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  FlyingHighNow Needs Our Love & Support

  by snowbird in

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  her son, jesse, is in serious condition.. my son is in surgery and may lose his hand and arm.. jesse got an infection in a cut on his finger.

  his finger and hand swelled to the size of an arm .. .

  they have to do surgery on his hand and arm.

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  FHN, hope you have heard from your boy, and all is doing well. When I read that he had left w/out a call, I wanted to give him a flick and tell him to call his mom, already! Hope all is well, you have my love,

  as always,

  Shelly
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  making my will should I include my child that has shuan me for years

  by jam in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the years have pass and so has my age, so lately i have been thinking, should i add my daughter in.

  since i have seen or talk to her.have not seen my grand-daughter the youngest.

  the oldest i saw her over 10yrs ago..i feel my grand kids should know where they came from.. i do not have a lot to leave for my kids, i have four, the other three i have a good relationship...but.

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  If you have family mementos that you wish to share, I think you should. It doesn't seem like you are thinking so much of money, but of the really important things. Share those and a letter with that part of your family-leave them whatever your heart wants to, but please don't try to win back her love after death when you have children who love you and show it now. She isn't going to have remorse for the way she treated you simply because she is getting 'her fair share'. But you are a mom, and you love her. Your heart will guide you. Do mention her in the will so that there is no 'concern' that you just forgot to mention her:)
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  I have to bend over and take it and keep my mouth shut

  by bluecanary in

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  2. experiences

  i do not like to be mistreated.

  i didn't like it as a witness, but i put up with it for the sake of "jehovah's reputation.

  " i haven't put up with it since leaving.

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  BC, sorry you are having such an obnoxious start to your new job. I have been sitting here guilting out about my husbands new job, because many who go to the country we are going to are going with 3rd world credentials and have jobs that no citizen or western national would do in a million years. And the jobs are so much better than what is available in their home countries (philippines, India, etc.) that they think they are lucky to have them (and still revile the westerners whose walk in closets are bigger than the living quarters they are assigned-literally!) Some employers treat them like slaves-very literally with no days off and very little income.

  I am glad you have a job her in this economy. I couldn't find one (that didn't soon downsize and lay me off!) for over 2 years now. I hope that once you start they will see how great you are and move you to a more appropriate position (maybe fixing the HR office?)

  Shelly
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  America's Most Wanted seeks fugitive hiding in JW community

  by frozen one in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  from the tv show "america's most wanted" on saturday, sept 26: michael calhoun - 39 y/o white male, 6', 210 lbs - convicted of rape and the attempted murder of an elderly woman.

  wanted for failing to register as a violent sexual predator in ashtabula county, ohio.

  he has psoriasis, is believed to be dealing drugs, and could be hiding out in a jehovah's witness community (amw did not elaborate as to why he could be hiding amongst witnesses).

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  It is interesting to note that the information was that he took a degree in psychology while in prison. If nothing else, it would have taught him of how to manipulate and what kinds of populations are vulnerable to his kind.

  I didn't see anything in the link that mentioned JWs though. He seems like a cold blooded male. (not much of a man)
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  Stretching Pierced Ear Holes

  by White Dove in

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  i saw three of my friends with extra thick earrings, like the spiral kind that get bigger as they go around, and have since wanted to do my own.

  i got 10g tiny but thicker hoops and have just shoved them through enough to put the little doughnut shaped back on.

  ouch.

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  JWdaughter

  Don't do it. It takes plastic surgery to repair that kind of crap, and by the time you are wanting it fixed, you are going to have more critical things to worry about, like a boob job and Lipo:) The problem is that you can't put a bra or a girdle on your earlobes!
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  What does the Convention do, when no one gets baptized?

  by DaCheech in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it was communicated to me last night that an assembly in queens, ny (3 miles from headquarters in brooklyn) had no baptisms!

  what does the speaker do when pronouncing the mandatory baptismal talk?

  he says the questions (that have to be asnwered), and answers with a "yes" to all showing people what the due answer would have to be!

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  JWdaughter

  Truly "Good News To Make You Happy" :)
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  Just worn out

  by EmptyInside in

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  i thought it best i stay a lurker.

  it's just right now, i'm going through some doubts and just plain discouraged.

  sometimes, trying to do everything just wears me out, and i feel like i'm suffocating.

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  JWdaughter

  Next time you go to the convention, pay attention to how squirmy the kids are, how exhausted the mothers are and how cranky and fussy everyone is as they leave the assembly-worse every day as it gets to Sunday afternoon.

  Then consider if what you want is a JW family that looks happy or just a real family that IS happy? You are young, you have time for a family. You need to decide what it is that you want for your LIFE-because your actual faith should not have anything to do with the appearance of a 'happy family' at the convention. The conventions are the JW equivalent of Easter Sunday and Christmas Mass. Only longer, more exhausting and more expensive.

  Life has not passed you by. But it can if you just keep on in suffocation mode. I don't know what you do for a living, but step outside of your JW circle and see what there is. Not men-Life! It's pretty big and wonderful and not any more wicked than you make it(as you can only control your own life). There is a lot of stuff that an elder may not quite approve of, but yet can't reprove you for. Vounteer, join some clubs that interest you. Step outside of that prickly little WT box and see how much fun you can have that isn't sinful, or unchristian(by anyone's standard).
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  Micheal Jackson, has quadruplets coming thru a surrogate mom

  by DaCheech in

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  2. beliefs

  anybody have thoughts on this?

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  JWdaughter

  dead people can't sue, can they?

  Although, think about it. This is Michael Jackson we are talking about. Would this really SURPRISE anyone? I mean, really?
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  OK, keep your fingers crossed

  by purplesofa in

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  i just sent off my resume for a job.. i have a pretty good recommendation already .

  and know three people that work there.. but these young ones just out of college .

  are getting the work now.. .

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  JWdaughter

  Excellent news! I am so happy for you Purps!
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  New BOE letter re: parents permitting fornication

  by sir82 in

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  unfortunately i have no scanner.

  but i thought y'all might like a glance into the latest mind of "mother".. i won't type out the whole thing, but just select pertinent parts to quote:.

  "to all bodies of elders.

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  JWdaughter

  No Apologies~ So if you NEED someone to help you, integrity goes out the window, but if they need YOU, but are not living up to WT standards, then you should evict them. Pretty convenient. But WT teachings often are. If you are a young JW who is living with worldly parents, if they support your physical needs(pioneering?) then so long as you don't think they will corrupt you, you should mooch as long as possible, but if your kids need YOU, but are not living up to your standards, you should excise them from your life-until you need them, apparently.

  The whole thing is, ones personal standards should not be dictated by the WT lines in the sand. They should be dictated by ones own conscience. Do you need to be told you don't want smokers in your house by anyone? Do you want anyones permission about WHAT smoker would be allowed in your home?(at all, not just while they were smoking!) You are right that you have the right to decide who comes in your home. Do "I" have a right to tell you who can come into your home? The JWs allow this invasion. That's their business. It is kind of sick for someone to tell you what your 'god given conscience' is telling you to do:)

  Smokers don't come in my home and smoke. Smokers are welcome in my home when they are not in the act of smoking. No one needs to tell me that. It's my home and I don't need to have someone micromanage me.

  I get your basic theory about who we let in our home-and even why. But to be told what the rules of my own home must be by people who might never step foot in it and who certainly are not paying the mortgage, is a little nuts.

  All that being said, I have jumped to wrong conclusions about someone's plans in my home before and will eternally have regret about the way I handled it. It makes me real cautious of drawing lines in the sand based on what "I" think people are doing or their motivations for doing it.