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  Death Anxiety?

  by Blueblades in

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  sooner or later, all of us will face the stark reality of death.

  many people go through life with an increasing awareness and increasing anxiety about their eventual fate.

  what happens when we die?

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  Golden Girl

  Well as a ex JW I thought very little about death.But my hubby ..who remained a JW..had a great fear of death. He just knew he had something..some kind of disease ..and was going to die. This went on for years..

  Well..imagine when he was admitted to the hospital and his worst fears were confirmed!

  He died 5 months later.

  My motto..don't worry about it until it happens..and then it is too late..

  Just try to take care of yourself the best you can..but don't lose any sleep over it.

  My Mother in law..at age 83..said "If I knew I was going to live so long..I would have taken better care of myself"..

  Worrying about it does nothing for you..

  Snoozy..
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  Already it starts.

  by Fleur in

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  my grandmother hasn't even been put to rest yet and already, my mother starts with "you know that grandma's greatest wish was for you to get reinstated.".

  then, one of my siblings tells me that another of my siblings not only said she wouldn't come to grandma's memorial if i went but also that sibling who called me should not still be talking to me; even though i called her to tell her that grandma died.. i am facing the fact that my family may not even give me details of the memorial directly because they won't want me to go.

  i don't know if i want to go to another funeral that is really just a commercial for the wts instead of talking about the person who is gone at all.

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  Golden Girl

  Or you could say..

  Yeah..and I was praying Grandma would come to her senses and leave the JW religion before she died..

  My JW hubby and his Mom pulled so many "Guilt Trips" on me before he passed away..I know them all.

  Even going so far as to tell hubby God will find him a new wife in the new system..

  No blow was too low! The pain was pretty bad..

  But the memorial talk was even worse..so impersonal..

  Golden Girl..
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  Rutherford's House

  by DebraDoll in

  1. jw
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  that thread was quickly archived and i was wondering if anyone got a chance to see pictures of the place?

  i am forever haunted by recurring dreams of finding it.

  one of my short stories in which i speak of it, was recorded on audio cassette by debra wilson, formerly of madtv!.

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  Golden Girl

  The only one I ever heard about is the one in California...

  Wasn't the "House of Princes" in California? Or did I get mixed up..

  Didn't Rutherford live there?

  Better get my book out and read it again...

  Snoozy...
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  Yiou Got Two Minutes Left Of Your Life, What Would You Do?

  by Yizuman in

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  saw an interesting thread, made me think....

  "what would you do if you found out you were going to die in 2 minutes?

  yiz

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  Golden Girl

  Bend over and kiss my butt goodbye

  Well..it WOULD take my mind off what was going to happen..

  And hope somehow I would see my deceased friends and relatives again..

  Wish I had more faith..

  I wonder if a person hears they are going to die..if all of a sudden they get more faith?

  Golden Girl..
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  She

  by Big Tex in

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  she came into my life and brought the sun to chase away my darkness.

  she held me when i was sad.

  and kissed away the tears.

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  Golden Girl

  It's so wonderfel to know that love like that still exists!

  Hubby and I would have been married 45 years when he passed away.

  And it still wasn't long enough..

  Cherish each minute and never take each other for granted..

  Hug each other for me..it gets lonely when you no longer have them. I made hubby hug me as much as his poor feeble body could before he passed away..but it still wasn't enough.

  When he died I told him I wanted just one more HUG!

  Later after he died I had a very realistic dream..he gave me a hug and told me he had to go. And I didn't feel sad..I understood. But sometimes....I still need just "One more hug"..

  Golden Girl..
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  My Mother was diagnosed with Thyroid Cancer

  by DevonMcBride in

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  today my mother got results from a biopsy she had on tuesday.

  she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and has to have surgery to remove the thyroid.

  the doctor said this type of cancer is almost always curable which is good news.

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  Golden Girl

  My daughter had her thyroid removed last year. She too was put on synthroid.And it does take a while to get it adjusted.

  She had a suspicious lump and it was large, so they took the whole thing out. Turned out not to be cancer..

  She skips her pills sometimes and when she does she feels like she has a lump in her throat..when she starts taking the pills again..it goes away. She also has hot flashes if she skips them. Yep!

  And they go away when she starts taking them again.

  One of hubby's co-workers wives had throid cancer and she said the hardest part is regulating the medicine..so tell your mom to be patient.If she gets tired easy..have her tell the Dr so he can adjust the dosage.

  Usually they can tell by blood tests if the dosage is correct..but not always.

  And I too heard it is very easy to cure..Just be patient with her..she may have mood swings until her meds are right..

  And the Iodine treatment has been around since I was a little kid!..(That was ages ago) I believe it was used for an overactive thyroid. They used it to destroy some of the throid..they didn't have other medication yet..

  Golden Girl..
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  Finish this sentence "The longer I'm away from JW's......"

  by doodle-v in

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  here's mine: .

  the wackier they seem to me!!!

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  Golden Girl

  The sadder I get...

  Don't panic...Hubby was a JW and he passed away last year..

  I would gladly put up with his JW ism to have him back..

  Other than that..I have NO use for them. I have NO contact with them and they wouldn't dare call at my door.

  They would get an earful and all their guilt would come back to haunt them!

  Golden Girl..
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  Where is the MONEY REALLY GOING? -- Special Assembly Days, etc

  by EyeDrEvil in

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  2. beliefs

  i have always wondered why it cost so much to "rent" the space used for local special assembly days and circuit assemblies.... in our case, the society built a large assembly hall, on donated farm land (= free), in the middle of some corn fields 20 miles outside of columbus, ohio... the property has a couple of apartments where some of the travelling overseers live, who help with the upkeep of the building.

  cleaning the building was taken care of because of our "privilege" to go out the day before the assembly to get it in good shape (free housekeeping and maintenance work).. so, the society owns the building.

  it was built on free land.

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  Golden Girl

  If an assembly hall is being built..the people pay for it with their donations..and if those same people want to use it?..They have to pay to rent it!!..

  How's them for tricks?

  And where does all the money go?

  Just like in the beginning of the JW religion..some smart guy is living for free in a big mansion somewhere and driving a big fancy car..and wants for nothing!

  That's why the JW's are called "Sheep"..the dumbest animal around...

  Golden Girl..
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  How did you get out of field service?

  by Mulan in

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  when i was a kid, we had the meeting for service at our house on saturdays.

  i would seem to be getting ready in my room and when mom went into the living room, i would run into her bathroom and get in the shower.

  i had long hair, and no hairdryers in those days.

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  Golden Girl

  After I had three kids..I always had a good excuse..someone was always getting something..

  If I did it too much..the sisters would offer to come over and babysit..and they would miss the meeting or go in service on another day..

  They didn't want anyone to miss too much..wasn't that thoughtful?

  Didn't matter..I still left.

  After hubby started going back..we shared time off...

  Golden Girl..aka..Snoozy
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  Accomplishes are good, accomplishments shared are better

  by joelbear in

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  i just went to pick up my diploma from school.

  as i opened the envelope and saw my name there i couldn't hold back the tears.

  i was overcome with emotion.

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  Golden Girl

  My latest is cleaning up the shredded roll of toilet paper that my daughters dog just distributed all over her house..

  To me that was a big accomplishment!

  Snoozy...