Posts by Andee

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Can I share a great experience with you all?

by jonjonsimons in

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just wanted to pass along a recent experience that has helped open my eyes about many things.

i wasn't going to share this with the db but with all of the crap going on around here lately i thought it might be nice to post something that i found to be uplifting.

a few of you that i exchange emails with already know that my leukemia came out of remission recently.

Andee

Hi JonJon,

I'm sorry to read of the reoccurence of your Leukemia. It's a tough blow. I know, I am a Mama to a kid that whose leukemia is in remission nearly 9 years now. Even after all those years, that fear of a reoccurrence looms quietly in the back of my mind. You "sound" like you have a positive attitude for the treatment road ahead.

So glad that your sister is willing to be a marrow donor if necessary. It's ironic that living at Bethel she was able to see the error of the WTS blood policy. I am also hoping that you won't need her marrow, but knowing you have her in your corner must be a huge boost!

Best Wishes to you!

Andee

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Where are we from.....

by BobsGirl in

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i know that this has been done before, but i am new to the board and i would like to get an idea of where everyone is located.

as an aside .... plesantries or animosities, moderators or no, i am grateful to have this board.

bobsgirl

Andee

Near Palm Springs, California, USA

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Just a bit of humor.

by WildHorses in

my mother sent this to me and i had a good chuckle.

i thought maybe a few of you could use a good laugh too.. .

nuns at the football game .

Andee

At which point, the three men laugh as they inform the nuns that they are Jehovah's Witnesses, and they know that hell is just a fabrication by the Catholic Church.

Then one of the men offers the nuns a current issue of the WT for a small donation. THAT gets the nuns to move

Andee

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Deepening Saddness

by Amazing in

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i look back on the 1970s with a sense of loss and nostalgia.

i was a young man, just married, and so much in love with my beautiful wife.

i had just started my engineering career, and was debt free.

Andee

Slayerlayer

More than half of those experiences have need negative ones. I sometimes wish that I could go back and change decisions that I made. But in all honesty, I really like who I am today. I know that all of the negative things in life that I have gone through have made me who I am today. These learning experiences have made me a little wiser than I believe I would be, had I not endured them.

My thoughts exactly.

Andee

"I have been handed a lot of lemons in this life, however, I like to think I make damn good lemonaide"-Me

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get a life -- 10 facts

by joelbear in

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i thought it would be interesting for people to just post a few things about themselves so we can get to know each other just a bit.. try posting 10 facts about your life.. joel.

1. i was born and raised in south georgia.. 2. my favorite subject in school was math.. 3. i was in the fulltime service (bethel and pioneer) for 4 years.. 4. my favorite color is blue.. 5. mitch and i have been together over 12 years.. 6. we live in a suburb of atlanta georgia.. 7. we love to eat out and have friends over for dinner and board games.. 8. the only sport i was ever any good at is tennis.. 9. my favorite tv show of all time is the simpsons.. 10. we are both naturists and wish we could lay on the beach naked every day.

Andee

Hi Wounded Heart,

Nice to meet you

I am touched by the your honesty and enthusiastic embrace of life. Especially, when it comes to birthdays and holidays.

I have been celebrating those for years. However, because of being denied enjoying them as a kid, since my own children were born I really go into high gear during the holidays. A huge tree, festive decorations inside my house, and my yard lit up like the Las Vegas strip!

To experience the happiness these times bring my kids is very healing to me.

Andee

"head up in the clouds with feet firmly planted on the ground"

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get a life -- 10 facts

by joelbear in

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i thought it would be interesting for people to just post a few things about themselves so we can get to know each other just a bit.. try posting 10 facts about your life.. joel.

1. i was born and raised in south georgia.. 2. my favorite subject in school was math.. 3. i was in the fulltime service (bethel and pioneer) for 4 years.. 4. my favorite color is blue.. 5. mitch and i have been together over 12 years.. 6. we live in a suburb of atlanta georgia.. 7. we love to eat out and have friends over for dinner and board games.. 8. the only sport i was ever any good at is tennis.. 9. my favorite tv show of all time is the simpsons.. 10. we are both naturists and wish we could lay on the beach naked every day.

Andee

Oh dear did I ever goof!

My post was addressed to WAITING, not Amazing.

Sorry about that! Waiting. I must have just read somthing Amazing posted.

Those "INGS" get me everytime!

Andee

head in the clouds with feet firmly planted on the ground

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Kings of North and South?

by Stephanus in

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australian troops boarding a norwegian ship??

is this the beginning of the end?.

doom!

