Red Pillar: I think that your approach is very good in make influential changes to your families life gradual, that way it will seem natural and right. Sometimes not having a specific plan is actually best. Thanks for sharing.
crmsicl
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Our First Halloween
by Red Piller in(i grew up in the "truth".
) very risky, considering we are still active in the cong..... so we started at the first house and methodically walked up and down each driveway as worked along the street.. we were quickly over-taken by kids who were zig-zagging across lawns and doing houses in random order.
suddenly, it dawned on me.
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How Are You Treated When JWs See You?
by minimus indo they talk to you, ignore you, love bomb you??
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crmsicl
Though I'm not df'd I'm usually shunned. I avoid them too though.
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Our First Halloween
by Red Piller in(i grew up in the "truth".
) very risky, considering we are still active in the cong..... so we started at the first house and methodically walked up and down each driveway as worked along the street.. we were quickly over-taken by kids who were zig-zagging across lawns and doing houses in random order.
suddenly, it dawned on me.
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crmsicl
Great that you celebrated Halloween with your kids. I enjoyed your post and went back and read some of your other threads to see if I could get a little info on how your family came to this momentous event. I didn't find anything along that vein so I'm interested in how your kids and wife feel about living a double life. Are your kids comfortable about keeping things like celebrating Halloween a secret to JW's?
Regarding the stinginess of Jw's. My thought is that the JW's with some means are reluctant to be to generous because many don't have a lucritive income or none. So when it is noticed that Bro and Sis generous have monies to spare....well you know the rest. We have never been paid back the full amount of the money we have loaned. Once my husband bailed a sisters husband out of jail (trumped up charges). Never saw them again.
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Now that the Storm is over in the Northeast,
by ldrnomo incan we hear from any of you that went through it?.
do you have power yet?.
are you staying with friends?.
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crmsicl
As I watched the TODAY show this morning I was struck that there has been no bad news of looting or panic. I saw people standing quietly in line to get free food at a grocery store (saw that on last nights news). I saw reports and some footage of people sharing what resources they had. I am speaking particularly of Manhattan. I did not hear of any reports of looting or malicious damage. Although I did see a video on You Tube where in the DUMBO area some vandal smashed a bunch of rear windows. Other than that it looks like the people of NYC are getting along under some extremely difficult circumstances.
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Jehovah's Witnesses: Who Can Baptize?
by Cold Steel inif you're a jehovah's witness and you have a child, spouse, or buddy who wants to be baptized, can you baptize them yourself if they request it?
this is assuming you're a jehovah's witness in good standing.
and is it common in the church?.
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crmsicl
In my cong there was a woman who had MS. She was in her 40's and had studied for a few years. She was ready to get baptized but the dunking would cause a seizure. This was a given. Not a massive seizure but definetly some shaking and inability to speak clearly. So after an assembly about 10 of us gathered for this at a brothers house who had a pool in his backyard. This was about 10 years ago.
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How Suicidal Thoughts can take over your Life.
by Lady Lee inhow suicidal thoughts can take over your life.. i lived most of my life thinking about suicide.
i have clear memories when i was 8 years old thinking about what it would be like to die.
i went to sleep every night of my young childhood saying the prayer:.
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crmsicl
My warm thoughts are with you Lady Lee. There is suicide alcoholism and depression in my family tree. I do forgive my Dad, he was funny and could be charming, he never physically hurt us but emotionally he did without even trying. It's a tough legacy to carry. My mom had mental difficulties and drank to self medicate but managed to stop when my brother picked up the drug addiction (he's good now). My mom had a good heart. My life wasn't as bad as yours and others but still it wasn't a lot of fun either. At least I can say there were good moments especially in hindsight when I see what others have had to live through.
So congratulations for your resolve to get a hold on this. As for your daughter...I can't believe she could be so callous. I hope she is haunted by her unkindness and comes to her senses.
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Ladies: A Purse Question
by Lady Lee inwhat makes a perfect purse for you?.
color?
size?interior or exterior pockets?zippered top or sections?long straps or short?material it is made from?
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crmsicl
The bigger the purse the more disorganized I become. I like my purses small to medium. Shoulder strap for everyday, clutch for dressy. I try not to accumulate to many. I like having a few color choices and other times I prefer neutral shades. Gotta have a conveinant phone pocket and a conveinant way to pull out your cash card for purchases.
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Moment of silence for Oompa
by andys ini can be very emotional about certain things and when i heard about oompa, even though i don't know him i was sometimes in tears about it, i will miss his posts, what i want to do for oompa is to have a moment of silence for him, i know i don't post on here much am more of a lurker but also i want everyone else to have a moment of silence also for our friend and also for all the others who have committed suicide because of the watchtowers policys..
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crmsicl
Pams girl,
It will be 17:00 BST in Wales
(Google: Time Zone converter and you will find several choices. I used the one called "THE time now")
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Moment of silence for Oompa
by andys ini can be very emotional about certain things and when i heard about oompa, even though i don't know him i was sometimes in tears about it, i will miss his posts, what i want to do for oompa is to have a moment of silence for him, i know i don't post on here much am more of a lurker but also i want everyone else to have a moment of silence also for our friend and also for all the others who have committed suicide because of the watchtowers policys..
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crmsicl
Yes. It will be 9:00 am here in the Pacific NW. I will hold space for Oompa.
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Describe your life now in one sentence...
by MsGrowingGirl20 incan you?
please make it interesting!
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crmsicl
The last American houswife has retired.