Posts by damselfly

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I'm gonna die

by Jourles in

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well, that's what my wife tells me anyway.

i just bought a new bike yesterday.

i have to wait about a week and a half before it comes in, but i think i can manage.. here it is plain from the factory:.

where do I start..here goes!!

by blsrose in

hello, my name is bonnie, i will start by how i came "into the truth".

my husband and i lived in dallas, tex in '72, of course we were not married at the time of our being contacted by a work friend of his, though they still befriended us and our families became close.

soon, we were married and quickly thereafter, we were invited to the kingdom hall.

damselfly

Welcome Bonnie. You sound like you've had lots of experiences with the JW's. Thank you for sharing your story so far.

Dams

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jw memorial is coming up, i told myself i'm not going this year, having a mother a couple brothers and two sisters still "in" all pressuring me to attend, saying things like "this may be the last memorial b4 the end", you've heard the spiel before.....crap like that is putting a lot a pressure on me this year, wish they would just stop it and worry about their own crappy lives!

damselfly

After I was d'fe I was invited to the first three memorials afer. I attended the first two out of guilt and had to "work" on the third. I haven't been invited since so that's about 4 years now without an invite.

Dams

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Hindsight is 20/20: What were your signs?

by divejunkie in

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what i mean is now that you are out of the wt; do you ever think back at something you innocently said or did when you still believed or you were little that now feels like a sign that you would someday get out of the bullsh*t?

for me, growing up in the jw's, i feel there were signs of my "goat hairs" even way back then.

** even as a child, every saturday morning i would spend at least 10 or 15 minutes trying to figure out what to say to get out of going to field service .

damselfly

There were lots!

I used to fake sick to get out of talks. I get migraines so it was useful to use generic headaches to get of meetings ( "in case it gets worse" ) I could never tell my classmates what JW's believed, it sounded absurd coming out of my mouth like we were all a bunch of nuts.

Dams

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All you armchair dream interpreters out there

by Brigid in

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dear fellow sojourners (i love addressing y'all as such!).

i have found myself in a very "odd" sort of space lately.

in this space, i am having some very very strange and "deep" dreams.

damselfly

To me, it feels like perhaps I have a choice between motherhood and my own personal growth. I, of course, must choose my obligations and maternal instinct but at such a great cost? Is there no way to have my cake (of light) and eat it too?

Perhaps that was the purpose of the dream? To bring it to your attention that balance is required in order it have it all? A "heads up" of the negative side so you can take precautions it doesn't happen?

I'm sure you can do both and excel.

Dams

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Everybody welcome Anneshirley new member!

by mkr32208 in

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my wife finally joined!

her user name is anneshirley!

everyone make her feel welcome please!

damselfly

one day im going to go to prince edward island and see that beautiful area for myself.

It's gorgeous there, I've been tempted to move.

I loved all the books too, must have read them each a dozen times over!.

Dams

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ORANGEFATCAT and the best news.

by orangefatcat in

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wow, what an amazing group of beautiful loving friends.

i can't begin to tell, all of you, how much your prayers, vibes, reiki, and so many beautiful cards.

branda you have brought me so many smiles with all the kitten pictures it lifted my sprits during some rather dismal days.

damselfly

(((((((Orangefatcat)))))))

I'm glad you're back. So sorry about the accident(s), whiplash causes so many problems and lots of pain.

I have heard of hyperostosis Bone is amazing. Did you know that if you get a bad bruise when it heals it can calcify into bone in the muscle mass? Myositis ossificans. The medical still doesn't quite know why as far as I know.

Hopefully there is some light ahead for you and they can figure out a treatment plan.

Dams

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All you armchair dream interpreters out there

by Brigid in

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dear fellow sojourners (i love addressing y'all as such!).

i have found myself in a very "odd" sort of space lately.

in this space, i am having some very very strange and "deep" dreams.

damselfly

Have you been trusting your gut instincts in regards to your son? Or have you been suppressing what you don't want to consider? You may be worried that you aren't doing the right thing by your son and the she-wolf is coming to take charge.

Amateur analysis over.

Dams

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Ridiculous New System Ideas

by sass_my_frass in

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... that i've noticed, generated by wbts, include that:.

- everybody's living room has a view to the distant snow-capped mountains, uninhibited by the neighbour's ugly tudor that he knocked together at least forty five millennia ago and wouldn't you think he'd have painted the gables by now?.

- they all visit their friends walking over the unfenced meadows carrying baskets of fruit.

damselfly

Well that settles it if I can't have my kitties with me I ain't going.

Dams

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Boycott Tom Cruise and his Mission Impossible 3 movie!

by Elsewhere in

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the church of scientology is trying to censor comedy central because of the scientology south park episode!

please write to comedy central about the scientology episode!.

please express support for south park and denounce the way tom cruise is trying to censor south park!

damselfly

I feel so sorry for that poor girl and that child. Scientology views Cruise as a great spokesperson for them, if she ever decides to leave it;s going to be made very hard for her I think.

Dams