Posts by Sparkplug

I know that you are new here, but have left yourself open to some comments. I have been curious as to why you post. Do you have doubts? Or do you think that maybe you will change anyone’s mind? How do you remain a person in good standing when so many have suffered ostracism for way less than you’re posting on this board? Does this bother your conscience? I am not sure about your other ID, but I am curious about people in your situation.

I really am not trashing you, I am curious though. I have always had this huge sense of right and wrong and it seems a bit unorthodox to post here and still believe and defend the JW's or be an active member. Do you not see what all people have gone through? Or maybe some of the doctrine flaws. I think that if people loose thier lives over these doctrines than perhaps the item one will loose thier life over should be fact. What do you think?

Tell us something about yourself. It does not have to give anything about who you are away, just let us know the concept you have in your head when you come here and post. Do you like a good fight? Do you question a bit too much and feel the need to see and just are not comfortable with giving it all up? Are you trolling? What is your deal?

Dismiss all this if you already posted this under your old baldheaded name....

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Kristi died about 30 mins. ago

by Frannie Banannie in

for those of yall that didn't know, kristi was a 37-yr-old ms patient that i took care of for the last year of her life.

she had a wonderful ribald sense of humor and talked like a sailor at times.

but it was all to cover up the ultra-sweet and tender heart she had.

Sparkplug

Frannie,

After these last few months of dealing with Gammie dying, I can truly say that the love you have shown is such a very hard job. I think that your helping her through all this is such an admirable thing and that people like you are what the good stuff in life is. Good job done for some very heartwrenching work. My love goes out to you.

Decki

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What kind of bird if this?

by shera in

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a friend of mine cat,hurt this lil bird today and he brought him over too see if i can help the lil baby.

poor thing,he will probley die but i would like to give him a chance.cat bites are deadly because their saliva is poisonous to birds.so hopefully the cat didn't break the skin.

just hope the bird isn't suffering too much and perhaps i'll call a bird vet to see if they can take him... .

Sparkplug

Oh Shera, I am sorry.

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Question for those who have left the WT with small children??

by PaNiCAtTaCk in

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my 5 year old starts school in aug at the same time my wife and i are facing the crisis of leaving the wt.

to any who left the wt with small children how did you handle things?

how do you handle holidays?

Sparkplug

ok, does the post I made look better? I just realized I should not type without coffee in my system.

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Smiling Bob says...

by prophecor in

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so does this stuff really work?

Sparkplug

My son saw this ad about Bob on TV and just shook his head and said..."That is so wrong. What is wrong with people?"

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How can one poison a goldfish?

by slimboyfat in

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...with inconspicuous amounts of a household substance?

Sparkplug

Fry it up with a lil cornbread and salt.... MMMMMM good eats!

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What kind of bird if this?

by shera in

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a friend of mine cat,hurt this lil bird today and he brought him over too see if i can help the lil baby.

poor thing,he will probley die but i would like to give him a chance.cat bites are deadly because their saliva is poisonous to birds.so hopefully the cat didn't break the skin.

just hope the bird isn't suffering too much and perhaps i'll call a bird vet to see if they can take him... .

Sparkplug

I always brought home every hurt animal, lizard, worm...etc that I could. So birds were always mending at our home.

My mom would mix hot water with kitten chow and when it cooled she fed them that. They always ate it and healed. I guess it was just stuffing for the cats though because once when I turned one loose...a real old Yeller moment, my stinking cat got out and killed it right in midflight. I was sitting there humming something like Born Free, and whoops here comes my cat Peaches and kills the lil bugar.

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For Room 215 -- an old photo

by cruzanheart in

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starting from the left: eugenia tsigaris (a family friend), my grandmother bessie giannacopoulos, george tsigaris, and my uncle paul janis (anglicized version of giannacopoulos), who went to the englewood/teaneck area greek congregation in the late 1950's and early 1960's (nana died in 1961 and uncle paul in 1999).. nina.

Sparkplug

I love old photos. I just was given a bungh from my Gammie who just died. This is her at age 12 or 13. I love this photo.

Nina that picture is so neat. I think having old pictures and such of family is very important. It gives the family a sense of coming from somewhere.

My mom left her family 35 years ago now, and I never knew them. She became a witness and suddenly they were dead to her. I thought we were just poor lil rejects. Then one day I ran to Mineola TX and met my moms adopted brother and saw what our family was like. It has been 3 years since. They told me of my grandma and how she and my grandpa were politicians. Also how I had many generations of soldiers and military personel and all of these neat people in my family. It really helped me to know that there was more to my family than the one crazy lil branch I had been stuck with and that was my mom. Who never taught us that we had any roots. We were just witnesses.

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Question for those who have left the WT with small children??

by PaNiCAtTaCk in

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friends

my 5 year old starts school in aug at the same time my wife and i are facing the crisis of leaving the wt.

to any who left the wt with small children how did you handle things?

how do you handle holidays?

Sparkplug

I left with two small children, and I just asked them how it worked for us. At first we did not celebrate anything for years. Life was very much like being in limbo. We did not go to meetings and we did not celebrate holidays. Then my older brother got disfellowshipped and he thought it was really sad that we did not do anything. So he and a friend of mine threw the biggest Halloween and then xmas we had ever seen. It actually was fun.

Now we celebrate all the time and my brother went and got back into being a witness. He feels bad for giving us the holidays and we still thank him. It is a really good time. We don't so much believe in Christ nor anything we celebrate, but we do have some great family memories now and usually at xmas we invite all of our odds and ends friends that have nowhere to go over. This year should be really fun since finding JWD!! We do the dinner and presents and have a great time.

The youngest never went to meetings and we all slather her with the fun. It is not nearly as sinister as we were led to believe. I read above where it said that young ones adapt and they do...in a very good way. They now join after school activities and we do charity work.

My vote is let them do something; limbo was not a good thing.

We actually have saxophone lessons and volleyball games to go to. Birthday parties and PTA meetings. My daughter just said that it felt so odd to be a JW in school. She is happy because she has more friends. They have walked in Dallas Xmas parade and other local parades. Joined gymnastics and gone to dozens of B-day parties. Me personally, I like to see them do all that I never could and I feel my kids have adapted well. I think we over participate because we were so starved for fun for so long.

Funny story............the first year we celebrated, my daughter made a huge ..I mean HUGE xmas list. Pony and all. Then this girl in our apartments, at the time, had no money. Her family was from