i have to come here to brag because i have no one else to tell anymore .
i use to call my mom to brag about the kids ,but now she has past away .
i use to also call my mother -in law ,but now they hardly speak to us .... so you all will have to suffer .
Woo Hoo! Shout and dance for joy!
What a wonderful progression to such a hard beginning! Good for her! She is a very determined individual and it really is taking her far! Good job on raising a wonderful son who also makes sure she is getting the education she has always craved!
You brag all you want and share her accomplishments with us anytime!
Now go get a card that tells her how proud you are and pop it into the mailbox! Great news!
When we were newly married and oh so young...I had them come to our door.
The said they preach for I think 3 years as part of their training/education before they marry. They also have to report back to where they are staying by curfew.
So it may be they were headed back for lunch or something! You remember how happy we were to stop for lunch!
I'm not sure if my information is correct...but it's what I can recall!
i know a woman on facebook who recently lost her husband unexpectedly, and at a relatively young age.
(my age, and i still consider myself relatively young.).
so, here she is, still raising some of her children, finding herself looking for work in her mid-forties with few salable job skills in a depressed economy, and missing her husband terribly.
What a hard situation. Maybe her eyes will open from the stress of the hardship and the lack of love.
In church last week, they took up a "love offering" for a couple. The husband had just recently had a heart attack. It was the first real outpouring of concerned Christian love like that I've ever witnessed. It wouldn't happen at the Kingdom Hall! This poor woman is surely in need of such an out pouring of love.
i found out someone i know is terminally ill. before i would put my jw hat and give them comfort from the bible and the hope of resurrection.
but now that i dont believe in paradise nor in heaven what do you say to someone who is terminally ill and still has some religious beliefs?.
I haven't read all the replies, but my 2 pennies:
No matter how long each of us have on this earth, I love you and you are always/forever in my heart.
Though none of us know how long we really have, I have enjoyed and treasure every memory I have with you.
You are a wonderful person with great strength and courage. I will always remember you with fondness, great respect and love.
Your eternal friend...
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here's her cake and presents - she couldn't wait so opened one, hence the books.
Her first Double Digit birthday! It looks beautiful!
Happy Birthday young lady! Hope you get all you wish for!
Don't forget the birthday spankings and the "one to grow on"!
It's so much fun celebrating life! You actually look forward to the months activities and the joyfulness you can have celebrating with children! I've found that not dreading meetings and service, but celebrating life has certainly made time go faster! The saying is true...time flies when you are having FUN! I'm so happy you have these wonderful moments to share together!
being very interested in psychology i read a book as a teenager and re-read it last year called " gestalt therapy verbatim " by frederick perls m.d.
ph, d. .
it deals with dreamwork therapy in which he conducted seminars helping people to re-connect with subconscious parts of themselves by recounting their dreams .
Oh Sylvia! What a dream! You must have had a racing heart when you awoke!
Flipper-My latest was funny! It's been raining and thunderstorming for two days. During the loud storm, I dreamed I kept running out to my vehicle with a sponge and dish soap to give it a wash and let the rain rinse it off! I only got half of it washed!
Maybe there's something there? If I do wash it, it's still a mess inside from two kids and traveling with food! Maybe it means if I did get it washed, it's still only half clean! It needs a good vacuum and shampoo! LOL!
being very interested in psychology i read a book as a teenager and re-read it last year called " gestalt therapy verbatim " by frederick perls m.d.
ph, d. .
it deals with dreamwork therapy in which he conducted seminars helping people to re-connect with subconscious parts of themselves by recounting their dreams .
I've just gotten back to this thread.
I think that was a great analysis of my dream! Good job Mr. Flipper!
being very interested in psychology i read a book as a teenager and re-read it last year called " gestalt therapy verbatim " by frederick perls m.d.
ph, d. .
it deals with dreamwork therapy in which he conducted seminars helping people to re-connect with subconscious parts of themselves by recounting their dreams .
I have some deja vu things happen to me.
