LOL, TresHappy!
That was funny.
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i attended a notorious congregation as a child, the infamous winter gardens congregation!
my cousin and his best friend, both named joe, were elders, my cousin was the po and the other joe was a total loser suck up who wanted to be just like my cousin, joe.
what was even funnier, as i get off point a bit, is that "suck up" joe's wife, cathy, did everything she could do to get her pudgy lil self to dress, look, walk, and talk like my cousin joe's wife, clementine.
LOL, TresHappy!
That was funny.
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anyone here a sark fan?
i'm really geared up for reading her succulent wild women book after spending a few weeks on her marvelous message board.
it's quite the nurturing and creative place, if you like that kind of stuff.
Anyone here a SARK fan? I'm really geared up for reading her Succulent Wild Women book after spending a few weeks on her Marvelous Message Board. It's quite the nurturing and creative place, if you like that kind of stuff.
i am a new member here and wanted to say hello to all.
i noticed that there are a lot of hot topics being discussed here.
i am not bitter or angry, just kinda very lost in the shuffle and hope to meet some new people.
Hello PuternutAry,
Welcome and nice to make your aquaintance!
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sassy,.
i got an email back from terina and she is the one you lost contact with.
i'll pm you her email addy.
Sassy,
I don't think so. I stayed out of most of the flurry because I was inactive at the time.
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blessĀ·ing (bln. Something promoting or contributing to happiness, well-being, or prosperity. -Dictionary.com
I do all I can to make the most of it all.
something recently occurred to me that many people, whether former jws or others who faced hardships in life, often look for meaning to life ... specifically a special meaning to their own lives ... i have done that at times, before i became a jw, while a jw, and more so since i left the religion.. i was having a conversation recently with my oldest son who is now 29 years old.
we discussed the meaning to life and how he sees himself now - in his ex-jw years - given that he was raised a jw.
he made the following comment i thought some here may find insightful.
I have found great satisfaction in creating my own meaning to life
Cool!
on reflection of a few of the recent threads about the past year, and the ensuing one i had pause to think about some of my priorities in life.
y'know family is always family, and that has to be the closest bond - right up there with life-partner (but you get to choose the latter .
below (and currently my avatar) is a pic of my eldest nephew, taken about a year ago.. frankly i don't know what i'd do if anything happened to him.
What a cutie! and the one yer holding is a cutie too! :)
i had a talk with my best friend (who is still an active jw) the other day, and told her that i wasn't interested in remaining an active witness any more.
i knew she would accept my feelings, because she's a wonderful person and is actually very emotionally healthy, but was afraid because i didn't really know how tight a grip the mind control had on her, and didn't know if she would feel obligated to back off in our friendship any.
i was deeply afraid of that, because we're as close, if not closer than, sisters.. to my pleasant surprise, she not only totally accepted my feelings, but she already knew what i was going to say before i said it.
Wow, piph. Thanks for taking the time to type all of that out. You and Euph have really been through a lot over the last few months. Too bad things didn't stay smooth until after your honeymoon. I'm glad yours and his parents came through like they did to have the wedding. And I'm glad yours seem cool about it. My heart aches everytime I see long-time relationships affected and severed over JWism. Especially with those we never would imagined doing without. Yes, I agree, you have to do what you have to do. Right now is such a raw time. Congrats on your Senior member status. I still have yet to reach Junior. It's taken a good long time. :) alias
sassy,.
i got an email back from terina and she is the one you lost contact with.
i'll pm you her email addy.
You see friends Terina is an old online friend of mine back from the witnet days. I was one of several who would post in a special thread called The Never Ending Story.
I remember those threads!
i had a talk with my best friend (who is still an active jw) the other day, and told her that i wasn't interested in remaining an active witness any more.
i knew she would accept my feelings, because she's a wonderful person and is actually very emotionally healthy, but was afraid because i didn't really know how tight a grip the mind control had on her, and didn't know if she would feel obligated to back off in our friendship any.
i was deeply afraid of that, because we're as close, if not closer than, sisters.. to my pleasant surprise, she not only totally accepted my feelings, but she already knew what i was going to say before i said it.
((((Piph)))) It's hard, I know. But it will get easier. Keep your heart open to your friend. Your love for her is an important part of your well-being. From her perspective, there's another story that we all understand. She's having an extremely difficult time too, and unfortunately, 'forced' to do something unnatural going against her instincts. I might have missed part of your story somewhere. I think I understand that your not da or df - did you just one day announce to your friends that you no longer wanted to be a JW? Was it before the wedding? Take care of yourself, piph. alias