Posts by Meg

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Blond Joke

by Meg in

as a trucker stops for a red light, a blonde catches up.

she jumps out of her car, runs up to his truck, and knocks on the door.

the trucker lowers the window, and she says "hi, my name is heather and you are losing some of your load.".

As a trucker stops for a red light, a blonde catches up. She jumps out of her car, runs up to his truck, and knocks on the door. The trucker lowers the window, and she says "Hi, my name is Heather and you are losing some of your load."
> >
> > The trucker ignores her and proceeds down the street. When the truck stops for another red light, the girl catches up again. She jumps out of her car, runs up and knocks on the door. Again, the trucker lowers the window. As if they've never spoken, the blonde says brightly, "Hi my name is Heather, and you are losing some of your load!"
> >
> > Shaking his head, the trucker ignores her again and continues down the street. At the third red light, the same thing happens again. All out of breath, the blonde gets out of her car, runs up, knocks on the truck
door.

The trucker lowers the window. Again she says "Hi, my name is Heather, and you are losing some of your load!"

> > When the light turns green the trucker revs up and races to the next light.
> > When he stops this time, he hurriedly gets out of the truck, and runs back to the blonde. He knocks on her window, and as she lowers it, he says...

> > "Hi, my name is Kevin, it's winter in Michigan, and I'm driving the damn
> > SALT TRUCK!"

Grandma's Letter

by Meg in

grandma's letter.

> > >the other day i went up to a local christian bookstore and saw a honk if you love jesus bumper sticker.. > > >i was feeling particularly sassy that day because i had just come from a thrilling choir performance, followed by a thunderous prayer meeting, so i bought the sticker and put in on my bumper.. > > >i was stopped at a red light at a busy intersection, just lost in thought about the lord and how good he is and i didn't notice that the light had changed.. > > >it is a good thing someone else loves jesus because if he hadn't honked, i'd never have noticed.. > > >i found that lots of people love jesus.

why, while i was sitting there, the guy behind started honking like crazy, and when he leaned out of his window and screamed, "for the love of god, go!

Meg

Grandma's Letter

> > >The other day I went up to a local Christian bookstore and saw a honk if you love Jesus bumper sticker.

> > >I was feeling particularly sassy that day because I had just come from a thrilling choir performance, followed by a thunderous prayer meeting, so I bought the sticker and put in on my bumper.

> > >I was stopped at a red light at a busy intersection, just lost in thought about the Lord and how good He is and I didn't notice that the light had changed.

> > >It is a good thing someone else loves Jesus because if he hadn't honked, I'd never have noticed.

> > >I found that LOTS of people love Jesus. Why, while I was sitting there, the guy behind started honking like crazy, and when he leaned out of his window and screamed, "for the love of God, GO! GO!" What an exuberant cheerleader he was for Jesus.

> > >Everyone started honking! I just leaned out of my window and started waving and smiling at all these loving people.

> > >I even honked my horn a few times to share in the love. There must have been a man from Florida back there because I heard him yelling something about a sunny beach...

> > >I saw another guy waving in a funny way with only his middle finger stuck up in the air. When I asked my teenage grandson in the back seat what that meant, he said that it was probably a Hawaiian good luck sign or something.

> > >Well, I've never met anyone from Hawaii, so I leaned out the window and gave him the good luck sign back.

> > >My grandson burst out laughing, why even he was enjoying this religious experience

> > >A couple of the people were so caught up in the joy of the moment

> > >that they got out of their cars and started walking towards me.

> > >I bet they wanted to pray or ask what church I attended, but this is when I noticed the light had changed.

> > >So, I waved to all my sisters and brothers grinning, and drove on through the intersection.

> > >I noticed I was the only car that got through the intersection before the light changed again and I felt kind of sad that I had to leave them after all the love we had shared, so I slowed the car down, leaned out of the window and gave them all the Hawaiian good luck sign one last time as I drove away.

> > >Praise the Lord for such wonderful folks!

