Posts by blsrose

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PRISON

by uninformed in

did any of you go to prison either in the vietnam era, or earlier?.

i was in severel prisons:.

mount lemon, tucson.

blsrose

my heart goes out to all of you who were made to make a choice!

Happily you have moved on and out, and I believe all you have gone thru has made you better and wiser!!

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anyone here watch "LOST" ?

by blsrose in

i am so hooked on this show!!

when i work til 8 i try to get out early!!

last nites show was great!

blsrose

favs:

Lost

greys anatonomy

american idol(when work permits me watching)

and i enjoy Home makeover, they do a great thing , helping people, though there are so many others that could use help, but they can't be everywhere, I guess

I also enjoy the Law and order, C.S.I shows

I am so anxious to know the answers to the mysterious island!! keeps me on my toes!! LOL

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anyone here watch "LOST" ?

by blsrose in

i am so hooked on this show!!

when i work til 8 i try to get out early!!

last nites show was great!

blsrose

I was thinking that when she was taken by the others..that...maybe...???? anyone have a DNA test kit???

and the black lite thing was VERY interesting, seems there are more than one hatch, guess it's gonna take a couple of seasons to investigate------------YEAH!! show security!!!

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anyone here watch "LOST" ?

by blsrose in

i am so hooked on this show!!

when i work til 8 i try to get out early!!

last nites show was great!

we've been watching since day one( missed the first 2 episides--Mr. hurricane IVAN chose to appear at the worst moment!!) but, of course we got it thru repeats!! wonder what the guys are gonna do with that imposter,who turns out to be one of the "others"? I think he had something to do with what happened in the hatch last nite. strange how everything went back to normal while he was out of site..hmmm!

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anyone here watch "LOST" ?

by blsrose in

i am so hooked on this show!!

when i work til 8 i try to get out early!!

last nites show was great!

blsrose

I am so hooked on this show!! when i work til 8 I try to get out early!! Last nites show was great!!

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Huge snake in Australia

by lostlantern in

this is creepy, i am glad that our snakes in missouri don't get this big.

this thing could eat a child.

electric fence.... 2 photos

blsrose

Oh my!! that is (was) a big snake!! and I loved that about it being a watchtower snake, LOL!!! that was great!!!

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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.

blsrose

you all have warmed my heart!! i told Josh about you and he wants to post here, too!! you'll be hearing from him before long.. thanks sooo much

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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.

blsrose

I am REALLY glad I found you guys!! thanks for the support!! Josh and i have been out of there for 4 years now, he went thru a terrible ordeal, we moved to pensacola to be near my other son, and Josh experiened a lot of confusion, couldn't fit in at the new school. his grades went from honor roll student to failing grades!! he failed 9th and proceeded to do the same the next year, he had to drop out of school, the teachers and counselors were of no help. he is the best child anyone could ever want and i support him in all he does, he wants to write stories as Stephen king does, and he is very good!! i had to talk with him for a long time and he finally sees what the witness are about, he says he would like to go back to find other true christians who are trapped by they way they are brain washed, i know how futile that would be as they are convinced that everyone else is wrong!! and he would be kicked out on his butt!!

as for my ex, he and marilynn, as i hear, have seperate bedrooms, and go to the bars often!!(christian??whatever!!) he came here to visit with our son, Craig, and tried to hit on me several times, I told him to go back to his wife, i have moved on!! Marilynn's former husband was the sweetest man you would ever want to meet!! i had attended a get together not long after I left my ex, and he came up to and thanked me for helping him know how good a marriage to a good woman could be!! i guess my ex and his current wife deserve each other!!!!

we are doin fine, broke all the time, but are rich in peace of mind!!

Thanks again for the support, you know how much we all need each other, if i can help--here i am!!

