what was your best year? Mine was 1983 we built our house had two little boys running around and we were so cash strapped but it was a good year. My worst was 1994 my inlaws both died my father died which I had to read about in the news paper the morning of my farther in laws funeral (dear stepwitch didn't inform any of us he was ill) my son totaled our car my brother in law found out her had cancer my mother had a stroke and my husband lost his job it eas a horrible year.