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  Words for the Day; please share

  by compound complex in

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  greetings, word lovers:.

  in my job, i work with words and wrangle them into shape, well, in a manner of speaking.

  one word might be mistaken for another, a word with either a similar or identical sound.

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  weft and warp
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  Words for the Day; please share

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  greetings, word lovers:.

  in my job, i work with words and wrangle them into shape, well, in a manner of speaking.

  one word might be mistaken for another, a word with either a similar or identical sound.

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  One of my faves:

  We live in a scary world, one full of rouge nations that threaten world peace.
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  Words for the Day; please share

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  greetings, word lovers:.

  in my job, i work with words and wrangle them into shape, well, in a manner of speaking.

  one word might be mistaken for another, a word with either a similar or identical sound.

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  I prefer the pronunciation "blag-gard," but I have heard "black-gard."

  Will look further.

  THANKS!
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  Good Morning!

  by snowbird in

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  good morning, all.. it is good to be here.. thanks to all for your contributions.. love and blessings.

  sylvia.

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  Hey, Sylvia!

  Happy trails! I miss my garden . . .

  
  
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  Mental Illness

  by Tallon in

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  2. medical

  over many years i have been pondering how mental illness has impacted upon jw's due to the effects of indoctrination.

  in my case; when i was 21 i had a breakdown and was hospitalised for 6 weeks.

  i was diagnosed with anxiety tension state disorder.

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  I'm sorry, Tallon, for what you have endured, and that at such an early age.

  I was a bit older when I had my "nervous collapse," as I described it to Nathan Knorr, while I reluctantly prepared to leave Bethel (which I truly did love). Horrors from childhood may have become a time bomb finally set off when the pressures of being a Bethelite/missionary became too great.

  What Simon wrote applies in my family's case re: what we used to call manic-depressive disease. My religion became my comfort, my despair, and, through my adult life, seemed only to take me further into a downward spiral. Suicide was an ever-present menace and my family suffered as a result of my increasing mental and emotional instability.

  I'm so much better now but making amends has not brought everyone back into my corner.

  You're correct, too, about fear and obligation and guilt, whether you said it or intimated it in your post. I really hope that you are doing better now. Isn't this a wonderful place to be?

  Thanks, Simon and Angharad!
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  Visiting Bethel (an old memory)

  by Jessica72 in

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  i was so excited about visiting bethel.

  it was a dream come true.

  all my life i was told that i had to visit bethel.

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  We liked the rum-and-raisin ice cream. I remember having fish every Friday (?!?!?!?!?), as well as ice cream.

  Once, we had a cobbler made with concord grapes -- not seedless. How do you spit out seeds with a mouthful of cobbler?

  Of course, you had to work there in order to live the dream of the festive board . . .
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  "Hard work never killed anyone," or "I have to give up knitting."

  by compound complex in

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  2. humour

  greetings, my aging friends:.

  it's not really a funny subject, our getting old and our bodies falling apart.

  sure, as the saying goes, hard work won't kill you, but it can wear out your body.

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  Thanks, Nancy, for your post.

  I'm sorry about your experiencing such pain (only when you walk!). Replacement surgery may help, but there are risks, which I don't need to go into. Suffice it to say, there are no guarantees.

  Wishing you a relatively pain-free day!

  Love,

  CoCo
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  Good Morning!

  by snowbird in

  1. jw
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  good morning, all.. it is good to be here.. thanks to all for your contributions.. love and blessings.

  sylvia.

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  Thanks, Sylvia, for the vote of confidence!

  There are lots of crazy canines (and owners) out there! We go on gentle walks -- that's all I can handle -- as I scout out places to sit down. I leave the power walks to Poochie's family!

  Later, . . .
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  Good Morning!

  by snowbird in

  1. jw
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  good morning, all.. it is good to be here.. thanks to all for your contributions.. love and blessings.

  sylvia.

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  Oui, mon amie (f.)

  Ton ami (m.)

  Avec amour,

  CC
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  We are becoming champions of grief. We lost twin B.

  by Darkknight757 in

  1. jw
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  last week we had a reassurance ultrasound with our ob.

  she was just supposed to check heartbeats on the two little ones and they were going strong!

  but because she had extra time and she can be quite anal about her work (which is a good thing) she decided to take some measurements.

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  I'm so sorry, Darkknight.

  There are no words, but we who have experienced this know the numbness, the helplessness.

  Love,

  CoCo