in reality, is it a good thing, in the long run?
should the purpose of a board to be to give the person needed help and then the person should just move on?.
does being on a discussion board like this mean that you aren't really getting on in your life?.
It wasn't so much of posting here but what I have read of other's sharing their experience. It has really helped me to see that much of my self interpreted "craziness" was and is very normal and I just feel a lot more content with life and much more self respect.
I don't check in as often as the beginning but each time I do I learn something new
Thank you all for your bravery, clairity and kindness.xoxoxo
wow...i am so hurt and angry and in sheer disbelief i don't even really know where to start.
ok first off, my mother has multiple personalities.
it is my hope that one day soon we can actually be...well you know, a "family.
You can't reason with a person who is mentally ill. It just doesn't work.
many religions other than jws believe we are at the "end times".
some individuals believe the earth will really be destroyed either by means of god or man in this century.. what's your take?.
I'm with Zombie on this one.
so, i was sitting in the breakroom at work the other day, drinking a diet mountain dew.
on the side it said something about "win prizes, something else, and kicks!
" so, i mused to myself, what do they mean by "kicks?
I realized that I was listening to talk radio too much and didn't know new songs anymore. It's hard to get back on that boat.
yesterday, i had the opportunity to go to the airport and take my wifes' son - who had to fly back home - to the airport.. usually, i have a mixture of dread, and anticipation as i walk through the airport, as the jws have an airport-provided kiosk where only the elite jws are allowed to man (or woman), and hand out literature (you have to be on a list to do this - and usually only long-time pioneers get the opportunity).
the previous trip - when we picked him up, i seem to remember it was there, and i gave a big smile - and 'hello' to the individuals posted there with their litter-ature scattered about on the kiosk tabletop.. well... yesterday... i looked for the kiosk - thinking that i would like to say 'hello' again as we passed by.
no one is there, but the kiosk is sitting off to the side.
There used to be one in the Oakland CA airport. It was a bag fold up table usually with two sisters and a lot of literature laid out. Haven't seen it for a long time.
i was in the grocery store not long ago, i realize that right across the produce table was along-time friend.
m....... " hello m...... how are things ?
" ...( no response ) .. so i say " which one of the unforgivable.
He knows.
during my ten year sojourn through the watchtower, i was always amazed at the witnesses fear and fascination with demons.
occasionally at gatherings, they would exchange "demon" stories, which were just a jw way of telling ghost stories, and you would usually hear a few "uhhs" and "oh my's" as the story was told.
although i had heard folks of other denominations mention demons, it was never with the "shock and awe" the witnesses put into it.
scaired out of your wits = unable to think
they tell you when it's time...and she was telling us.
the neighbor found her in his yard having a grand mal.
i adopted her in 2002 from a shelter, shes a sheltie, and she was fine and wonderful and loved us and protected us.
I'm sorry. I know just how you feel and the emptiness in your heart and home. When you go to get another animal person in your life she will help you pick the one who needs you and you need the most.
You did the right thing.
after losing the wimbledon championship to her sister venus, serena williams was being interviewed on the court yesterday, and here is part of what she said: "i thank my god jehovah for being out here".. okay, so according to her words, jehovah blessed her by allowing her to be there to participate in a competitive sports championship match.
and not just any match.
wimbledon!
I think they are a great witness for what you can do by ignoring the society. You go girls!!!
i have been married a long time over thirty years.
my husband says he wants doesn't want to be married anymore.
he left dubs before me.
Welcome. Therapy is a great thing. Take your time. Don't do anything big for at least one year. Get a really good lawyer. It sounds like he's been thinking about this for a while and you might want to look at your financial assets for the last few years. I don't know what his problem is but it is his not yours. Walk, eat healthy, do things you've always wanted to...even if you do it along (I got certified in diving and joined a local children's community theatre, took voice lessons, got a wonderful dog). There is a million great adventures waiting for you.
