What's the most important thing thats happened to you in the last year?

Staffer at Conner Prairie
The most important thing that happened to him in the last year was that he quit his corporate job after working in the insurance industry for 20 years and started working with the animals at Conner Prairie

waiter at a cafe in Westchester, PA
The most important thing... he woke up in Washington DC and didn't know how he got there. Lest you think it gave him pause, he was quite impressed with himself.

Guy in the grocery store in Foxboro, MA
He bought a new car... a Ford Taurus ES, he always wanted one.

Muhammed, NYC cab driver
His sister had her first baby. All of his family is back in Bangaladesh.

A guy on the National Mall in DC
The most important thing was he got a dog (an American Bulldog) and thats been life changing for him.

IMAX movie goer in DC, from Boulder Colorado
The most important thing that Has happened in the last year is that he started painting again. He paints with acrylics and watercolors.

Smithsonian Employee, from Adams Morgan, DC
The most important thing that happened to him in the last year was that he got a new job helping people and he loves it.

a friend in Christiansburg, VA
His wife reached her 2.5 year mark of being cancer free!

Patron at the Cracker Barrel outside of Nashville, TN
She commited her life to Christ after her husband had been nagging her to go to church for 30 years. She attended a retreat and it changed her life.

Man sitting at the gas station in Delight, AR
"The most important thing? I'm still here... thats important 'round here."

Customer at Frank's Grocery Gas & Cafe, Bokchito OK
She was 36, and her first grandchild was born to her unmarried 19 year old daughter.

Restaurant Patron at Don Jose's, Wichita Falls, TX
Her first grandchild was born.

Waiter at Don Jose's in Wichita Falls, TX
A student at Midwestern State studying business, said the most important thing this year was that he got all A's and B's in school, noteworthy for him since he's "on the 10 year plan."

Waitress at the Cookery in Amarillo, Tx
She got engaged this year

Lady pumping gas in Tijeras, NM
The most important thing that happened to her was that she came back to Christ after becoming a Christian in 1989 and drifting away.

High School girl from College Station, TX
(we met her on the shuttle bus in Grand Canyon Village) She said the most important thing that happened to her this year was that she hiked down to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. She realized that if she pushes herself, she can do anything!

Lou, Conductor on the Grand Canyon Railway
He said the most important thing that happened to him this year was he turned 76, and he's looking forward to 77.

Waitress at the Ludlow Cafe, Ludlow CA
Her 17 yo son taught himself to play guitar... someone told her he was really talented, so the most important thing that has happened to her this year is they got him a guitar teacher. They both hope he can make a career out of it.