Posts by gypsywildone

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Contrast of a Catholic funeral for 21 year old drug overdose

by gypsywildone in

i had to go to a neighborhood kid's funeral today.

a 21 year old drug overdose, dropped off at the hospital by 3 scared punks that split.

an unidentified "john doe", clinically dead.

gypsywildone

I forget-I don't blame you for being pissed. Why not dispense with the funeral entirely & call it what it was, just another boring meeting. What a disservice to your grandmother! But you're right, I guess he just did what he was allowed to do. Can you imagine the fracas if he had actually stood up there & talked about what a great woman your grandmother was!

Preston, more than who did for your grandmother, the jws, or the Catholics? Maybe the priest that did Nick's service was from a barrio in Arizona like me & had lived among drug abuses before & understood them. Anyway, the priest understood Nick, never having met him. So does the whole area around here, I haven't heard any sneaky little comments or judgemental slaps at the parents.

I wonder if most of the jws would even do a funeral for a drug overdose. The ones around here distance themselves or even lie about all the young jws that seem to go ape shit in epidemic proportions around here. I wonder what would it be if one of their own died of a drug o.d.

I'm not a fan of organized anything at all, but it was such a contrast between the jw funeral 2 years ago, & this one.

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What a difference!

by onintwo in

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attended a funeral today.

or a celebration of life.

it was the most moving thing i can remember in recent days.

gypsywildone

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/7/79287/1287059/post.ashx#1287059

I did the same on Saturday, but a Catholic funeral that was full of love & respect for a 21 year old kid that od'd on drugs that the priest did not even know. But it was all full of understanding, compassion, & love. I don't think anyone would have been capable of talking about the poor kid at that time, everyone was too broken up over it. Quite a contrst though, isn't it?

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Very Depressed today... Please Help.

by Confucious in

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hey guys, .

last night, my ex-girlfriend whom i wrote about before emailed me and goaded me into a confrontation.

where to start???

gypsywildone

Con,

Why did you feel any need to continue the conversation, or even take the phone call? You don't seem to be dealing with a real rational mind there, or one that wants to even listen to you. Why aggravate yourself & your lady? I truly believe some of these types thrive on confrontation.

Outoftheorg, that is correct, even the nuttiest of nuts (either sex) usually escalate the bahavior for a while, then quit when it doesn't get them the desired result (attention, connection)

Dirt Rocker, then what is you connection to this board, besides posting inflamatory anti-abortion sites?

If a person's self worth depends on external forces & approval, they may end up disappointed. I think Stinky Pantz has a quote on her tag line, something like "never explain, your friends don't need it & the others will never believe you anyway", something to that effect.

I still say living well is the best revenge.

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Scary JW flash back

by Dawn in

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i was at church sunday with my daughter and as we're leaving a lady there asked my daughter if she was doing church music camp this year i told her that although i am still on the music camp leadership and involved in the program, my daughter decided she didn't want to do camp this year - she wanted to take a stab at gymnastics and soccer.

the lady looked at me like i had just said we were worshipping the devil - then leaned down to my daughter and says "that's alright dear - you can talk to people at gymnastics about god".

my reply "or.........she could just learn how to do back flips".

gypsywildone

LOL, remembering when Sean Penn punched the "church lady" right in the face on SNL for this bs. No mystery where Dana Carvey got that character, is it?

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Contrast of a Catholic funeral for 21 year old drug overdose

by gypsywildone in

i had to go to a neighborhood kid's funeral today.

a 21 year old drug overdose, dropped off at the hospital by 3 scared punks that split.

an unidentified "john doe", clinically dead.

gypsywildone

I would never pick on you yesidid, & Candi is right, there is nothing wrong in being fair. I have only ONE jw funeral to go by. That one was absolutely mind numbing. Not up lifting at all, no celebration of the person the man really was. I am really surprised to hear your experience yesidid, every time "something" happens around here, I ask the oold jw lady I know, & she asks the Grande Poo Bah, & HE says "they weren't strong in the truth", "he was never baptised", "they were only studying". I can just imagine what would happen if one of those they pretend they hardly know (but grew up with most of their life) died of a drug o.d.!