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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.

blsrose

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. i was a little hesitant at first, and my husband was also invited to attend a church by another workmate of his, at the same time, so i wanted to check them both out before i could make that kind of decision, worshipping God had always been a serious matter for me, and i would not take it litely. well, we went to the church, and i was so upset to be treated like a star by this mans name, that i chose to try this kingdom hall out. Well, i fell in love with it immediately, the people welcomed us and we were made to feel welcome. we studied for almost 6 mos before we were baptised in april of '73, and i began aux. pioneering as soon as i was allowed!! We gave this expierience at the assemblies for several weeks a few years later!! well, i spent the next 13 years doing all i could for the elderly, and those who were in need of help, picking up those who had no way out in service, or the meetings, i was always happy to be there for them!! and everyone thought my husband was terrific, though at home i was strugglng to keep my boys from being beaten by him, numerous bruises by the belt lashings he gave them, crying about how sorry he was afterward, and proudly abusing the "spare the rod spoil the child" thing!! I carried a picture of my Aaron when he was 2, with a black-eye and fat lip froma beating this jerk gave my beautiful baby boy!! but, because we had to stay together, i could do nothing!!

For years i dealt with this to the point of my haveing anxiety attacts everytime he was near me!! so, i finally made the decision to leave!! he brought the elders in and they had the nerve to tell me that what a man does in his home is his business!!! OH MY Gosh!! that was all i could take, i waited for my oldest son to graduate from high school, and moved out!!

for 6 mos after i left this jerk, he kept coming around bringing me things--perfume, flowers(he never did this ever before!!) and i could not take it anymore, so i told him that I hated everything about him and i never wanted him around me or my boys again!! well, do you know, it wasn't a month after that, that he and a woman who I had concidered my friend, wife of a well respected elder, was disfellowshipped and they were married not 2 months later!! he was seeing her while he was trying to get me back!!

Well, I tried to attend a local hall, but something wasn't right for me anymore, i just stopped going. Was out for about 10 years, had remarried another loser, but was given the gift of my terriffic Josh!! that marriage didn't last, and it was just us two for a long time!! We ended up living in a small town just south of Daytona Beach, we were very lonely and i was depressed a lot, so i contacted the cong. there, as i had had a lot of good memories in the early years of being a witness and thought that this would give Josh a chance to belong to something!!

This is where it gets good!! we both jumped head first back into the meetings, service(everyday!!) an elder began studying with him and he was baptised after a year. I had gotten a good job, had no problems, had to ask no one for help, then the job ended... a bro. and sis. offered me a position helping them with her alzheimer mother, promising me everything!! They really messed me up, wouldn't give me time off for service, didn't pay me what they had promised, i became very behind on my bills, then one day out of the blue, they said they had found someone else and wouldn't need me anymore!!

my car got repo'd, i lost my appartment, had to move in with a "worldly" friend, and was always haveing to ask for rides, couldn't get a job, no money, some of the friends helped us as much as they could, and believe me i was so thankful, and i always told them, and showed them how much!! BUT, not according to the almighty bro.(my kids are missionaries..and i write articles for the mags)blanchard!!

One sunday, i was called into the library by 2 of the brothers(not 3) and I now know how it feels to be railroaded, they told me that i was the most unthankful person they had ever met, they had it by word of mouth that i had never once said thank you for any of the help i had been given!! I was using people and i was required to write personal thank-yous to everyone who had helped me!!

i had no words for anything he said, i was devastated!! we had not missed a meeting in 2 years!! we associated with elders families, i drove 10 miles for every meeting to pick up a sister who no one else wanted to deal with.. i didn't know what was happening, and it wasn't til we moved to pensacola and i was praying to jehovah that i realised what it was!! He was getting us out of there, and we have been blessed since then, no weight, no dark clouds!! it will always have a bearing on both me and my son, but we are better people for this happening!!

WOW!! That feels great to tell and know you all know understand!! thanks for this site!!

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My Story

by XJW4EVR in

i was adopted into a jw family in southern california.

my birth mother gave me up after 6 months (the terms mom & dad refer to my adoptive/real parents).

she gave me up due to the fact that she already had a three year old boy, and back in the late sixties it was not as socially acceptable to be a single mother.

blsrose

hey there!! I am new here, and have been reading xjw4evr's story, I know personally how devastating it is, and how it affects your life for a long, long time!! i've been gone from them for 4 yrs. now, my son and i both. he was so devastated by our experience that he had to quit school because he was so confused.... but I will tell our story some other time!! It's truely sad that there is a need for us recovering jw's, it says a lot!! But, I will say this, I feel God must love us a lot to help us out of that organization!! And, yes, there is sunshine out here...ain't it beautiful!!!

looking forward to getting to know you all....and, it helps to talk about it, xjw4evr!!