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  Yet another "My Story"

  by mapleaf18 in

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  2. experiences

  my story: and i apologize in advance for the long post.. i was born to special pio parents and i attended my first meeting when i was 6 days old, which was unusual in the 50s and 60s because babies were usually quarantined for the first month or so.

  my mother had a poor childhood and was often placed with uncaring relatives which served as foster homes.

  my father was raised in a single parent home by his divorced mother who was looking for answers.

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  Play in the ASSembly orchestra/chorus? BCKM Before Canned Kingdm Melodies

  by mapleaf18 in

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  2. friends

  i played violin; it was the only interesting thing to do!

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  Twelve Step Program

  by mapleaf18 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i borrowed a copy of "jehovah's witnesses; portrait of a contemporary religious movement" from the library and my never-wuz-a-dubbie boyfriend saw it.

  he looked a little pissed off and said to me "you've wasted 40+ years of your life with this stuff, i don't see why you have to waste even more time with this; but if you do, it's your choice.

  i guess you have to have been there.

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  DC Schedule

  by mapleaf18 in

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  2. friends

  does anyone have a scanned in schedule for the dcs this year?

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  No Shunning For Me????

  by mapleaf18 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i stopped into a local grocery store with my boyfriend and as we were squeezing the brocolli, i hear a big "hi" behind me.

  for the life of me i couldn't remember her name.

  it was a "sister" from my used-to-be congo.

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  Double Jeopardy!

  by mapleaf18 in

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  2. beliefs

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  has anyone ever gotten a speeding/traffic ticket on the way to the congo or convention?.

  now your auto insurance rate goes up and you pay a hefty fine all in the name of getting to the borg on time.

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  Parent Conversation

  by mapleaf18 in

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  2. friends

  i called my super-dub parents last night and it was totally depressing.

  they had just gotten back from toronto visiting relatives and all they could say was my cousin's husband "wasn't doing anything about da troof.

  " it was all i could do to keep from saying "well at least he doesn't beat her like my jw hubby did.

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  Anybody here remember the "Lake" Congregation in Rochester NY?

  by mapleaf18 in

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  2. friends

  anybody here remember the "lake" congregation in rochester (actually greece) ny?.

  this was before it split into the english park and long pond rd.

  cong.

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  Unemployed

  by mapleaf18 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  don't get down adelmaal; i worked contract and temp jobs for 7 years and just recently got hired at a "real" job!!

  so for 7 whole years i had no benefits, no health insurance; no vacation.

  i'm planning to hold on to this one for dear life!!!!

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