Posts by rebelfighter

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another kingdom hall closing

by nowwhat? in

this one in avon lake ohio 25 miles west of cleveland.

only one congregation there.

average attendance was only 40..

I believe the neighbors did not and was tired of people parking on their lawns. Would you like people parking on your front lawn? This entire area has no street parking. I assure you if one of this particular KH neighbors held a blowout party they most definitely would have more then sufficient parking in their front yard (far more then this dinky little KH has). I do believe most of these front lawn could park 75 to 100 cars nicely.

I will also guarantee you that the members of the KH do not go d2d in this neighborhood because each house sits behind a huge wall and individual coded gates.

Don't get me wrong WT is sitting on prime real estate the assessment is a half million which is the about one of the cheapest things for miles, they are one of the few not sitting on water. The ones on water are just plain out of site and unaffordable.

The other thing about this KH that I have always wondered about most KH are placed where there is lots of traffic on a main street/highway very visible. Never a JW but that was my understanding? Well this one, you better have a mighty fine GPS cause you just ain't gonna find this one without very good directions. It is well hidden and buried.

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Big Day fast approaching Letting go

by rebelfighter in

jw
friends

the big day is two days away when she will say "i do".

i knew this day would come someday but as a mom you just want to hold on even though i did everything to train her to be very independent.

she has been making most of her own decisions since middle school.. she moved away 5 years ago but still was totally mine till 2 years ago when mr. wonderful appeared in her life.

rebelfighter

Thank you all. My two 2 year old grand babies are helping me pack today. Yeap they are not much help. Lol. They unpack as I pack but it is always fun. My grandkids have already developed serious opinions on fashions.

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Big Day fast approaching Letting go

by rebelfighter in

jw
friends

the big day is two days away when she will say "i do".

i knew this day would come someday but as a mom you just want to hold on even though i did everything to train her to be very independent.

she has been making most of her own decisions since middle school.. she moved away 5 years ago but still was totally mine till 2 years ago when mr. wonderful appeared in her life.

rebelfighter

WingCommander,

I am a mom, she is 25 she is still and always will be my baby!!! And she knows it. On her 25th birthday we did not tell her I was going to drive 4 hrs to take her to breakfast. Her boyfriend told her he left his wallet in the car go get it. We are going down there in a minute to leave for breakfast anyway. No just go get it. As she is coming down the stairs. I KNOW THAT BUMPER! !! she starts bawling. By the time she reach me she was uncontrollable we just are that close. She stood there hugging me forever. I finally said ready for breakfast. Sure let me get A. He looked at her and said I am not going anywhere you are going with your mom it's been planned for weeks.

I am truly excited for her. It is that final letting go and she is grown up and ready to start her own family. Marriage is a big step.

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Big Day fast approaching Letting go

by rebelfighter in

jw
friends

the big day is two days away when she will say "i do".

i knew this day would come someday but as a mom you just want to hold on even though i did everything to train her to be very independent.

she has been making most of her own decisions since middle school.. she moved away 5 years ago but still was totally mine till 2 years ago when mr. wonderful appeared in her life.

rebelfighter

The big day is two days away when she will say "I Do". I knew this day would come someday but as a mom you just want to hold on even though I did everything to train her to be very independent. She has been making most of her own decisions since middle school.

She moved away 5 years ago but still was totally mine till 2 years ago when Mr. Wonderful appeared in her life. They picked the date for their wedding 10 months ago and both myself and fil stated that is still Hurricane season. Their reply: don't worry we will just have t-shirts made up "we survived A&C Hurricane Wedding".

Yes, their area was one of the hardest hit by the hurricane but the wedding is still on as planned. MIL & FIL home on a beach where homes are just washed away parts of the road is just washed away. The estimated damage on that island alone is 2 billion. Their home sustained minimal damage and they finally got electicity on Wednesday. The grandparents home out in the country where the wedding is to take place only had down trees and lost power for 3 days.

I have made all of the silk flowers for her wedding, (arrangements, bridesmaid bouquets and her orchid bouquet). She has seen pics of all but hers that is to be shared in a private moment for mom and daughter.

Then the big step will be at 2 pm Saturday when MOM gets to walk her down the aisle because as she said You raised me Mom you were both Mom and Dad. I will proudly walk her to him. And my best girlfriend will perform the ceremony, she is an ordained minister.

She is 25 I guess it is time to let her go. But really I let my kids go be free years ago. They have always been free to make their own choices without my judgments.

