Thank you Robert7. Your insight and direction by you and your wife is so appreciated at this time.
I am so very very sorry for the loss of your good friend.
Posts by Dagney
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58Stop fighting about Oompa.
by Robert7 ini am writing this because i am so upset about the bickering and fighting that is going on about oompa.
this was an amazing wonderful, peaceful, giving man who never met a strager who is now deceased and you are taking his name and running all over the place with it using it for your own agendas.
he is not a statistic.
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Anyone in or around Bend, OR?
by Kudra ini just moved up to oregon and am wondering if any of you fine lovelies are located up in this neck of the woods.. i have had a great time connecting with ex-jws in other places where i've lived so i'd like to throw a little line out to see who may be up for some hoots and hijinks (or just a cup of tea) in central oregon.. thanks!.
kudra.
flipper, mrsjones, dagney, leolaia and many others can vouch for me that i am not like, the jwn version of the craigslist killer :).
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Dagney
You moved?!!! I'll miss you in Tucson, but hope you are on the next new and fabulous phase in your life, Doctor! I was just in Oregon this summer, visiting friends and family. When I do again...I'll look you up. And you know you are always welcome in my neck of the woods. xx
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I would love for you to know my Oompa.... (from one of his closest friends)
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Dagney
Thank you so very much Wes and Stacey for sharing your story of Eric.
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Bummer weekend
by donny inthis has been a lousy weekend!
in july 2009 my 20 year old nephew, ryan, died of complications from heroin and his best friend jeff neville spoke at the funeral.
he gave a very emotional talk and said that he was going to work at getting off the stuff himself.
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Dagney
So sorry for your loss Donny.
A terrible week indeed.
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Video tribute to Oompa (Eric Reeder)
by cedars ini didn't know eric particularly well, and i feel terrible that i didn't reach out to him more or try to help him while i still had the opportunity.. i feel extremely helpless, but the least i can do is help others remember him who knew him better.. here is a video i've uploaded to youtube in his honor.... .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67a0imd6dng.
i hope it helps us as we mourn a much-loved member of this forum.. .
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Dagney
Well done.
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What Can We Do to Show How We Cared about Oompa?
by Band on the Run ini know others have posted on the original thread.
several people, including myself, would like to do something concrete to show our concerns re: his treatment by the jw, and how important he was to all of us here.
i suggested a handwritten note, on behalf of the whole community here, flowers, and perhaps a donation to a charity that helps people get back on their feet.
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Dagney
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What Can We Do to Show How We Cared about Oompa?
by Band on the Run ini know others have posted on the original thread.
several people, including myself, would like to do something concrete to show our concerns re: his treatment by the jw, and how important he was to all of us here.
i suggested a handwritten note, on behalf of the whole community here, flowers, and perhaps a donation to a charity that helps people get back on their feet.
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Dagney
(((Palmtree)))
thank you for the addy. That's a great idea to send it to his sons care of the workplace. The JW coworkers will see the love.
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What Can We Do to Show How We Cared about Oompa?
by Band on the Run ini know others have posted on the original thread.
several people, including myself, would like to do something concrete to show our concerns re: his treatment by the jw, and how important he was to all of us here.
i suggested a handwritten note, on behalf of the whole community here, flowers, and perhaps a donation to a charity that helps people get back on their feet.
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Dagney
I personally don't think the family will read the cards either. But they cannot deny the fact they were sent, and if they toss them, they can just live with that act the rest of their lives, along with the painful memory of what happened to Eric.
I was thinking it more of a show of love to his children, and I believe his sister was df, not pos about that.
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What Can We Do to Show How We Cared about Oompa?
by Band on the Run ini know others have posted on the original thread.
several people, including myself, would like to do something concrete to show our concerns re: his treatment by the jw, and how important he was to all of us here.
i suggested a handwritten note, on behalf of the whole community here, flowers, and perhaps a donation to a charity that helps people get back on their feet.
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Dagney
My thoughts are on the line of Outlaw's. what if the family received a thousand sympathy cards. With their cognitive dissonance, they may not change. But it would be a great visual testament to everybody, the mailman, the neighbors...maybe even mail to his work address, wife, parent Kingdom Hall.
Just thinking out loud.
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"please sign in" was all mom said to me and my boys at her sisters funeral yesterday at the kindom hall
by oompa inmy dad never once looked at me...i went even though they did not come to the door when i went to tell her i was sorry about her sister...that i had heard through the grapvine her sister had died...they did not even ccall me...and they did not answer the phone when i left the message asking for the time and place of the funeral unless they did not want us to attend...and they did not call....but we all decided to go anyway and im glad we did....but it was surreal...i will share more later.
and i have a close friend nearby dfd about four years ago whose dad is dying and wont hardly ever talk to her... he does a bit but not her mom....neither does robert7s mom talk at all to him and yes it causes pain...but i think i am finally close to healing that last part of mine......oompa.
funny but just realized that the above two cases both people are recognizd as a son or daughter important enough to shun like me...but we dont get shunned like dfd and apostate sons at the funeral...just another attendee...wow.
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Dagney
Gutted.