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I've had a few experiences with developing resilience, too private to share over the internet. While I would never want to relive those experiences, I know I am a stronger person because of them.

I don't know if I would call it resilience or not. But with all that has gone on here for the last three years. Job loss, huge pay cut, medical issues and depression. I'm still trying to hang in there. I just think of my daughter everyday and know I have to go on for her.

Resilience - becoming a mom at 17, putting myself through college and grad school, moving 2,000 miles away from all extended family, surviving lengthy deployments and having a great marriage and three amazing kids to show for it in the end. Resilience is getting through the tough stuff and coming out on top with the confidence of knowing you did it.

My example of being resilient is going on a deployment with the US Navy while my husband of 10 months stayed at home and took care of our new house. He had to do EVERYTHING while I was gone. I came home 5 days before Christmas last year and things were just as they should be. And our marriage is even stronger. And a baby on the way this year!!

Caring for my mom in her final months then losing her to cancer last summer...losing my dad to heart disease eight months earlier...my only sibling is 3000 miles away from me.

My Resilience was learning that indeed its our Lord's will & not mine after our oldest little girl passed away 5 years ago to SIDS,because of it I have learned to hold on to my faith more then I ever had even when I didn't know how, to let go and know that I can't have control of everything, to laugh and enjoy the little things. Each day is a blessing no matter what we endure if wake up the next day then its our choice what we do w/that day. For me each day I try to remember to laugh & make sure I show & tell the ones I care about that I do.

Some amazing stories here, thanks for sharing.
My own resilience story is due to my dh having a serious motorbike accident, spending time in intensive care not knowing if he was going to recover, and then a seemingly different man coming round - my dh did eventually make a full recovery and is pretty much back to the man I married, but it was a tough time being so far from family and having 4 girls to raise by myself (youngest was just 6 months at time) while trying to care for him too. It was a very difficult journey for all of us.

My dad was in the Navy, so we moved every two years. I had to learn to be resilient every time we left friends behind for a new school and place. And that resilience helped me go away to college by myself and move far away from everyone, alone, to my first job. It helped me when we moved to a new place right before my first son was born. Although I hated moving so often as a kid, I now know I can move and adapt to any location. Thank you for such an inspiring blog and the great giveaways!

No matter how many times I get my heart broken, I'm always ready to try again. I imagine it will pay off eventually. Also, I loooooooove these kits.

Balancing a demanding full-time job, wife and mother to a very active 13 y/o girl! And trying to find some ME time!!!!!

Resilience at our house is maintaining balance with a husband/father that travels, a young child and two teenagers .... LOVE!

My mother died one year ago today. I have spent the last year as the executor of her estate. Her house is a treasure trove of memories that I am slowly turning into the stories of her life and the life of our family. My three brothers and my sister live resilience every day. We support each other now that our parents are gone. Mom lives on in each of us and in the stories we know. I am piecing together the stories I don't know. It is so sad to think that she is no longer in this world until I remember that she is still here-she lives in every one of us.

Wow. It's humbling to read so many of the previous comments...being a military wife requires resilience. Recently I was told that we may have to uproot our family, sell our house, settle into a new neighborhood, get the kids into school all in a matter of a few months. We are living in our first home, our oldest child is attending the college a couple of hours away, 2 of my younger kids are getting ready to start high school & middle school.

I don't know how we will do all of this in the allotted time, but I know after the dust settles, we will be stronger and closer as a family.

Not giving up on myself even though things didn't turn out the way I and everyone else expected - believing that good things would happen eventually - and they have, although every day is still a challenge.

Several years ago my husband and I suffered the loss of a baby and then dealt with infertility problems. After a few years we finally gave birth to a healthy baby girl. These were very tough and trying years but we did see light at the end of the tunnel. I can't imagine life without our daughter now.

We just keep on keeping on! This life is fleeting, so walk on until it's over. This has helped my husband and I raising our daughter with Down syndrome.

Resilience for me was surviving the death of a child and not letting my marriage die with it. A very difficult journey that has given me new eyes as we had to create our "new normal".

I guess it's the ability with God's help to move forward when everything tells you to dig in and stay put.

I am laid of from my job as a teacher. I am trying to keep my head up where the education system seems to be getting worse.

Resilience in my life revolves around raising my children the way that we want to, without external forces telling us how to do so. It seems everyone has two their two cents...

I'm determined to survive and persevere every day. No matter what happens, we have to bounce back!

In 1997 I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. After bi-lateral mastectomies followed by chemo, I can happily say that 14 years later I remain cancer free.

I moved 900 miles away from all my friends and family right after hight school. I didn't think I would be able to make it on my own, but 16 years later with a family of my own, I wouldn't have wished it any other way!

my greatest resilience has been growing into a happy, positive person that loves life...despite the fact that my dad was killed in a horrible accident 28 years ago when i was 9 years old. my mother was left a very young widow to raise me and my 1 year old sister. even though we went through some very hard times, i came out of it a strong person and grateful for my life.

My greatest resilience is making it through my childhood and despite the hardships I faced being able to build a wonderful life for myself with an amazing husband and beautiful children.