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Going To A Christening Next Week

by pale.emperor in

so my girlfriends, friend has invited me to her little boy's christening.

6 months ago if you'd asked me this i'd have recoiled in horror.

in a catholic church?!!!

rebelfighter

Diogenesister,

I agree I miss the church choirs. My church had a very large choir and a huge pipe organ. Music was a very large part of their program.

I travel a lot by car up and down the east coast and for awhile my daughter made these trips with me. Her statement to me upon departure I have my music I can only take so much of "Yours." I probably have the best collection of Gospel music on CDs at least 15 hours.

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Going To A Christening Next Week

by pale.emperor in

so my girlfriends, friend has invited me to her little boy's christening.

6 months ago if you'd asked me this i'd have recoiled in horror.

in a catholic church?!!!

rebelfighter

Never a JW and even giving up on Religion I still enjoy going to churches especially some of the older ones. When the "Elder" and I would get together and we would go for long walks through old towns I would point out the churches. The first time this happened he started to give me his belief lecture and I replied look then don't look at as a church look at it as much lost ART because we sure do not have craftsmen building architecture anything like these buildings today. Even though I have given up on Religion I still enjoy seeing the inside architecture of the church and totally love listening to a wonderful choir. And there are those rare occasions I happen on a dynamic minister.

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another kingdom hall closing

by nowwhat? in

this one in avon lake ohio 25 miles west of cleveland.

only one congregation there.

average attendance was only 40..

rebelfighter

I have been wondering if one near me has closed. In the past the gates to the parking lot were always locked during off hours now they are always open. Now there also seems to never be any cars in the lot ever ever ever.

But the other KH same distance from me has had to re-pave their property because they ran out of parking spaces and the neighborhood allows NO street parking any where in the neighborhood. They just put up over 100 NO Parking Signs in a 3 mile radius of that KH. It was cute when they installed all the No Parking signs for 2 weeks the city put one of those big flashing signs across the street that read Parking tickets $120. It was pointed facing the KH entrance.

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If a JW Came To Your Door How Would You Handle It?

by minimus in

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jehovah's witnesses have never come to my door but they have come to my girlfriends door.

i have coached her as to what to say or ask but it appears that they always seem to come when she's not there.

.....just curious would you get into it with a jehovah's witness at your door especially if it was someone you did not know?.

rebelfighter

Never a JW but dated an "Elder" for 5 years. Then I found out his religious beliefs. Since then I have had 3 encounters with JWS. Well it did not go very well for them. First one has now guaranteed that one of their popular hangouts for handing out that literature is now off limits. As the owner of one of the largest businesses there said to me recently, the JWS had been here for years till you appeared now they have been totally gone for 2 years. What did you do? Me: Just worked my majic by asking him if he knew where to find the 10 Commandments in the Bible.

Then the other to visits were at my home after the ARC. I LOVE children!!!! I posted both encounters previously. If I planted some serious seeds in these people my time was well spent especially the Elder who had the wife and stroller.

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I found my wifes new blood card

by Steel in

i would like to say i am not in and my wife is a marginal witness at best.

she doesn't say anything bad about the borg or live an amoral lifestyle.

she just doesn't read the bible, or even the tracts anymore and generally has no clue about anything biblical or doctorial related.. i found my wives new card yesterday.

rebelfighter

James Mixon,

My legal separation agreement was written by a lawyer best advise ever!!!!

Before my children became of age to make decisions and because I do not trust my mother and sister my medical power of attorney was my best girlfriend. Now her is the great part and why I never filed for divorce my separation agreement said until we were divorced HE was responsible for all of the children and MY medical bills and health insurance plus it specified the type of insurance (high option). That was put in there because he was asked to leave the home because he was such a .......... when I had cancer. He did not even show up at the hospital when I had surgery and refused to take me to the hospital when I was hemorrhaging.

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I found my wifes new blood card

by Steel in

i would like to say i am not in and my wife is a marginal witness at best.

she doesn't say anything bad about the borg or live an amoral lifestyle.

she just doesn't read the bible, or even the tracts anymore and generally has no clue about anything biblical or doctorial related.. i found my wives new card yesterday.

rebelfighter

James Mixon,

Never a JW but technically I am legally married but legally separated. All my medical files do specify that my son and daughter are to make all medical decisions on my behalf and absolutely no medical information is to be shared with my husband.