Yakima Valley Celebrates Incredible Personal Achievements

We ask a “Daily Question” every morning. They’re quirky and fun, meant to get the brain going, engage creativity, and spark conversation. But the question we asked the other day elicited responses that not only made me laugh, but genuinely made me smile, and a few damn near brought a tear to my eye with pride.

The Question That Was Asked Our Yakima Valley Audience

“We would like to congratulate you for something you’ve done. What is it?”

 

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We received some comical answers from our Yakima peeps like “keeping the kids alive”, “didn’t flip off my co-workers”, “peopled today”.

We also got some good-natured responses like “I didn’t kill that spider”, “helped an elderly person get home”, “returned my cart to the cart return”, “made it to the meeting on time”.

Others have improved their lives and community by starting a business or getting a promotion at their job. Giving to charity and helping out shelters (human and animal).

Some Big Life Achievements From Yakima Valley Residents

But we also got some truly inspiring achievements from our listening and reading audience. So much so, I wanted to include them in this article, which will live on forever on the internet. These are achievements (no particular order) that are not easily done, take sacrifice, and come with (or come out of) hardship.

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Sheryl Clarke has stayed sober for over 40 years.

Clifford Harris has become drug-free and gotten himself off of living on the streets, and has been doing so for 17 years.

Jose Flores has been clean off meth for 12 years (after spending 20 years on it)

Sheari Bailey-Vickers has been clean since 2005.

Bill French quit smoking in September of 2018 after smoking heavily since 2010!

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Esperanza Macias just received news that her family’s adoption papers are finalized!

Darek F. Wachter recently graduated with his PhD!

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Allison Dekker has been Nicotine Free for 1025 days (at the time of her sharing).

Nathan Jackson will be celebrating 3 years of sobriety in September.

Marie Loveless has been committing herself to an exercise routine of 5 times a week, and has been going strong for 10 months.

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Brad Vrieling celebrated 10 years sober last month!

Luz E Alvarez survived a brain aneurysm rupture.

Kamri Fergus Gottschalk was diagnosed with early cervical cancer, and after 2 surgeries, just found out that she’s cancer-free!

Tracy Juhola-Ray has beat cancer!

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What About You & Your Achievements?

Reading these big achievements and the countless others is really what I needed. Thank you all, congrats, keep kicking butt, and all of us are proud of you and are rooting for you!

There are so many more stories like these that have not been shared yet, if you deserve a congrats like this, Tap the App and share your story!

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