Posts by Hecklerboy

Anna Jarvis was a childless spinster who wanted to honor her mother, who had lost 7 of her 11 children but converted her sorrow into charitable works. When her mother died on May 9, 1905, Anna and the leaders of her church in Crafton, West Virginia, decided to hold the first Mother's Day on the 2nd Sunday of May, 1907. Anna went on to relentlessly promote Mother's Day by writing over 10,000 letters to newspapers, business and church leaders and politicians. In 1910 the Governor of Virginia proclaimed it a state holiday, and in 1914 President Wilson made it a national holiday...."

I drove by her birhtplace on the way to the kingdom hall for over 20 years while growing up.

Oh by the way, that's Grafton, WV

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HAVE SOME FUN WITH THE MAY 2007 AWAKE!

by Mary in

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ok, here's the original:.

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and here's a blank canvas for you: .

We've done the girls now lets do our favorite male singers!

by restrangled in

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i'm currently listening to john mayer, ....what a voice!

also love seal, cat stevens, crosby, stills, nash & young.. i love many of the many new male voices but can't remember them...... tell me who you love!.

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Hecklerboy

John Mayer

Sting

Josh Groban

Todd Park Mohr (Big Head Todd and the Monsters) one of my favorite bands

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What Was It Like To Grow Up A Jehovahs Witness?

by The wanderer in

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what was it like to grow up a jehovahs witness?it is fair to say, that as a convert from roman catholicism my understanding .

of what it was like to be raised a jehovahs witness is limited because of not.

having had any family in the organization.

Hecklerboy

I can echo just about everything everyone has said. However I was raised by a single mother (father died when I was 8) so I think she was a little more relax on some of the rules. I was allow to have "worldly" friends and join in on some school function. I do remember being very interested in polictics in high school and wasn't able to pursue my interest in the field. I also remember being a senior in high school in 1988 during an election year. People came to my high school to register us to vote. So I ended up skipping class so I didn't have to go through the embarassment of it all.

One positive thing that has come from my upbringing as a witness. My children will be allow to follow whatever interests the like. They will get to celebrate all holidays and be involved in any school activities they want. I will make sure they have the opportunity of a higher education and I will pay for it all. I want them to have a happy and stress-free childhood. They will have everything I was denied as a child.

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What are YOU passionate about?

by lonelysheep in

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ok, so we all know the wt used to be our passion till that died!.

what are you passionate about today?

kids are an automatic, and so are spouses for some people.. i'm referring to your interests that make up the core of you..

Hecklerboy

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