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  SCANNED MEMORIAL INVITATION

  by Mary in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  someone was asking for a scanned copy of the memorial invitation, so here it is, front and back.

  i've uh, revized it a bit to say what they really mean.

  please feel free to distribute to anyone you think might be interested in attending.

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  FreeGirl2006

  Mary, you are sooo talented. I am still laughing hysterically over this.
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  Some outrageous counsel I received once ...

  by Frequent_Fader_Miles in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was reading an earlier thread about ridiculous counsel and i just had to share this one with everyone.. you know how sometimes around christmas time merchandisers would package their products in a more "festive" wrapper?

  the largest bread company here does that every year.

  well one yuletide season (when i was about 7 years old), i was helping myself to a couple slices of bread and my aunt saw me.

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  FreeGirl2006

  My personal favorite in the outrageous counsel category goes to....(drumroll please)...the elders who did a shepherding call on me & the X at our request. We explained the marital issues and no bible was cracked open...rather we were told we needed to go on a long weekend without the boys. Hahahah.

  Yeah, that saved our marriage.
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  Upset & Need to Vent to Compassionate Ears

  by FreeGirl2006 in

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  2. friends

  i am so grateful to have a place where my experiences being treated like one of the walking dead can be understood and empathized with.. i was opening my mail last night and there was a bill from local hospital.

  i opened it a bit confused because i have not been in a hospital in 2 years.

  it was a detailed bill for my stepson.

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  FreeGirl2006

  jgant -

  I wonder if your X would know how to treat you if the Watchtower ran a QFR regarding the matter? I am sure the Witnesses could benefit from a comprehensive list of activites under "necessary family business".

  What is a QFR?
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  Upset & Need to Vent to Compassionate Ears

  by FreeGirl2006 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am so grateful to have a place where my experiences being treated like one of the walking dead can be understood and empathized with.. i was opening my mail last night and there was a bill from local hospital.

  i opened it a bit confused because i have not been in a hospital in 2 years.

  it was a detailed bill for my stepson.

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  FreeGirl2006

  Thank you all for your kind words...just what I needed. My stepson is 19 and a regular aux. pioneer--nonamegiven. Yes, I love that the people willing to own their mistakes take the hit and those that are just pure evil...well, you get the jist.

  Take care - why not write your step son a letter and tell him you love him. Have it delivered in a way you know he will get it. All you can do is love from your side - you can't force reciprocation. Hang in.

  Good idea Jeff. I think I will do just that.

  I did not even think about being responsible for the hospital bill, but thank you for point that out Scully..definitely need to call them. As far as the X...as horrible as he was/is to me...he is a very loving father and would die before he hurt his kids (well, with the exception of the religion thing that is).

  You guys are the best!
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  Upset & Need to Vent to Compassionate Ears

  by FreeGirl2006 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am so grateful to have a place where my experiences being treated like one of the walking dead can be understood and empathized with.. i was opening my mail last night and there was a bill from local hospital.

  i opened it a bit confused because i have not been in a hospital in 2 years.

  it was a detailed bill for my stepson.

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  FreeGirl2006

  I am so grateful to have a place where my experiences being treated like one of the walking dead can be understood and empathized with.

  I was opening my mail last night and there was a bill from local hospital. I opened it a bit confused because I have not been in a hospital in 2 years. It was a detailed bill for my stepson. It scared me and all I could think was "OMG, he died and no one called me". So I text the X because I get sick when I have to hear his voice. He texts back that stepson is "OK". No details, so as I start to dial his number to speak with him, he calls me. I ask what happened and at first he says he just broke his arm. I say, they ran all those tests for a broken arm? He says, well he was in an accident. I ask what kind. I finally, after much teeth pulling, get the story...the kid almost died in a serious accident in January and was in the hospital for a week. The X claims he did not call me because the kid requested that. Might be true because the kid is well & truly indoctrinated in the Borg and then again the X is not known to me for his honesty. I say "I raised this kid for 8 years. I was more a mother to him than his own and you don't call me???? If he dies, are you going to have the compassion to let me know?" He says "I don't know". Of course, that is his standard response to pretty much any question he is ever asked.

