Hmmmm, thinking...............still thinking...........still thinking........still....thinking......
can't think of a thing. Sorry.
shelley
we always seem to get focused on the bad - and there is plenty of it for sure - and anyone who follows my posts knows i am no wt apologist by any stretch.
but focusing on the postive is a good thing in the 'moving on' process i think too.
what do you think jw's had right?.
Hmmmm, thinking...............still thinking...........still thinking........still....thinking......
can't think of a thing. Sorry.
shelley
so i was out on my run this morning and i got cut off by a red light.
aarrrgh!
i hate it when that happens.
What was that thing that was drummed into our heads "bad associations spoil blah, blah, blah".
i was talking with a woman today who admires the jws, though not one of them, and she was telling me things like they are the only people with strong principles and families and the only ones that really try to apply god's laws in their lives and uphold biblical truth.
also that there are many diseased individuals among the blood donors and most donated blood is contaminated so the dubs are doing well to avoid transfusions.
i was going to say to her i am surprised that you did not join them.
I would have asked her if she didn't need medication, or electic shock!
an elder in my congregation asked me again yesterday, for about the tenth time, whether i have filled out my new blood card yet - is this normal?
it is getting embarrassing as i just keep saying i have not got round to it yet.
i am getting the feeling that it is being used as a sort of loyalty test.
File whatever your wishes are with your doctor and a local hospital. The HIPPA laws prevent any type of disclosure.
You could always fill it out, then void/rip/burn it. Anything with a date that superceeds it is what they will go by.
shelley
When I was an ER/ICU nurse, I had members of the HLC escorted by the police out of the hospital, who, by the way, had that perrmission slip.
just found out my mom's cancer is worse than she thought...widespread--colon, lungs, bone...so she said i can come down and see her if i want to (7 hours away), and my help would be appreciated if i could manage it.
of course i can manage it.
she's my mom.. but i'm dfed, and she's a jw, living with her jw neice's family.
Merry
Most of us all dread that type of call we all know will come. Our love is with you. Be thankful for this short time you will get. The only thing worse would have been not to get the call till too late, or not at all. Take with you our strength and love.
shelley
a lot has happened since i last posted.
i was caught associating with my apostate brother at my own house.
we were eating together.
I wish I would have thought of that!! That was great!!!
Grissom--Start another thread, or better yet, get a life somewhere else. Hope your clutter is packed and gone. You are required to leave the premises at once.
shelley
its been a while.. emotionally, i'm a desert.
all the stuff i used to care about no longer matters.. i'm out of the society.
my mom hates me.
I do know how rough it can be. But there's always a "porch light" on for you here. Stay strong and know you carry our love with you.
shelley
it is a shame that people are here portraying themselves as jehovah's witness as having some knowlege or going to meetings.
what exists here is a complete lack of faith in anything.
and a great amount of stupidity.
Grissom,
I'd like to just tell you to go to hell, but obviously you are already living in one!
as you can see i am still a newbie and it looks to me like most of you are either die-hard christians or atheists.
so i was wondering if some of you had become animists, polytheists or had converted to another sort of paganism.
(am i the only one here?...
Meery Meet,
I too am Wiccan. Which has already been mentioned is pagan. This is where I have found my peace at last.
shelley
i wrote a letter to some personal friends in the congregation and enclosed the letter from the un.
i also wrote a short disassociation letter to four elders and enclosed the un letter as well.
i delivered them to the mailboxes and also mailed a couple.
Congradulations!! Today is the FIRST day of the rest of YOUR life!!!
Just know we are all here for you. It can be a hell of a rolllercoaster ride!!
shelley