my ex's wife just had their new baby (they are both jw's).
turns out that the baby has been born with blood poisoning, an underdeveloped liver and severe jaundice.
it's the rh factor problem, she was warned, and refused the shot she could have taken to possibly prevent this.
My ex's wife just had their new baby (they are both JW's). Turns out that the baby has been born with blood poisoning, an underdeveloped liver and severe jaundice. It's the RH factor problem, she was warned, and refused the shot she could have taken to possibly prevent this. Anyone have any experience in this happening?? They currently have the baby under "light therapy" for the jaundice, but what about the rest? My heart dropped when I heard this news. Poor baby.
SK
my old boss was forever going on about us being careful "not to set any presidents".. hl's friend's ex-hubby needs some surgery on his knee to have "his cartridge removed".
she's signed an affy-david as part of the divorce process.
meanwhile he spends his time in night clubs watching the cadbury.. jenny, the pub's landlady, took the quiz a couple of weeks back and questioned us about "far from the maddening crowd".
How about "it's a MUTE point" instead of a MOOT point!! that one drives me crazy..
Another is more of a typing issue....."tomarrow" and "congradulations" ERG......
just to put you in the christmas spirit.
Just to put you in the Christmas spirit:
There was this fellow who worked for the post office who's job it was to process all the mail that had illegible addresses. One day a letter came to his desk, addressed in a shaky handwriting to God. He thought "Oh boy, better open this one & see what it's all about" so he opened it & read:
"Dear God,
I am an 83 year old widow living on a very small pension. Yesterday someone stole my purse. It had $100 in it, which was all I had until my next pension check. Next Sunday is Christmas and I had invited two of my friends over for dinner. Without that money, I have nothing to buy food with. I have no family to turn to and you are my only hope. Can you please help me?"
The postal worker was touched, and went around showing the letter to all the others. Each one of them dug into their wallet & came up with a few dollars. By the time he made the rounds, they had collected $96. which they put into an envelope & sent to the lady. The rest of the day, the postal workers felt the warm glow of the kind thing they had done.
Christmas came & went, a few days later another letter came from the old lady to God, all the workers gathered around & read it:
"Dear God,
How can I ever thank you for what you did for me? Because of you gift of love, I was able to fix a glorious dinner for my friends. We had a nice day and I told my friends of you wonderful gift. By the way, there was $4 missing, I think it must have been those thieving bastards at the post office"
just to put you in the christmas spirit.
yikes..didn't paste...hold on
just to put you in the christmas spirit.
Just to put you in the Christmas Spirit
that any jws that got out of the religion, only to go back are sincere to the jw way of life now that they are "back in"?
i mean, they?ve had a taste of what it?s like on the outside, and be it due to family pressure, their own lack of faith or fear of the ?wordly ways?
they chose to go back, there was clearly a reason they left in the first place.
that any JWs that got out of the religion, only to go back are sincere to the JW way of life now that they are "back in"? I mean, they?ve had a taste of what it?s like on the outside, and be it due to family pressure, their own lack of faith or fear of the ?wordly ways? they chose to go back, there was clearly a reason they left in the first place. How can they be living up to the ideals if they?ve already lived the life they are warned against so much? Won?t they leave again
i am not a jw but i am a business manager and one of my employees is.
i want to be able to understand her better and be able to respect her choices but i struggle with certain issues such as sending holiday cards to company clients.
she won't do so because of her beliefs and the clients cannot be neglected so this of course creates added work to those who are already very busy.. i am unsure of when to separate religion from business and am confused about why it's ok for her to take the vacation days designated for christmas, yet she can't cater to the needs of the business.. i do not ask things of her that fall outside the scope of her position and because of the lengths we go through to provide concierge service for our clients, i find that her religion is an out for her participation.
In this day & age most businesses do send out "Seasons Greetings" or "Happy Holiday" cards. I haven't seen a "religious" Christmas card in the business world for awhile. Giving her something else to do will alleviate the problem, if she's a good employee. If all she's being asked to do is stuff the envelopes & mail them, it shouldn't be an issue. She doesn't have to sign them.
SK
i am the mother of one teenage daughter.
i don't really know where i am going with this post -- i just know that i feel like i am going crazy.
my daughter is 14 and is a very smart kid.
Everyone has great points. I have a 15 year old daughter, been a single mom to her since birth, she, at times takes care of me in ways I never would have dreamed. We have a very open relationship and it doesn't even bother her that I listen to the same music she does. One thing that she has that skipped me was the clean gene. She's VERY insistant on keeping her room & life clean, me? My dad still tells stories of how he had to get a shovel just to get into my room. There are moments where I would like to wring her neck, but all in all, keep it open and honest with her, try to see her points in life, let her vent without interjecting (where you can..very hard!) and be a mom. I have to say, I have a 3 year old boy as well, and I don't have a clue how I raised her alone. Without her me & my boy would be banging heads all the time. She takes him away when he's underfoot and she bathes him every night, little things like that. I got very lucky and couldn't be prouder. Pink hair & all.
SK
hi there everyone, my name is treefrog and i am new to this site.
i am a roman catholic so i feel like i'm entering the lion's den here, but not to worry.
i hope to share my beliefs with you all regarding our saviour, jesus christ.. i hope to shine a light into your organisation (if jesus christ couldn't, how can i expect to!
Treefrog...I'm not nor have I ever been a JW, I'm guilty by association (said that before) .....most of the people here are coming to grips with their life AFTER the WTBS....are you listening? You need not preach here! They get it!
SK
well today's m'birthday!!
i'm uh.........21 again.
for some reason, it's really hit me hard this year and i don't know why.
Happy Birfday Mary!!