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Being Theocratic Before Meetings

by Nosferatu in

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one thing that my mother was trying to instill in me was to be "theocratic" before the meetings.

many times i would drive me and my mother to the meetings while listening to "wreckx-n-effect" or "ac/dc".

she would usually give me hell for this and told me i should listen to kingdom melodies to get my mind prepared for the meeting.. another "problem" was the conversations that went on before meetings (or even on field service) where me and someone else my age would be talking about something completely unrelated to the "truth".

Meg

I always got yelled at for the music I would listen to on the way to the meetings and what my friends and I were talking about before and after the meetings!!! I hated that!! My dad use to play the kingdom melodies in the car on the way to the meeting and we would all have to sing together and then on the way home, we would have to each share what we had learned at the meeting. It was horrible, I use to try so hard to find any excuse why I had to ride with someone else to the meeting!!

I also dreaded Saturday mornings. My dad would always come wake us up for service and I would try so hard to pretend to be asleep and take a loooonnnnggg time getting ready so that we would have to be late and possibly miss service all together!!

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For the Nostalgic ones

by JH in

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http://www.terra.es/personal2/online/ .

Meg

Oh god, the flashbacks!!!

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Overseer Visits

by sandy in

what the hell is the big deal about the circuit overseer's visit?

why does everyone have to drag their bible students and in active friends and family members to the meeting during that week?.

it is so lame and hypocritical.

Meg

I never got a special haircut for the CO's visit, but I do remember getting a new dress!!

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Home school

by Globetrotter in

my son told me the other day that he and his sister are just about the only kids at the kh their age that go to public/private schools.

almost all the other kids are home-schooled.

i was rather shocked.

Meg

I was raised as a JW and there were quite a few in my congregation that were homeschooled. The other youths that I knew that were homeschooled their whole lives did have a lot of social issues and were not the brightest bulbs on the tree.

I myself was homeschooled for my last two years of high school. Mine was a self-study do-it-yourself type classes and I was able to finish up the last two years of high school in one year while working full time.

I definently don't think that you get the same level of education and I think that the interaction with real people is important.

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Overseer Visits

by sandy in

what the hell is the big deal about the circuit overseer's visit?

why does everyone have to drag their bible students and in active friends and family members to the meeting during that week?.

it is so lame and hypocritical.

Meg

I always hated the CO visits. I think it shows just how truly fake everyone really is. Suddenly everyone makes everymeeting and goes out in service several times a week. It makes me sick how fake everyone is.

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A question for all women that were raised in the "truth"

by codeblue in

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do you feel like you have low self esteem because of being raised as a jw?.

codeblue

Meg

Luna-

I would definently agree with you on not fitting in at the kingdom hall. I never really felt that I fit in there either, which I beleive added to my self esteem issues.

Growing up and going to school, I always tried very hard to be the "perfect witness" and to do everything the proper way and did not really have to many friends since I was not suppose to. I thought by being the best witness that I could be , that I would fit in and be more accepted at the kingdom hall. (which obviously did not work) I actually ended up feeling more and more like an outcast no matter where I was.

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Sending "Love" from the Platform

by RubaDub in

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i have never been able to understand the "the brothers from xyz cogregation are sending their love" at the end of a public talk.. it always seemed to occur when the speaker was from a far-away place.

then, we all have to clap when he rhetorically asks "do you want to send our love to them?".

they never seem to do it when it is a near-by congregation .. only one far away.

Meg

Interesting observation.

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'Unscriptural Divorce,' & Remarriage?

by Rabbit in

i'm new too, i guess the saying, "misery loves company," is true in some ways.

in reading some

of the posts...i see a very sad and common theme of extreme depression and loneliness.

Meg

I am actually going through a semi-similar situation. I am in the process of going through a divorce that at this point has no scriptual grounds. I am getting alot of grief from my family who up until this point has not talked to me since I got married. I have gone out on a couple of dates and have now started seeing someone (non JW of course) , so I know it won't be long before I am df'd. My dad actually called me for the first time in six months just to remind me that I am not free to see anyone and to ask if I was.