I'll be going about life and get that feeling of deja vu. My heart almost always stops cold as I try to remember what happened in the dream and what to expect/prevent. That just happened a couple of days ago again. So far, nothing bad has come of it. However some of them I just have this premenition that something bad is going to suddenly happen because I know that it was associated heartbreak in my dream. Thankfully, I haven't seen the dream come true. I have only seen the circumstances and conversations happen.
Then of course there are the dreams that all mystery is removed upon waking! The ones where you have to find a bathroom and you awaken to do just that!
When I was younger (about 14 years old) and up until a few years ago, I always had one about 2 giant black panthers prowling around the outside of my parents home. There was a tree right outside one of the windows, and one would perch in the tree and watch through the window. We would have to quickly close the window. It was always summer and the window was open to let in fresh air. Outside the home, there would always be a truck parked about 20-30 feet from the front door. I would look out through the large living room window and see a toddler about age 2 roaming around outside. The panther would be on the prowl and the toddler would need instant rescuing without any hesitation.
I would immediatly dash from the house, grab up the toddler and jump into the cab of the truck. I never knew until I got there if the truck would be unlocked or not. I would risk it all to grab the baby. The truck was always unlocked and the door always shut a mili-second before the panther could jump in it too. The panthers were huge...9-12 feet long and weighing about 400 pounds. Somehow, they never were able to get into the truck. There were never any keys in the truck, so I could never drive away. The dream always ended here. I never got out of the vehicle and the panthers were still prowling.
This dream plagued me for years! I guess it really never ended until I left the JW religion. Hmmmm. The last time I had the dream, the content changed a bit. My mother (who wasn't speaking to me in real life) was there. She wouldn't listen or do as I said. She didn't know the panthers were there and I didn't have time to explain why I needed her to shut the window quickly. This time the child was in the backyard. I had to grab the child and jump over the roof or run around the house to get to the truck. This time the panthers were about to get in through the window and into the house. So the house wasn't safe. I remember I yelled at my mother to "shut up". I have no idea if the panthers made it into the house with her. I just once again, made it into the truck with the child.
The funny thing is, the child never looked familiar. I never knew who's child it was. It wasn't a neighbor child or someone I was babysitting. It was just a child that needed saving at all cost. So innocent and sweet and roaming around looking at the grass by it's feet. Completely unaware of the panther nearby. When I had children, this child never looked like our children. It never took on a likeness of anyone I knew.
I haven't had that dream in about 4 years. I know it is gone now. I don't fear having it anymore. I used to have it at least once a year. A year never went by without it. I used to hate that. I knew it was coming, just not when. Some years I'd have 3 times.
Any thoughts on that one?
i came home and an old jw (and her family) that i knew when i was a kid came by to give me some old handbills that she found.
they had my name, my brothers name and my cousins name(he's dead now)on them.
her sister has altimers now and she is living with her.
Oh my goodness! Your mother's experience with that tract! She single handedly probably gave that woman and her whole family a vaccine against becoming JW!
She must have been floored when they told her about it! Your poor mom...I can feel her shock and wonder at it all!
It seems like the sweet older ones that we knew growing up, get to a point where they feel the need to distribute belongings they have back to those connected with them so that they know they are with them before they pass on. I got a lot of pictures back from a sweet old sister years ago. I wish she would have kept them, they may have made her smile a bit, but she knew she was winding down and she wanted them to be with those in the pictures.
I'm glad you had a nice visit. She must be very lonely and tired right now. It sounds like her life is challenging at this point. I hope she is happy. You probably brought great joy to her by reminiscing.
this is a brilliant 8 minutes of secular counter-proselytizing.
i know how most of you can't bring yourselves to click on any video whatsoever, let alone spare more than 15 seconds of your time to watch something, but please just give this the first 30 seconds, and if you don't like it, don't watch the rest.. it's great on so many levels though, not the least of which is that it is hysterically funny.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaqrsa3m8bg.
Very interesting to watch! Thank you!
