Its has been a while IP I wondered what happened to you. So was it a great time? How long did you do that for?
hiking is great but I doubt if I would be brave enough to go all the way like that and hunt for food.
Did you run into any bears or cougars? Thanks for posting pictures...nice to see you back on the board again...
h4o
i guess i was lucky in away that my father was never a jw when i grew up, my mother a jw she tried her best although she tried mostly to force us to go to meetings and get us involved when my dad was not around.. the thing i recall the most with my mom was how she was easily influenced by other witnesses.
she would do things out of character sometimes things that were just not her.
normally she was calm and easy going.
Jamie..... that was very young to leave home, I can't imagine ever telling my daughter such a thing. You really have your head on
straight though living through being told such a thing.
zaddina.....my god that is truly terrible. You know what hit me really hard about this religion when I came to this board was experiences as this.
I remember just crying I could not believe parents jw's could be this way. It really finished me with religion.
white Dove....I feel the same my husband and I wanted also to be a different then our parents. We still made mistakes but felt it was so
important to leave the door open. That they could tell us anything and we would work things out.
fhn....Andy has been through so much, it is truly sad to see anyone suffer depression from what this religion has done.
Gordy....so true, I thought so many jw families had such a great life....only to be disappointed....
very interesting thread atjeff started about whether to fade or not.
(to fade or not to fade...an opinion) thought i would start a new thread with my thoughts, but not hijack his.. here are my thoughts on my own situation which may or may not reflect anyone else's situation.
sunday is our family day.
Your life has taken such a wonderful turn....
I truly wish you the best in all you do...
h4o
i just want to publicly apologize for being an ass to fhn.
fhn, you do annoy the heck out of me many times, but i have to acknowledge that you've continued to be friendly and not take it personally.
differences aside, that's worth a lot.
I think those red streaks in Johns hair look pretty cool.....
some of the memorable moments today would be:.
1) the nutty mother on stage with her little boy who became an unbaptized publisher at 6. i missed his current age, but he was a tiny little kid, couldn't be much older than a couple years over 6. tomorrow he gets baptized.
2) the husband and wife couple who work part-time to pioneer, but wanted to do more so they sold their home, down-sized to one car and made other adjustments to make their lives more simple to put the kingdom first.
#1 well that just makes me sick....
#3 well they are getting desperate....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bco8bepgzi0.
I was so addicted to super Mario I had to quit cold turkey....I would play when I got home from work till the sun came up....oh Im tired thinking about it......
so, we were brought up in/enticed into an organisation that we believed was a spiritual paradise.
everyone appearing to be better than the world around them.
my experience was of youngsters leading double lives, partying hard like the best of the world.
since leaving I have come across the best of friends I could ever imagine.....I feel truly blessed. When you get to
meet Normal People your in shock because its something you never expected you were told worldly people were bad and it really does
get heavily ingrained in your mind.
h4o
blur your face a bit if you have to........cmon girls, you know you want to show off a bit...........oompa.
the picture was taken in England this spring, it is so beautiful over there....and so much to see in the country side....
so you want to see my legs do you...hehehe not my best feature I have always been extremely self conscious about them, I only started to wear shorts recently and always wore long dresses.....
some of you have been like family to me.
yet, it's time that i must say good-bye.
my husband and i have chosen to study the scriptures together on two conditions:.
Good Luck Cognac.....I wish you the best.....
h4o
blur your face a bit if you have to........cmon girls, you know you want to show off a bit...........oompa.
I'm always a little nervous about posting pic's other than in private.....