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by gypsywildone in

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gypsywildone

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Someone Very Special Needs Cheerin' Up, Yall.

by Frannie Banannie in

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i take care of a very special lady several days a week.

her name is kristy.

she's mid-30's, looks like julia roberts (!!!

gypsywildone

I have no experience in this, but I would tell her don't give up & take it one day at a time!

P.S. She's lucky to have a friend like you, Frannie!

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Contrast of a Catholic funeral for 21 year old drug overdose

by gypsywildone in

i had to go to a neighborhood kid's funeral today.

a 21 year old drug overdose, dropped off at the hospital by 3 scared punks that split.

an unidentified "john doe", clinically dead.

gypsywildone

Well, I was not glad for the experience, as this kid had spent years at my house when he was younger, & we had such a history together. I knew his parents for years, & it was all very hard.

I had only attended one jw funeral, about 2 years ago. During my short, but memorable interrment at the watchtower concentration camp, many years ago, I don't remember attending one funeral. But after reading experiences on this site, I paid careful attention to what was going on at the funeral of a non-believing old man that was the much put upon husband of a staunch jw woman. His wife said "he loved the witnesses". I happen to know otherwise, he was hassled & harried & could not win in his own home! Anyhow, they lived near me & were friends of the family for a good many years. That spectacle was an exercise in propaganda for the jws. Same old spew. And I saw the same tired, sad jws I had known as a young teenager, only sadder & older. Still doing the same thing, speaking the same robot speak. No love was shown, that I saw anyway.

I have been to many Catholic weddings & a few funerals over the years. But in contrast to the jw "funeral" for a guy they barely knew & hardly mentioned, this priest started out by saying "I did not know Nick's life, YOU all knew Nick's life. But I do know God loved Nick so very much more than Nick ever knew. Do not judge Nick, for he was posessed by a thing greater & stronger than himself, & he had pain & cravings most of us will never understand". And it went from there.

My daughter, one of Nick's best friends for many years, a few years ago, before he went down this path, was put out by several references to Nick & his struggle with drugs, & reminding everyone not to think ill of Nick or judge him. But I told her those people needed to hear that. These were the "beautiful people", not any like myself that got thrown out of the house at 18 & landed in a wild neighborhood full of drug abusers, etc. These people have little or no understanding what drove Nick & how he ended up where he was.

Somehow, I really got the feeling that the priest DID have that understanding, & knew where it was at.

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My Mother's Being Announced in November As OFF The Pioneer List

by minimus in

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after 40 years of serving as a regular pioneer and being on the infirm list, the circuit overseer, the po and another elder told her today in a 30 min.

conversation she was going to be announced as no longer pioneering.

the co mostly talked about me, my wife and daughter.

gypsywildone

That's disgusting, deliberately grilling & upsetting a lady of her age. They have no shame, & certainly no heart

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Contrast of a Catholic funeral for 21 year old drug overdose

by gypsywildone in

i had to go to a neighborhood kid's funeral today.

a 21 year old drug overdose, dropped off at the hospital by 3 scared punks that split.

an unidentified "john doe", clinically dead.

gypsywildone

I had to go to a neighborhood kid's funeral today. A 21 year old drug overdose, dropped off at the hospital by 3 scared punks that split. An unidentified "John Doe", clinically dead. The Catholic priest had apparently never met the family. The priest did well in stressing God did love Nick, & no one should judge Nick because he was possessed by something greater than himself. Nick had a pain & a craving most of us could not begin to understand, he was driven by other things. Very profound. It was a very loving send off to a kid the priest didn't even know. No judgment, killing, & hate for a flawed individual from the Catholic priest! And there was no whispers, no "looks", just love & support for the parents. A planter that was a black metal, hot rod car with flames full of flowers, sent by his friends, other 21 year olds, was buried with him. No pretending not to grieve, no spouting of doctrine or propaganda. An understanding & celebration of Nick.