  This just makes me so sick at heart. I hate the Borg and the X. This True Christian raped me 8 times, cheated on me twice, never once did he confess his sins. I do something stupid, have not one, but two breakdowns over it, confess my sin (because the X hounded me to do so), make 100% amends for what I did and I am the one who gets kicked out because I was not emotionally well enough to endure the committee hanging with the Nazis. My family still hangs out with this prick because he is in "good standing" in the Borg.
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  By their deeds you shall know them - aka JW's who aint that christian

  by LaniB in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  firstly some background.. when i was 21 i went to live in sydney and left my congregation in tasmania.

  until then i had never seen the bad side of the borg.

  being new in town and staying with my non jw sibling i immediately checked in with the local congregation and soon found a fellow witness to share an apartment with.

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  FreeGirl2006

  That could be my story you told. I moved in with the darling of the congregation: a pioneer. This piece of trash was sleeping with any man who asked. She brought home guys in the middle of the night...I was the bad girl of the cong. because I worked full-time, I went to (gasp!) college. The roommate would tell people that I was doing the crap she was. Guess who was believed?
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  Do you believe you have a particular purpose in life?

  by journey-on in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i ask this because as a jw, you are programmed to think your only purpose is to preach the good news of the kingdom....period.

  but more and more, i've noticed in my own life a strong pull toward something i won't elaborate on, but it has me thinking that maybe we really do each have a particular purpose and it's up to us to discover what it is.

  i know i'm kind of new to the forum, but please let me know if any of you have experienced this same kind of unusually strong pull toward something you can't fully explain.

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  FreeGirl2006

  I don't feel pulled in a particular direction. I do have some awesome business ideas that I am getting off the ground. I also want to travel. I am the captain of my journey and I find it exciting...you just never know where you are going to land, and who with.
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  Preachers of the night.

  by lost_light06 in

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  2. friends

  a few years back a bunch of brothers in the cong.

  i was in would do all night field service.

  they would drive all over the county, through 4 or 5 different cities hitting all the bus stops, all night laundromats, convenience stores, gas stations, etc.

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  FreeGirl2006

  Creative parody! I remember I worked with some hardline pioneers and we would do the projects in my area well into the late evening...nothing more exhilarating than wondering if a crack dealer is going to blow your head off as you deliver unwanted magazines.
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  Fading Music

  by choosing life in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if there was only one cd you could choose that helped you through the time you were fading from one set of choices to another, which one would it be?

  just one now.. mine would be cheryl crow-wildflower.

  of course there were others, but i limited this to just one.there are several songs on there that helped me express my feelings.. then, i also relistened to all my old music.

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  FreeGirl2006

  My Way by Los Lonely Boys:

  I don't need no fortune
  I don't need no fame
  That's all just an illusion
  To me it don't mean a thing
  
  You can try and deceive me
  But I see right through your skin
  And what you're trying to tell me
  Is something I don't believe in
  
  Don't tell me how to live my life
  Don't tell me how to pray
  Don't tell me how to sing my song
  Don't tell me what to say
  
  Cuz I believe that miracles
  happen every day
  I don't care what you say,
  I'm gonna do it my way
  
  You say you have all the answers
  And I should do it your way
  How many times do I have to tell you
  I ain't no puppet on a string
  Listen to me...
  
  Don't tell me how to live my life
  Don't tell me how to pray
  Don't tell me how to sing my song
  Don't tell me what to say
  Cuz I believe that miracles
  happen every day
  I don't care what you say,
  I'm gonna do it my way
  I'm gonna do it my way
  What'd you say
  
  Ohhhhhhhhh
  Ohhhhhhhhh
  Ohhhhhhhhh
  
  Don't tell me how to live my life
  Don't tell me how to pray
  Don't tell me how to sing my song
  Don't tell me what to say
  
  Don't tell me how to live my life
  Don't tell me how to pray
  Don't tell me how to sing my song
  Don't tell me what to say
  
  Cuz I believe that miracles
  happen every day
  
  I don't care what you say
  I'm gonna do it my way
  I'm gonna do it my way
  Ohhhhhhh I'm gonna do it my way
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  Some things that make mundane things better...like...[list yours]

  by UnConfused in

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  2. experiences

  ... having a big sink tub in the basement to wash the dog .

  ... an under the cabinet radio in the kitchen to easily turn on .

  ... having a mudroom .

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  FreeGirl2006

  Bro A...you don't want or desire much do you? When you figure out how to get all that, clue me in on the secret. Although, I much prefer Pedro the Pool Boy instead of a maid.