i know in all my years...45 in the trut..uhh...make that...cult..........i can only think of one time i ever gave $$ to someone in need....a friend who and no insurance and had a bad accident.........and i really don't remember anytime a person or family was so desperate there was talk about it or an announcement made to help them.
in today's economy with zillions of bankruptcies and foreclosures...esp due to medical problems and no insurance, there must be lots of dubs in need.
so how much financial help have you seen given?
Many years ago when I was a kid, I remember the rich elder in our congregation buying shoes for the kids of a family that was extremely poor. I have a vague memory of their house which was little more than a shack. I don't remember any other help for them. It may have happened but I don't remember it.
Since then? Nada.....zilch.....nothing........
Mandette
so i started this thread on another board too.
we have a sizeable number of people - men and women not in a relationship perhaps here.
ladies - what is it that you want in a relationship emotionally, mentally, sexually, and materially ?
Talley....
That's it!!!!! EMPATHY!!!! And love for nature. How a man treats the most vunerable creatures on this earth is a direct indication of his character. How very lucky you are!!!!!!
So Mr Flipper here's my list....empathy, love for nature, strong(I'm a strong woman...I can't stand wimps), honesty, loyalty, ethics in both personal and professional dealings.........and of course the ability and WILLINGNESS to be affectionate.....oh and acting classy in public helps!!!
Mandette
LOL!!!!!!
M
our is just eating seafood by candlelight.
i really love xmas eve.
{can't say xmas day is something i look forward to at all.
I'm blessed with many wonderful friends who can't stand the thought of me being alone on Christmas Eve........(although a Christmas Eve spent curled up with the furkids is awesome too)
So tonight I'm going to a friend's house for Christmas Eve dinner!!!! Christmas for me is spending time with my dear friends who I love so much!!!
Merry Christmas everyone!!!!!
Mandette
hi all.. i just want to post here about my first sober christmas.
i posted here first of all about my alcoholism back in january.
i tried to control drinking for around 3 years prior to this, but last december was a p**s up.
Congrats to you Paul!!!! What an awesome victory!!!
Merry Christmas from the mitten shaped state across the pond!!!!
Mandette
we had a major snowstorm last night, to add to the week of snow we've been having off and on.
temperatures wayyyy below freezing.. i took this photo from the living room window.
you can barely see our steps.
Michigan....
5 degrees MINUS 31 degrees windchill......Winter Storm Warning........
NO ONE is plowing the roads.....budget cuts ya know.......
HATE WINTER!!!!!!
I'm in the mood to mow my grass.(yep I'm a strange one)....come on SPRINGTIME!!!!!!
Mandette
our little party here is coming to a close and i am very sad about that.
i remember on my high school graduation day in june of 1972, we were all standing in the cafeteria getting our caps and gowns on and i looked around the room at all these people i had literally grown up with for 18 years and thought "this is the last time we are all going to be all together" and it made me cry.
i have come to depend on and love you guys so much.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!
cheers
Mandette
Sure is awesome that someone in Iraq can express their displeasure in this way!!!!! During Saddam's reign, he would've been DEAD!
M
They're fools if they're out this week.....it's 5 degrees with windchills in the -20's.
Winter Storm warnings and blizzard conditions........
I'm sure there'll be a large group out on Christmas day!
Merry Christmas everyone!!!!
Mandette
i've been giving this a lot of thought.
i'm thinking that, as a born-in, i was raised thinking that everybody who wasn't a dub was stupid and i had to go door-to-door to enlighten them.
and that the ones who were so stupid and stubborn as to not respond to my message (which was all of them, lol!
I'm not complaining BUT I've had some of my dear friends tell me that I'm socially backwards due the way I was raised....I tend to think they're right. They say I've never learned how to date and be in other social situations.
It's getting better(I think)........but to this day my 2 friends that were "in" with me are the only ones that truly understand the way we were raised and what we went through.
M
