have posted this on the other thread but just making this one as well:
i need to let you know that dad passed away this morning at 8am.
he fought so hard but in the end they could not get his blood pressure to rise and he died of heart failure.
I am so sad, that words just fail me. I've never met anyone quite like Ian before, he was a genuinely lovely man.
My thoughts go out to Clair and all his children. Your grief must be overwhelming at the moment.
All I can say is that my life was better for having known him.
Rest in peace.
today (29th august 2008) at 5.22pm baby meadow arrived weighing 6lb 7oz; she was born at home in a birthing pool without any medical interventions other than gas and air; both mother and baby are well (although dawn is well and truly exhausted from a 12 hour birthing).
i am immensely proud of them both.
today my world was made complete!.
Just thought I'd mention that because you gave birth 2 weeks early, she'll start school a year earlier. As soon as she turns 4 she'll be off and she'll be the youngest in the class. If you'd given birth on your due date she'd have started a year later a few days before turning 5 and would've been one of the oldest in her class.
It's kinda sad isn't it? Make the most of those 4 years, because trust me, they'll wizz by and before you know it she'll be waving goodbye to you as she starts her reception year.
XXX
a friend of clyde's, who is an ubm but attends meetings anyway, called today to say that their was a part on last night's meeting that was very hard hitting on how to treat disfellowshipped relatives.
he thinks his wife was being singled out because she recently spent several days at her daughter's home to help out with her new baby.
the daughter was disfellowshipped over 10 years ago for living with her boyfriend, but now they have been legally married for quite some time.
Why can't they keep their big fat noses out of people's family affairs?
I wish something could be done legally to stop them doing stuff like this.
today (29th august 2008) at 5.22pm baby meadow arrived weighing 6lb 7oz; she was born at home in a birthing pool without any medical interventions other than gas and air; both mother and baby are well (although dawn is well and truly exhausted from a 12 hour birthing).
i am immensely proud of them both.
today my world was made complete!.
I've just seen this thread, so CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!
Your daughter is gorgeous, I'm sure she'll make you both very happy.
Love from Marie.
XXX
i know a few that have recently registered.
what about choo?
Yeah hubby and I have been voting for the last 4-5 years. We want to have our say and that's the only way.
here's one thing to start off our list: jws can't stand for the country's national anthem (but they can rise for the flag salute).
They cannot swear!!!
ynot mentioned this in a recent post... .
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/20/20847/2964177/post.ashx#2964177.
i had no idea that bulgarians were allowed blood transfusions.
I never knew this. I may suggest to my jw family that they emigrate to Bulgaria.
please dont comment saying to "run" or "get out while i can" thank you im not new to this, so i can handel it.
i have been with my boyfriend for 3 years, we started dating in high school and now i am going to college and he is working.
i am 20 and he is 21, i was raised catholic but my mom and i are too open minded for the church so we left.
Hi 'Stillinlove' and welcome to the board.
Please take my advice, you are very young and obviously in love. Have some fun for a couple more years, by then you will have both changed and then go your seperate ways. This relationship won't last because of him being a jw and your not being one.
If you go against my advice, he will make your life a misery. And your future children's lives a misery. And his family's lives a misery. And your family's lives a misery.
I married at age 20 and knew within 2 years that I'd made a huge mistake. Don't go down that road as it took me 16 years to get out of the marriage. Do the math, that's a lot of unhappy years!! Enjoy your relationship with him whilst you feel the way you do right now, but cut and run before it gets too serious. You'll probably have tired by him then.
Good luck.
XXX
jesus said to imitate him not god.
in the us the only increase comes from immigrants.. q (6) what can we do if we cannot move to where the need for kingdom proclaimers is greater?
imitate jesus' attitude toward people.
Their loss is our gain Blondie!!
By the way, how do you still get the magazines on such a regular basis?
dad, .
i doubt youll even read this letter since it comes from your son, a son youve abandoned over your religious views, but i wanted to write you one final letter to see if theres any hope that you can come to your senses as far as this religion goes and we can renew our relationship.
im doing this because i care for you and mom deeply and feel very much distressed that you two refuse to see anyones opinion as being factual other than your own when it concerns the jw religion.
Good luck Dawg. I think the outcome of your dad reading this letter ( if he actually reads it ), depends entirely on his attitude when reading.
If he reads with an open mind and heart, it may affect him positively.
If he reads with a closed mind and heart ( as all jw's are taught to when receiving correspondence from 'apostates' ), then it may have been a waste of your valuable time.
