I think I'll remember restrangled for a fine human being... good luck my sister!
Tired of your own JW History/ Would you like to remembered otherwise?
by restrangled 16 Replies latest jw friends
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dinah
I want to be remembered as a big-hearted asshole.
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Happy Harvester
We are not our past.
Our past is not our future.
I will be remembered as a person preoccupied with many things - one of which is advocacy for those who truly need advocacy.
I will be remembered as a trouble-maker by abusers, and as an advocate by victims.
That is a certainty - no matter what forums I visit or who my family is or was or where I come from. Growing up a victim does not make me a victim still; nor does it ensure that I will be a victimizer.
We all grow and change. I will also be remembered for that. I hope we all will be remembered for growth and change because of this board and because of how we live our lives away from the Internet.
I am sure it is happening.
Love and healing and hope to all!
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Happy Harvester
I want to be remembered for living life on life's terms, and learning to be happy and to take the "good" with the "bad" and keep moving and growing.
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jgnat
I am all of everything I have ever done. I keep pictures of my ex in the photo albums. When I was in my twenties I fantasized about starting over only, without all the "mistakes". But that would have meant I would not have had my children. I would not be the odd combination of toughness and compassion that comes from facing down evil. I celebrate life now, and it is all the sweeter because I brushed with darkness.
Nope, I'm all of it. I'm a JWD junkie. I am also a grandmama who bakes cookies and teaches Sunday School. I'm a workaholic who arrives early and stays late for the sheer fun of the job. I have a wacky Witness husband who tilts me off kilter and reminds me to live in the moment.
Wouldn't trade my life for any other.
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sweetstuff
I want to be remembered for being a great mom first and foremost, if my kids remember me that way, all is good in my books. Then a great cook, a poet, artist, strong willed and outspoken. Of course I am sure most who know me well will also remember me as a very caring, loving person, with a real smartass mouth on me. Passionate, with an irish temper to prove it, haha. Of course, I am sure total sci fi and fantasy nerd will make the list. The last thing I want to be remembered for is being an xjw. If anything of that memory stays around, I hope its only that I had the strength to say enough and stand up for what I believe. Other than that, its a part of history that needs no remembering.
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R.Crusoe
I want to be remembered for being forgettable. That way the odd one who still loves me will get on with their lives regardless giving me the all clear to leave the building. Anything else in this life is irrelevant to each of us. It's those we love we hate to leave 'without support' and when you have been reduced to nothing yourself you feel more of an emotional burden to loved ones than if you were dead. If your means to support others is taken from you and that is your whole persona - your life is over! And with time you evolve into an unhappy life form whose only next step is to stay as you are or die. Knowing this, you would prefer to handed the 'forgotten' key so as you can let yourself out with a sad but sleepy smile on your face!