i just got a call from jamie this afternoon, saying she found her husband in the bathroom, not breathing.
i've not had the chance to speak to her, she left me a voice mail.
but i'm very worried.
So sorry to hear about your awful experience, I hope that all goes well with hubby and his recovery. I would suggest you get a crash course in CPR through your local Red Cross or fire department, it really does save lives.
Thinking of you
Hugs
Chicken little
hey everyone!.
did you miss me?
i moved house and had to wait 4 weeks for the internet to be connected:(.
Hi Highdose,
Glad the move went well, hope to hear from you.
Love
Chicken little
...tatooed arms (e.g.
mum & dad), diamond socks, baked beans, every second word beginns with an f., red faced on teneriffa, binge drinking....anything else?
(please take this with humor my friends).
Haha, good one. I am a brit living abroad and even I cringe at times. On holiday (yes Tenerife) overheard a couple moaning to each other on the bus trip about why the signs couldn't be in english on the roads! Hello! Same holiday I pretended I could not speak english with my friends as the table next to us had the foulest mouthed people I have ever heard, but what made it worse was the fact that they did not seem to realise that they were offending people; to them it was normal speech.
Long socks in sandels with shorts, red knees from the sun, as well as anything else that sticks out. Talking louder because they think that makes the poor person not speaking english understand better, etc etc
quite a while ago i wrote about my dad who has been living with prostate cancer for 13 years with secondry bone cancer for the last 2 years.
we all thought he was going to leave us back in april when he had a bad chest infection.
i was talking about wanting to be able to say some words at his funeral.
So sorry to hear of your loss.
Sorry also for the inhumanity of those close to you, they are lacking something deep down, empathy.
Hope you can rise above all of the meaness and concentrate on your mum and siblings, your love will do more good than anything else.
Love Chicken little
my uncle lou fought in ww2 - he spent most of his adult life with an arm unable to move - he was the only survivor of a japanese bomb to his tank.
he passed a few years ago.
salute, dad!.
Thank you for starting this thread.
Grandad wounded in trenches at Ypres during WW1, served with the Royal Fussiliers. Dad in the RAF during WW11 and stationed out in Burma, never really could talk about the stuff he saw, he helped get the prisoners of war back from the death road the japanese built, he said it was horrific to see them. He served eight years in the RAF
Son and son in law and daughter in law with NATO forces down in Afghanistan 2009,2010 now one in Kosovo, peace keeping. They have seen too much as well, yet they have pulled through. One more casualty from their team went down this week, family father commited suicide. The emotional toll is very high for these guys and their families. They give everything and yet often (over here at least), have little appreciation shown.
When my son came back safe in August he went to Mexico Cancun and met quite a few americans there. When they realised that he and his finacee had been down in Afghanistan they expressed great admiration and appreciation for their sacrifice, they kept shaking their hands. My son said it was a strange experience since he had never had this happen here.
Keep these men and women in mind they pay a high price for keeping us safe.
i don't post much, so most of you don't know me.
i live in nc near oompa, and he has become a good friend with my wife and i over the last few years.. so as an update, my wife visited oompa today!
he's recovering, but has a long recovery to go.
Very sorry to hear this about Oompa, hope he makes a full recovery.
Chicken little
so iv sent my diss letter what will happen now,.
they would have got it today so will they tell the cong on sunday that weve dissed ourselfs.
or wait and try come and see us about it?.
They have no power over you, none whatso ever, they are just men who think God has given them some authority over you. We call that dillusional, just tell them there is nothing to discuss and you are fine.
Enjoy your life, you deserve it after wasting so much time, I know I was in from childhood until I was 47.
ive been thinking about the future of the watchtower organization and the challenges it faces in coming decades.
its difficult to address the issue without allowing personal feelings affect the analysis.
many people seem to think that the society will collapse fairly soon, based mostly on the fact that the person dislikes the leadership or cant understand how others can believe the doctrine.
The converts they make in developing countries are often very unlike the jws from the mother countries, they are on a complete different level of indoctrination than we were. It is true that demonism and superstition still play a huge part in many of these ones lives, even after years of being in the org. The way in which many live their lives in African countries for example; is very similar to when the first christian missionaries of christendom arrived. They just accept the witness deal and carry on believing all the superstition underneath.
I have seen african brothers having their naming parties, putting the thread around the childs hand, bible under pillow etc. Many believe in curses etc. The org claims to be successful in removing these traits from the new converts but that is a lie, scratch the surface and it is still there.
The interesting part will be when the level of information reaching such ones is improved. Africa is leapfrogging with regards to technology so in the future the internet over mobiles etc will play its part. But the interesting point is that many of the new converts are just religious people very much like the majority in their country. In Nigeria there is a church on almost every street corner, preaching is accepted by many denominations and the name Jehovah is not exclusive to Jws.
im luke warm and dont know what side im on, i dont mix well and i dont want to be worldly if u know what i mean,im a good person with morals and nowadays thers not many of us left., not were i live anyways,its so hard leaving it behind cos now i duno what to do with myself, and i dont want to go out and live it up or go on face book or go meet loads a worldly people and be like everyone else, and i dont wana celebrate pagan hols even thoe i might do xmas i still feel weird doing that.i dont feel right with myself one bit..
Hej and welcome.
It will pass, you will recover and you will be amazed in time how many fantastic people you will meet. Join a charity like Red Cross or help the aged.
You will never believe how many exceptional people there are trying to help others. Your thinking has to slowly move away fromviewing people as worldly, they are not. Give yourself time to think outside of the box and get involved with people that will bring out your own personality, not the JW mask you have hidden behind.
All the best to you, it does get better.
just wanted to introduce myself.
i've been reading your posts for a couple of months now and i think i finally have the courage to join in.
i have written and deleted this post many times.
Welcome breakfree,
My daughter had to sit through a jc even though she was not baptized, she felt soiled afterwards. I woke up three years ago and went to see the danish movie Worlds Apart about a jw girl and her family, I was with my daughter and we were both crying when they showed a jc scene. I did not know how bad it had been for my daughter and she was 18, I cannot imagine how horrific it must have been for you at 13.
Hope you continue to heal and move on, it took me two years to get it out of my system to the extent that I now have peace. We have a great family life now and I shudder to think of how it used to be.
Hugs
Chicken little
