by Simon 39 Replies latest jw friends
Simon & Angharad!
It would be awesome to welcome you to Canada as permanent residents!!!
And not to worry... the Calgary winters are milder than the Saskatchewan or Manitoba winters...Calgary gets the warm winds (Chinooks) that break up the winter quite significantly...and they are oh so welcome!!
I've visited Calgary several times. My son used to attend Tech school there. It's a wonderful city!!
ESTEE
My parents live 5 miles and light years from me
I can relate to that ! My mother lives about 5 miles away and I haven't seen her in years. She comes to the KH at the end of our street 2 or 3 times a week but never sees me or her grandkids. We gave up visiting them because we were made to feel so uncomfortable - why should we let them make us feel like that? Nice 'loving family' that the WTS builds eh?
My sisters live even closer and we never see them either.
We love Calgary and have been all round the surrounding area from Edmonton & Drumheller down to Waterton Lakes and Great Falls (in the USA) and Jasper & BC across to, er, the litle places I can't remember to the East.
It's all very beautiful and we really can't wait to get out there. We've already picked out some nice areas we'd like to go to just south of Calgary (the Okotoks, Nanton, High-River area). Handy for visiting Dad and family who live in Lethbridge.
It will be nice to have a proper winter and snow rather than constant rain LOL
If you want to see some awesome climbing piccy's, PM me your email address Simon and I'll attach some for you.... Incredible scenery!
Shamus
Yep, Mrs Ozzie just hates the goodbyes........................it's agony.
Once you're back in routine, or on your journey home, it seems to lessen.
Cheers, Ozzie
I can relate to that ! My mother lives about 5 miles away and I haven't seen her in years. She comes to the KH at the end of our street 2 or 3 times a week but never sees me or her grandkids. We gave up visiting them because we were made to feel so uncomfortable - why should we let them make us feel like that? Nice 'loving family' that the WTS builds eh? My sisters live even closer and we never see them either.
Simon,
I had no idea you were suffering in this way. I guess I was so taken up with our troubles. You have my sympathy; you know I understand what it's like!
Cheers, Ozzie
I love my (non-JW) father and my five sisters and one brother, but I don't think I'd be very upset at all if I didn't see them for a long, long time. In fact, three of them never answer my cards, phone calls or emails, so I've stopped writing and caring. That may change, but right now there's just been too much hurt for me to willingly expose myself to their conditional love (conditional on everything from the phase of the moon to what I'm doing for a living). My psychiatrist told me they are self-absorbed, self-protective, selfish, self-centered. I said that must mean I am, too. He said, no, you're not selfish.
Oh, my mother's been dead for 23 years.
I do miss her so much.
Rosemarie
Dad flew home this morning
Really? His arms must be tired!
(Sorry)
LOL @ funkyderek
... thanks for the laugh
Worlds away and yet we touch
Across the shiny sea
Far away from me
Lives my Dad, a man I still love so much
Worlds away and yet we touch
I don’t see him much any longer
He’s growing old now, not any stronger
I wonder how many times we will still see each other
Time ticks by – one month, two months….another
The hope to be together again is always in my heart
It doesn’t matter how long we are apart
Am I just a dreaming of my childhood once more?
Remembering how at the end of each day Dad would walk in the door…
The door is closing with passing time
Inch by inch it nears it nears the end of the line
Don’t forget Dad still cares so much
Worlds away and yet we touch….
Jack
