the country and he still hasn't learnt to do up his duvet cover before he puts it in the washing machine!
Nice post MoreCash, sounds like you have a proper young gentleman!Judging by your previous posts you should be thanking Mrs MoreCash!! ;o) (Thats an old school wink in case no one knows what the heck it is!)
My nieces and nephews and brother in law, because like their mother and myself, they’ve had to cope with the death of a parent at a young age.
I'm also proud of said sister, because despite not being academic and struggling with GCSE’s, she scraped an eventual pass in maths, two A levels and passed a degree, to become a primary school teacher )her vocation), and eventually a deputy head.
if you are flying from Birmingham International on EasyJet, there is a good chance that my son will be sat in the RHS driving the plane. He worked for two years at Heathrow to save, studied hard and made it. Of course being dyslexic means the 📖 ng was hard, but more importantly, the plane might be going to the wrong destination as he types the code into the autopilot 😉 (it is checked).
Thank you w00dster. Both of them seem to have their heads in the right place. So almost certainly MrsMC's doing rather than mine. 😉
My three girls:
Two have achieved 1sts at Uni (I'm a lazy thicko so this is super impressive to me) while the other one had mental issues at Uni and had the guts to take herself out of the system early and immediately walked into a job with Emirates - she is now living her best life visiting amazing places and getting paid handsomely for it (for a 22 year old)!
My daughter. She's 20, and doing an internship at a media company as part of her studies and then over the summer.
The owner and boss is a bit of a piece; I'm not going to say it's a media thing but prone to outbursts, flounces, whatever. Yesterday they had a wobbler because another of their staff is on holiday for a week, has limited connectivity and wasn't responding to an email. IDK what is normal in this world / company, as we've said many times on here you shouldn't have to check mail when you're off - that's not the point. But losing it with my daughter because A.N.Other hasn't responded isn't on.
Like I say she's 20, but she backed him down and told him right there and then that their behaviour wasn't acceptable, and they need to wind themself in. Which takes balls; she said she was literally shaking when she went back out of their office with the adrenaline.
She's gone back in this morning and they have called her in and apologised again.
I've suggested she say to them that next time she's going to time him out and walk away; so they can calm down. And then when they're calm, and can talk properly, she'll fix their problem as best she can, because despite being 20 she's **** good at what she does already.
At 20 I wouldn't say boo to a goose. This 10 week internship might be the best learning experience the boss gets, if they take the time to listen and think on what she's going to tell him.
Both my kids are way better at being adults than I was at their age.
And my distant cousin from Australia who has turned into a very likeable and impressive young man. His dad, now sadly deceased, was my favourite from that branch of the family who obviously got the main bit of being a parent right, passing on good values. Good on you mate, wherever you are. So I am taking it upon myself to feel proud on his behalf.
My dad, who spent years working in Palestine researching and documenting the destruction of homes and the expansion of illegal settlements. He published a book on it, and then did a lot of work for amnesty international, which resulted in him getting a thorough shakedown by security at the airport every time he went
"What is the purpose of your visit?"
' It is not Amnesty International's policy to answer such questions
" Who have you been speaking to?"
'It is not Amnesty International's policy to answer such questions'
" Who have you been speaking to?"
'It is not Amnesty International's policy to answer such questions'
etc, etc. for hours on end. Apparently standing there stark bollock naked
RIP dad
My lad.
Despite being born with a heart condition that curtailed any sporting ambitions he might've had he has embraced life. GOSH literally saved his life in 2016 & he has never looked back.
Found his niche & worked hard - graduating last year with a degree in Motorsport Engineering. Now works as a design engineer for a specialist who operate in the the F1 & UAV arenas along with loads of other stuff I'll never understand.
I will also never tire of folk telling me what a great lad he is.
I'm pretty proud of my daughter who has managed to overcome pretty bad social anxiety and suddenly explode into her own life at uni. I was worried about her actually leaving her room after we left her there, but she was brave and went out every night at freshers to meet people, has excelled in her first year of vet bioscience, and has somehow become the Uni hockey team vice president, and player of the year in the South Wales League.
She came home for the summer recently and I asked 'who are you and what have you done with my daughter?' 😁
Update from my daughter, 2 more days done and only two more bollockings.
From her, to the boss.
She told him yesterday, as he was going off on one about how many things there are on the to do list and with the other person off, not sure how they're going to get through them. I think she hit the office equivalent of flow.... and in a calm, quiet but assertive way told him that probably the best option was to STFU COMPLAINING AND ACTUALLY GET ON AND DO SOME OF THEM
She's still not quite confident enough to think she's cracked it, but has the office equivalent of getting down a gnarly trail, where it got a bit sketchy at times but you aim for the next flat bit and cling on and is now sort of buzzing and ready for the weekend - Green Day tomorrow, Kings of Leon sunday.
My Niece just completed her second Ironman yesterday in Barcelona, and she only went and won her age group AND first UK female!
Amazing. Very proud indeed.
My wife and kids. They're just brill.
My dad. For looking after my mum who has had very severe Alzheimer's for the past 3 years.