Posts by mamochan13

in the mean time: if you have sent him emails or want to send him an email, it might take a couple of days for him to respond.. feel free to leave messages here for him.

mamochan13

I had noticed you weren't around - glad things are on the mend. I agree - there ARE miracles.

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mmmm...winter will be here soon..time for comfort food.

by Glander in

beautiful fall day here inspired me to a kitchen task i don't do very often.

scratch beef stock.

yep.

I make soup all the time. It's my favourite way to use leftovers. Toss them in and boil - even salad, then blend. I always freeze all my meat drippings and veggie juices, boil the turkey bones, and keep containers of stock. Easy and delicious.

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I was just interviewed by CNN Money

by Confession in

it's for their annual feature, "surprising six figure jobs.

" had the interview been longer, i'd have loved to mention the need to carve out a career, despite my religion and parents' lack of support for an education.. cnn money - "surprising six figure jobs".

here's my website, if you'd like to listen to my voice demos and read my blog.

mamochan13

Very cool, Jonathan. Congrats.

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SAD news about OOMPA......

by redredrose in

jw
friends

our friend, oompa, has passed away.

just recieved the news a couple of hours ago, and have almost no details.

it happened today or yesterday, he took his own life.

mamochan13

FlyingHigh - I appreciate your thoughtful post. I am a mental health worker by profession, and I have a particular interest in suicide. There is an important discussion to be had around the idea of suicide and "right to die" in the case of terminal illness. Mental illness is a disease, a terrible one. Add physical pain and injury to the mix and many sufferers see no way out. I completely agree with your perspective on Oompa.

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I was HAPPY as a JW! How did I end up here? Pt 3

by MC RubberMallet in

continued from... http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/239394/2/i-was-happy-as-a-jw-how-did-i-end-up-here-pt-2.

i mentioned how i was happy as a jw.

but that night, that very night after the conversation happened, there was a real feeling of relief.

mamochan13

MC - I can well imagine you were mentally exhausted. To directly embark on a search for the correct Bible translation and then to query the veracity of the Bible itself - these are things I didn't even attempt until I was long out. You took on a lot all at once. I'm in awe. I do have to agree, though, with your comment, "NOT KNOWING, is so much better than BELIEVING IN A LIE". That pretty much sums up the approach I took for many years after leaving.

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Bible trading cards

by aposta-Z in

http://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/children/bible-characters/.

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really?

mamochan13

kinda cute. I wish I would have had these when I was a kid - something interesting to read at the meetings!

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What Made You Question "The Truth"?

by minimus in

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friends

in the the early 1970's, i used to enjoy going to assemblies, conventions and hear special talks given by bethel heavies.. in those days, we were believers and we applied ourselves as "ministers" with pride.. once the "end" was obviously not within our "generation", many of us started losing interest.. we started to think more critically.

it took a long time but once you start recognizing the bullsh*t, it's hard to stay in and truly believe at the same time.. .

mamochan13

When I was reinstated I realized that I was still the same person I had been all along. What gave those 6 men the power to condemn me to the hell they had put me through, and then to decide I was suddenly good enough to associate with again?

Within a year or so I had pretty much stopped going to all meetings. When my family tried to force my children back to the religion, it was the final wake up call, but it wasn't until I was completely out that I began to see the light about the majority of the beliefs.

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Stop fighting about Oompa.

by Robert7 in

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friends

i am writing this because i am so upset about the bickering and fighting that is going on about oompa.

this was an amazing wonderful, peaceful, giving man who never met a strager who is now deceased and you are taking his name and running all over the place with it using it for your own agendas.

he is not a statistic.

mamochan13

Stacey (and Wes). Thank you for your honesty. The fighting has been so disturbing to watch, and as difficult as it must have been - your comments were sorely needed here.

You've been through an exhausting experience and I hope you will be able to take some time for yourself after this to focus on your own healing. Dealing with extremes of mental illness and trying to keep someone alive when they are self-destructive takes an incredible toll. Your feelings are completely normal - those of relief and even the sense of having failed - even though you did not fail. You gave so much to your friend, and as you say, you are not a professional therapist. I believe one of the reasons suicide rates are high among mental health professionals is because it is so incredibly exhausting and difficult. So please take care of yourself now.

Oompa may well have believed he was doing something good for you by relieving you of the "burden" of being his friend. Many who choose suicide are completely convinced that they are doing family and friends a favour by dying. On some level they understand the difficult demands they are placing on their loved ones, and they consider suicide an act of love. In their profound pain they simply do not see that they will cause more hurt. Death stops their pain, therefore it will be a good thing for everyone else, too.

I hope you can feel the power of the support and love so many here are sending to you right now as you prepare Eric's memorial. My thoughts will be with you and his family during these difficult days.