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  Hi everybody!

  by Pickler in

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  hi everybody.. well, i've been lurking for a few weeks & have made a few posts, so it's time to bravely introduce myself some more.... i was raised in the religion, baptized & then df'd in 1992. i live in sydney and youll be pleased to hear i have survived armageddon (also known as the hottest day on record for sydney 45.6c).. ive never looked at any witness related stuff online, but my son showed me something about the conti case and i was so intrigued!!!!

  following links led me to this & other websites..... since then i have spent literally hours on the internet discovering all this information.

  so many late nights/early mornings.

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  Welcome Pickler, Nice to have you here! Blackbird
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  Who would you most like to meet from this board and why?

  by usualusername in

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  who would you most like to meet from this board and why?.

  i would love to by danmera dinner.

  she rocks!.

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  jgnat, I havent posted on here alot, but I always appreciate her comments and prespective, she has helped me through a few things, so Thank-you jgnat!!
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  Cant get my Christmas groove on....need motivation

  by Blackbird Singing in

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  hi all, man i am having a hard time getting into the christmas groove this year, just cant get into it, i think i would bag the whole thing, but i have these 4 grand-daughters that really like me, my house etc.

  to be full of christmas fun!!

  any help, hints, etc.

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  I have "Wyonna Christmas" playing right now, I think i will make a trip into Micheals Craft store and see what I can find to do a little craft with a couple of my grand-daughters today! Blackbird
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  Cant get my Christmas groove on....need motivation

  by Blackbird Singing in

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  hi all, man i am having a hard time getting into the christmas groove this year, just cant get into it, i think i would bag the whole thing, but i have these 4 grand-daughters that really like me, my house etc.

  to be full of christmas fun!!

  any help, hints, etc.

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  Thanks LisaRose, appreciate the ideas, and I do get a little depressed this time a year, being very low on Vit D doesnt help! Blackbird
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  Cant get my Christmas groove on....need motivation

  by Blackbird Singing in

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  hi all, man i am having a hard time getting into the christmas groove this year, just cant get into it, i think i would bag the whole thing, but i have these 4 grand-daughters that really like me, my house etc.

  to be full of christmas fun!!

  any help, hints, etc.

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  Thanks jgnat, Those are some very good suggestions, I am going to put some Christmas music on right now, One of the things I so looked forward to when I left the religion was being able to celebrate Christmas again, but after 25 years of not doing it I just havent been able to fully embrace it again!! The first year I did, We live in this little log cabin on the river, and I just had it looking so cute, magical....The husband is not into the x-mas scene at all (he likes when I do it, he just doesnt want to do it) so that kinda takes some of the joy out of it to! Anyway, Thanks for the ideas, Blackbird
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  Cant get my Christmas groove on....need motivation

  by Blackbird Singing in

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  hi all, man i am having a hard time getting into the christmas groove this year, just cant get into it, i think i would bag the whole thing, but i have these 4 grand-daughters that really like me, my house etc.

  to be full of christmas fun!!

  any help, hints, etc.

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  Hi All, Man I am having a hard time getting into the Christmas Groove this year, just cant get into it, i think i would bag the whole thing, BUT I have these 4 grand-daughters that really like me, my house etc. to be full of Christmas fun!! Any help, hints, etc. would be so appreciated!! Blackbird
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  A new life with my long lost brother...

  by TimeBandit in

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  as some of you may know, about two years ago my brother contacted me on fb.

  i hadn't seen or heard from him in roughly 12 years before that.

  things progressed well once he found out that i and the wife had left the jws.

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  What a Great story, I really needed to hear this, this morning! Thanks for posting it, look forward to the pic's. Blackbird
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  What was the worst thing an "elder" ever did to you ?

  by Pitchess Co-Gen in

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  the worst thing an "elder" ever did to me was in 2008. i was in one congregation, but i wanted to return to my home congregation because i've been reproved there twice ( once private and the last one public ).

  when i came into this congregation in 2007 i thought i was going to move up the food chain ( this congregation was full of older people, so i thought i would move up faster ).

  but i got into some trouble in the congregation.

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  I would have to say the worst thing a elder did to me, was because i finally had enough of him coming on to me...over a couple years time ( we were both married) and I finally told him to take a hike and I also informed another elder about it(that didnt go over so well). A short time later my than 13 yr old (baptized) son got in a little trouble(really just normal 13 yr old stuff), they formed a JC, both those elders were on the JC, Publicly re-proved him, Local needs talk about him the next week, I actually called this Elder the night before the talk and said if he even hinted my Sons name, I would be calling my attorney, his response"Are you suggesting I go against what the society recommends"?, He did not say my sons name in that "talk" but the damage was done!! I still to this day cannot believe I let my son go through that, one of the biggest regrets of my life. My son is 32 now, but still will not talk about that time in his life, it was so humilating and painful to him! Blackbird
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  newbe

  by emperorslaundrist in

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  thank you for this forum.

  thank you for your stories which helped wake me up from my delusion.

  thank you for letting me join you.

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  Welcome!! Look forward to reading more from you! BBS
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  Never, never was 100% in

  by pontoon in

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  over 40 yrs baptized, service, builds, talks and talks and talks that i put countless hours of prep into, elder, meetings, assemblies,----you all know.

  but through it all i never bought the whole truth idea 100%.

  no matter what it was, meeting, service, assemblies, i just couldn't wait for it to end.

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  I'm right there with ya, DREADED all aspects of it, Hub tried to make me feel"guilty" saying I just didnt "try" hard enough to embrace it, Ummmm I didnt want to try any harder because it was such a DRAG!!! BBS