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i found this in my back yard today.
i live in the n. texas area (dfw).. it's about 1/2 inch long..
It's definitely a bug!
Seriously.....I used to work for Orkin, but I don't know what that is.
Doesn't look like a tick to me.
I wouldn't worry about it. After all, there are more catalog bugs than we ever thought.
Try looking online at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh. They have one of the largest insect catalogs in the world.
HappyDad
i have my jw bible but also have the good news bible that was used at the lutheran church i went to for about 8 yrs back in the 80's.. one (jw)is hard to read and understand some of the books and the (good news)other is to easy and leaves somethings out, well the jw one does to.. .
o.n..
I have and read daily in the NIV Bible.
Yes, I still believe in God and attend church regularly.
HappyDad
there was a time when i almost picked up that bookbag and bible, headed out the door for the kingdom hall, again, leaving my kids.. i was sure that going to the meetings, studying, field service, good association, was more pleasing to god than my relationship/responsiblity to my children.
none of them were going to be in the truth, so i hardened my heart and little by little, covered up the hurt i felt and kept up the facade.
by the time i got to my last child and only daughter that tried desperately to please me by going to meetings, studying, not saluting the flag a school, no holidays, birthdays, sneaking around to date, until then she never kept anything from me..........i realized i was losing all my children.
Thanks for the beautiful post Purps.
I felt the same way in the late 1990's when my daughter started her fade as I know it now.
When she wasn't at meetings, I was pained in my heart even though I was having my own doubts at the time.
Then I woke up and realized my daughter was smarter than I was, and then and there I made up my mind that no organization with it's pharisaical laws would come between me and the only person in this world that I loved.
And we are happy now even though we are 1200 miles apart. We talk every day.
HappyDad
going through some of my files... came across some photos of some artwork of mine... thought it might be fun to share with others here who are into art.
so post some of your artwork.
i painted this a couple of years ago... hope this works.... coffee .
Coffee,
You are VERY talented. Wish I could do more than stick figures.
HappyDad
what denomination did you originally belong to before becoming a jehovah's witness?.
i was methodist.
i was horrified when attending my first jw meeting and hearing the simple piano music over the speakers ... compared to the live orchestra performed at the methodist church.
I was a non-practicing Catholic.
My mother became a JW about 1962 and always talked to me about it.
Once I got home from the Army in 1968 I was ready to accept the things from the WTBTS after seeing where the world had gone with Vietnam and the other events of the time.
I met my soon to be wife at a Circuit Assembly at a local high school that they used at the time..... through my mother. (my late wife was the only good thing that happened to me while being a JW........other than my wonderful daughter who is out of the claws of the cult also)
Problem was..........I bought into the mindset, hook, line and sinker! I became an obnoxious JW like so many others. The rest of the world would become bird shit and I gloated over it!
My goodness.......I surely have changed!
HappyDad
i've only made stew a couple of times, but am trying a new one today.
any of you ever used a recipe like this?
i'll let you know later on if it's any good.
GoingGoingGone,
This cornbread casserole recipe by MrsJones5 is delicious and it would go great with any stew.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/169594/1/Oh-My-Gosh-I-just-discovered-Cornbread-Casserole
HappyDad
wow - finally!.
after several months of reading this forum daily, i'm finally registered and able to post!
i know many of you well from reading current threads almost daily since last summer.
Welcome to the board from Pittsburgh, Pa
HappyDad
you've found the courage to visit this forum, or maybe you happened across us, or maybe you're just here to complain about us.
let me save you some time-think of this as your automated telephone response....you know, press 1 to reach customer service..... if you're a jw or ex-jw who is afraid of apostates but just wants some info...... * stick around, lurking is fine if you need to.
* apostasy is not contagious (even though wts called it rabies at one time).
Well done Rebel8.
I love the advice here. It should be heeded even by some old timers on the forum.
HappyDad
new here, lurked for a while, glad to be able to join.. my introduction from jw recovery:.
"i am new to the board, so a short introduction is in order.
i am 26 years old and just out for about a month (update: four and a half months).
Welcome from Pittsburgh, Pa viva.
Hope you enjoy it here. Lot's of good people on this forum.
HappyDad
i have been reading the board for months and have been waiting to join!
thanks for allowing new members.
i was a jw.
Welcome from Pittsburgh, PA
You said it right. You have had to be there to understand.
HappyDad
