just registered today after many months of being a silent spectator, hope to tell you a bit about myself in the days/weeks to come, but not just yet.
one step at a time as they say.
i have been helped so much by what i have read here, at first i expected to find bitter and twisted rantings, not so, you all seem very normal.
WELCOME PEPPERMINT!!!
I am fairly new myself--a Non-JW soon to be DV'd (divorced) from "Da Mob".
This wonderful board may not keep me normal, but it does help me stay sane! Hope you enjoy your time here-you will not be ignored!!!
Happy New Year of New beginnings!!!
mobbie
i have this fascination with holocaust stuff, the memorial, movies like shindlers list, the history channels programs they have.
last night i watched the pianist.
it was an incredible movie.
Dear Jess,
I am not a JW first of all, but I do share some of your intense fears of the Holocaust, especially of being burned. I have long had a fascination with that horrific time in history. I never ever used to believe in reincarnation or past lives, but it was suggested to me finally that perhaps I had actually lived or died as a Jew at that time. Strange to consider, but this is how I have been able to deal with my fears at times. I will never know for sure if that is the answer, but it helps me to give it some credence. As previously mentioned, I agree that prayer meditation and therapy are very helpful as well.
Blessings for the new year!
mobbie
ok, granted i am a newly-transplanted californian to portland....so maybe not a big deal to most.. but i'm told this is unusual for portland....snow has been falling all morning, there are about 3 inches now...it is a soft, feathery dry snow.
i've already been for a few walks ... it is so quiet and muted out especially for a city.
people are out walking (can't drive!
WOOHOO!!! In the 16 1/2 years I have lived in OR I have NEVER seen this much snow actually fall and STICK!!! Having been raised in MT, this is pure HEAVEN!!!
My shepherd is originally from ID, so is "lapping it up too" LOL...don't which is more fun-watching the people or the critters!
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!
mushing mobbie
new years is almost upon us and hell has frozen over, oops, i mean the seahawks have stumbled their way into the playoffs.
its time to set our mind to a get-together!
seattle area and those who can travel easily to seattle, lets put our heads together and decide on something mutually acceptable!
Do I qualify for this get together? I'm an apostate wanna be! Oh...oh and I'm divorcing a JW does that count?
Would love to meet you all and I am only a few hours away...
PAHLEEEZZZZZZZE?
mobbie ( D'd da mob)
i think i have mentioned this before, but i'm curious.
my girlfriend and i had a discussion with some friends about how old they felt thier souls were.
for myself, i have the feeling with alot of things in life that i have done them before.
and no...I am NOT schizo! It is not "hearing voices" like that AT all! ( I have been around someone who was and hoo-boy that was scary...) Anyone else out there who feels like they have antennae or a satellite dish on their head? BTW...my brother is the same, but his gift is a bit different. He sees more of them than I do, and I hear them more than he does. We are both Scotch/Irish and were told by our Irish mother and maternal grandmother that we both had "The Sight" when we were very little.
mobbie
i think i have mentioned this before, but i'm curious.
my girlfriend and i had a discussion with some friends about how old they felt thier souls were.
for myself, i have the feeling with alot of things in life that i have done them before.
I think I am definitely an "old soul". I too feel recycled, and am going through more now-I still have much to learn, but am struck by how much I do know now at my age. It is not an uncommon thing for me to hear "You are so fortunate to have learned that so young". Also, when around other people close in age, I seem to be so much more mature in some things..not bragging here, but it strikes me as odd sometimes that we don't relate as equals even though we often are in age.
Gumby, I meant to post on your "Ghost" thread, but have had major doodoo flying around at my house lately, and it's not ghosts! However, ALL of my life I have heard spirits (the dead) and have seen a few as well. Part of my childhood I was raised in the Southwest, and was taken to a lot of Indian ruins. I distinctly remember that being the first time I heard other people talking. I must have been about 6. To me, they just lived there, and it was perfectly normal to hear them and know that they were there. It was only when I realized that others could not hear them as I did that I became afraid and questioned what was to later be discovered as quite a gift. Sometimes irritating for sure, but now I know there are many people just like me. All this is to say that I think being an "old soul" has everything to do with why I have this gift.
mystic mobbie...rofl...
it's been a long time since i last posted here.
most of you probably don't remember me, but i'm a non-jw who has a very dear friend that is married to a jw.
this morning my friend called me.
That is EXACTLY what my JW husband (soon to be ex) said to me last week re: blood and blood products. I did not mention it in my divorce thread, but THAT WAS THE LAST STRAW.
Having to write up my own medical directive to protect me from my own husband and his family (mine are far away) is INSANITY.
He assured me that he would be willing to "Convery my wishes to the appropriate medical personnel if I had a "Living Will" or some other sort of medical directive, but if left to make ANY decisions FOR me, he would not and could not allow any blood or blood products PERIOD".
"There are so many OTHER alternatives" he said to me verbatim.
You see, that will never fly with me, because ten years ago I was on my deathbed after a particularly traumatic birth with my son, and I needed 4 units of blood. I was given the choice of dying within a few hours if I didn't take the whole blood (HCT of 13 for us medical people...) and leaving a newborn motherless, or taking that blood, and living to raise him, and see him grow up.
I would not be here without it, plain and simple!!!
mobbie-who got to be a mommy
..and is divorcing "Da Mob" to make sure she can continue to be!
merry christmas and happy new year to everyone on this awesome board!!!
yes, as the subject line implies, i have decided to get a divorce.
i cannot and will not go through another christmas like the one i just went through with my 10 yr old son.
"Greater cyberlove has no man than this...(the JWD board!)"You guys are awesome...thank you so for your kind words of wisdom support and love!!!
I will keep you all posted-you aren't rid of me yet!
blue mobbie (sorry if this comes out blue again-just chalk it up to my mood)
merry christmas and happy new year to everyone on this awesome board!!!
yes, as the subject line implies, i have decided to get a divorce.
i cannot and will not go through another christmas like the one i just went through with my 10 yr old son.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to EVERYONE on this AWESOME board!!!
Yes, as the subject line implies, I have decided to get a divorce. I cannot and will not go through another Christmas like the one I just went through with my 10 yr old son. His tears, my tears, and the absolute hell that we have been through in the last year have shown me I MUST get out ASAP. My husband is not even fully re-assimilated, operational and functional yet, and I can JUST imagine what it is going to be like when he is...
For ANYONE out there reading this who is NOT a JW and is dating or considering marrying an active or non-active JW-
PLEASE RECONSIDER-
PLEASE DO YOUR HOMEWORK-
ASK QUESTIONS-THE MORE THE BETTER-
STAY ON THIS BOARD AND LEARN ALL YOU CAN-THESE ARE FOLKS WHO CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE!
I cannot thank you all enough in advance for your support and encouragement-which I will desperately need as I begin this journey to break away from DA MOB...
Thank you, and I sincerely care for you all!
mobbie
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the tape measure is only there for comparison.
any ideas, i can win a bottle of wine if i get the answer in the next two hours or so....
Well, it is WAY past time of course, but want to give it a try anyway-
How about a tree borer? Something that they take tree ring samples with?
mobbie (from the old growth tree state!)
