Posts by Tara

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Satan gets Credit for Everything...Even the Bible/New World Translation!!!

by oompa in

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this thread subject starts after a few posts helping me get it on wordpad from word....thanks guys!...darn i lost all my highlights...geeze this took an hour...i thought the site was down!

the first few post can help you post easier, then i hope sombody finds subject info.

interesting!.

Letters and cards for Sunspot (Annie) ??

by bem in

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everyone that chimes in on the card and letter exchanges are so upbeat just getting their pm's lifts my spirts, so.... i had an idea .

i asked the deary and she said yes she would so love that!!.

i have her mailing address so pm me and i will send it to you!

Up to what age have your pets lived ?

by JH in

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my cat is 14.5 years old.

she is still doing well.

i already had a bird that lived 12 or 13 years.. .

Tara

I've had 2 cats live to 18 years old. My grandmother's cat was 25 when he died.

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Throwing the Baby out with the Bathwater Goodbye Watchtower Hello Nothing?

by Magick in

as witnesses who were deeply indoctrinated.

we accepted all of jehovah's witness teachings as a total package, it was "the truth".

there were no cracks in our armor that would allow other ideas, doctrines or thoughts to seep in.

Letters and cards for Sunspot (Annie) ??

by bem in

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friends

everyone that chimes in on the card and letter exchanges are so upbeat just getting their pm's lifts my spirts, so.... i had an idea .

i asked the deary and she said yes she would so love that!!.

i have her mailing address so pm me and i will send it to you!

For those of you who don't go to meetings anymore...

by exwitless in

when you attended your last meeting ever as a dub, did you know it was your last?

did something happen which made it clear in your mind you were 'never going back' (not to be confused with nvrgnbk)?.

the last meeting we went to was the memorial in 2006. we only went because we knew we were already pegged for the elders' unwanted attention, so we had to go to keep them off our backs a little longer.

Tara

No, I did not know it was my last meeting. My mom was in the hospital, sick with leukemia. I had been visiting her everday afterwork, meeting nights after meetings. Then the doctor said she had a week at most left. That week was like a blur, trying to work, take care of 4 kids, visit my mom. I was at the hospital every spare minute I had. I did not attend any meetings that week. One of the loving sisters told me I shouldn't be at the hospital, I should be at the meetings. After my mom's funeral I sat down and wrote a DA letter, drove to the KH and left it wedged in the doorway. I just gave up. I had always felt I wasn't good enough no matter what I did. Not enough service, misssing meetings for work, abusive, non-believing husband who almost strangled me when he found out I was taking my kids to an elder's house down the street for the bookstudy. I DAd still believing all of it, hook, line, and sinker, and knowing I was walking away from Jehovah and had doomed my kids and me to everlasting destruction. I just could not do anymore than I was doing and basically just gave up and didn't want to try anymore. What was the point? Fast forward 10 years to last winter when I heard about Crisis of Conscience and read it...Poof! No more fear, no more guilt. I just wish I had known about that book a lot sooner.

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Im only mostly dead.

by seven006 in

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as miracle max (billy crystal) said about westly in the movie the princess bride, hes only mostly dead (i love that movie).

i have gotten a few inquiries over the last few months about why i am posting a little more recently.

wasnt i ill, sick?

Tara

Love your title. I certainly know the feeling. LOL. Glad you are feeling up to posting a bit. I, too, have MS...the "good" kind, relapsing/remitting, like you. Take betaseron shot every other day for over 3 years now...HATE those damn shots. Being a nurse, I was devasted when I got my diagnosis. (I had never been so sick in all my life). In the past 3 years I've only had new lesions on the first MRI after my DX was made. Having MS sure put things into proper perspective (for me, anyways). I don't sweat the small stuff anymore. Can no longer work, which sucks, but it sure beats the alternative of being 6 feet under. Take care of yourself. I look forward to reading your future posts.

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