Andee

Here's my experience with this topic:

Men

King of the North=Brain

King of the South=His "friend"

South has North beaten "hands down"

Andee

"head up in the clouds with feet firmly planted on the ground"

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get a life -- 10 facts

by joelbear in

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i thought it would be interesting for people to just post a few things about themselves so we can get to know each other just a bit.. try posting 10 facts about your life.. joel.

1. i was born and raised in south georgia.. 2. my favorite subject in school was math.. 3. i was in the fulltime service (bethel and pioneer) for 4 years.. 4. my favorite color is blue.. 5. mitch and i have been together over 12 years.. 6. we live in a suburb of atlanta georgia.. 7. we love to eat out and have friends over for dinner and board games.. 8. the only sport i was ever any good at is tennis.. 9. my favorite tv show of all time is the simpsons.. 10. we are both naturists and wish we could lay on the beach naked every day.

Andee

Hi Mommy

You really touched a cord in me when you wrote of being different and not wanting anyone to feel sorry for you. I bristle at the thought of anyone feeling pity for me.

You know, this life has handed me a lot of lemons. However, I like to think I make pretty damn good lemonaide!

Going to email you ASAP with more details regarding your post

Andee

"head in the clouds with feet firmly planted on the ground"

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get a life -- 10 facts

by joelbear in

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i thought it would be interesting for people to just post a few things about themselves so we can get to know each other just a bit.. try posting 10 facts about your life.. joel.

1. i was born and raised in south georgia.. 2. my favorite subject in school was math.. 3. i was in the fulltime service (bethel and pioneer) for 4 years.. 4. my favorite color is blue.. 5. mitch and i have been together over 12 years.. 6. we live in a suburb of atlanta georgia.. 7. we love to eat out and have friends over for dinner and board games.. 8. the only sport i was ever any good at is tennis.. 9. my favorite tv show of all time is the simpsons.. 10. we are both naturists and wish we could lay on the beach naked every day.

Andee

Hi Amazing,

I chuckled when you mentioned not being a "happy camper" when you added the third child. I too wanted three children, but unfortunately, I just don't do the pregnancy thing very well. With the challenges I have with the two I have, maybe that is not such a bad thing.

My daughter, who is 10, was just out of infancy when she was diagnosed. She has been cancer free for almost 9 years. I hope I didn't give the impression her illness was recent. Treatment was a long, bumpy road. The strain on my family was tremendous. There are no words to describe how grateful I am to be able to watch her grow up. However! The curse my mother put on me when I was a kid worked! I have a daughter that acts the same way I did when I was a kid![D]

I have shared about my daughters illness before. She had leukemia, and of course, that brings up the whole blood issue. I was not a JW as an adult so there was no question that she was going to get a transfusion. She certainly would have died without it. I was (can't now because of meds I take) a blood donor for years before she was even born and thought it was important then. I had no idea that one day my childs life would depend other blood donors. So, I share about my experience here because of the JW stand on human blood.

I have also read many of your posts. The one that comes to mind was your post about your nephew coming to visit and all the driving he and his wife had to do to visit his JW parents.

Thanks so much for your well wishes for me and my family.

Andee

"head in the clouds with feet firmly planted on the ground"

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get a life -- 10 facts

by joelbear in

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i thought it would be interesting for people to just post a few things about themselves so we can get to know each other just a bit.. try posting 10 facts about your life.. joel.

1. i was born and raised in south georgia.. 2. my favorite subject in school was math.. 3. i was in the fulltime service (bethel and pioneer) for 4 years.. 4. my favorite color is blue.. 5. mitch and i have been together over 12 years.. 6. we live in a suburb of atlanta georgia.. 7. we love to eat out and have friends over for dinner and board games.. 8. the only sport i was ever any good at is tennis.. 9. my favorite tv show of all time is the simpsons.. 10. we are both naturists and wish we could lay on the beach naked every day.

Andee

What a fun thread!

10 facts about me:

1. Married 14 years and I still LIKE the guy!

2. Two children, girl 10 and boy 5. My children, my greatest joy, my
greatest aggraviation.

3. I have a sarcastic and snide sense of humor that most people just
don't get.

4. I don't give a damn about, other than what is necessary, that
being NEEDS not WANTS, about status and money.

5. The defining moment of my life was when my daughter was diagnosed
cancer. (See number 4)

6. My spouse has no idea how much money we have in the bank. He
just hands it over to me.

7. My nickname is the "vacuum killer". I have to get a new one
every year.

8. I love strawberry margaritas!

9. Most people think my Mom is my sister. She was only 17 when I
was born. Married when she was 14 in the 50's in true JW fashion.

10. I read two newpapers everyday. Woe is the individual that touches
them before I am done reading them.

Andee

"head in the clouds with feet firmly planted on the ground"