Posts by FreeFallin

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Fearing the Pain

by rockhound in

after the death of her witness father, a dear friend of ours told us her mother, in deep depression, said "this wasn't supposed to happen.the new system should have come by now" .

depression is not unique to this heart broken sister.

a witness in our old hall was out in service one day with four pioneer sisters.

That was a great post...I copied it and have been reading and re-reading it. This may not be exactly on topic, but my experience with grief and facing the truth was this: my mother died and I grieved her for 15 months (which I read somewhere is about the right amount of time) At. the end of this time everything came crashing down when I realized it (the truth) was all I lie re the UN scandal. I remember the absolute emptyness I felt when I realized there wasn't going to be any resurrection "real soon" and we weren't going to be together in Paradise in just a few years. So in essence, I started mourning my mother all over again, and the loss of my beliefs. And I hate them for it.

Kat

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Which dog breed do you like?

by Panda in

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well , with so many posts about pets i thought i'd ask this question.

we have 3 great pyrenees dogs.

the oldest is 11yrs and the youngest is 4yrs old.

FreeFallin

Shelties, especially my boy Connor. I wish i knew how to post pictures, guess you need a digital camera for that.

Kat

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Who was the first person to respond to your very first JWD post?

by doodle-v in

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shamus responded to my first post about annoying kingdom songs.

you still crack me up bud.

so do remember who first responded to your first jwd post?

FreeFallin

I had to look back, too. It was RedhorseWoman. Everyone who answered me was so kind.

Kat

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Hurricane Frances, The Good Before the Bad and Ugly

by jst2laws in

i'm am sympathetic for you who have been hit by frances.

we will have to share our pictures someday of the 1995 remodeling hurricane opal did to us.

and now we are in the path of frances but hopefully she will not grow much in the gulf before reaching the panhandle.

FreeFallin

Beautiful pictures!!! Thanks for sharing.

Looks Frances will be a tropical storm by the time it hits you guys. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Kat

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Baptismal Pool

by Sunspot in

the other day i received an email from a man in croatia, who sent me and someone else a copy of a picture from a wts magazine.

i wasn't quite sure about the contents, but it looked to be legitimate----but being in croatian i was not sure of what it actually said and i ended up putting it aside intending to check it out (if possible) and then forgetting all about it.

he had also sent this to another person, who went to the trouble of verifying the facts and getting an understanding of what was being said in the picture.

FreeFallin

Don't forget the situation in Malawi (as if any one could) where the brothers couldn't even by a .25 cent card to save their very LIVES......all because of how it would "look."

Kat

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Suicide Update

by Corvin in

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as you know, i?ve had a bit of a day.

((((((you guys)))))).

i am stunned and numb right now, and for some reason, i do not feel as tired as probably should.

FreeFallin

(((((((((((((Corvin, Nancy and Family)))))))))))))

Kat

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If You Could Change Your Screen Name What Would You Be Known As?

by minimus in

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recently, deleted changed his name to glenmore for various reasons.

if you could make a name change---what would it be?

?

FreeFallin

FreeBird

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Thank those who helped you out of the Org

by Nosferatu in

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here's a thread for all of you to thank those who helped you make your way out of the org.

i'll start.. i'd like to thank my ex-fiance for the support that she had given me when i needed it the most.

when i was faced with the elders coming to give me a shepharding call, she had given me the encouragement to stand up to them, and tell them truly how i felt.

FreeFallin

Thank you to Simon for creating this board, where I first learned about the Org.'s UN involvement. That convinced me that it was not the true religion it claimed to be. Thank you to Joyzebel (Joy2Bfree) who e-mailed me often to keep my spirits up. And a big thank you to Barb Anderson and others, who may perhaps bring about the fall of the WT. And everybody on the board for their stories of personal hardship and sucess in getting beyond the JW experience. (And some hilarious stories about fighting and farting at the Kingdon Hall!)

Kat

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