Congratulations to you both!
Blithe
it was fantastic watching both of you being baptized today.
before i came to witness it , i just thought 'oh well, that's great, if thats what you want to do then why not ' .
i wasnt prepared for how much it would affect me and its made me re-think the whole thing.
Congratulations to you both!
Blithe
when people are super bubbly/friendly/cheery, or constantly smiling ear-to-ear when the situation doesn't call for it, i immediately suspect they are either phonies, trying to sell me something, or suffering from bipolar mania.
that is not really very fair of me, but that's what springs to mind.. i hate nervous giggling too.
it completely grates on my nerves.
Bubbly people are just different from me. I don't understand them, look down on them or try to be like them. I just avoid them before 10 in the morning.
Becky
check out this sad, sad obituary and picture in my local newspaper.
the body was found after 5 days in the river by a fisherman.
police are 'investigating' but no headlines about homicide.
Welcome forHizglory,
I'm sorry to read about your brothers untimely death. You have my sympathy. Thank you for adding to the post so we can get to know him & share in your grief.
I hope to hear more from you.
Blithe
i keep reading about new light or some big change in 1995. i left in 92, so what is everyone referring to?.
ra.
Late 95 & 96 were very busy years. There were long neglected home repairs to be done, business plans to reavaluate, unnuities to rethink,lack of retirement plans to formulate. There was also the discreet vemoval of several rows of chairs from the back of the hall and storage of them to be done.But everyone was too busy with a realignment of our congregations territory started by the CO to take much notice. Oh!, and the parking problem mysteriously no longer existed.
Blithe
they're annoying the heck out of us.
can't tell how they're getting in, and neither can my .
Be glad it's only mice. I have not found any one thing to work with the mice. I have started encouraging hawks.
I have bats in the attic, mice every fall upstairs , downstairs and in the walls, chipmunks in walls & garage, racoons, bears, red ,gray & flying squirrels at the bird feeders, bears on the deck at the grill, bears digging the sand mound, bears ripping out septic vents, deer poo everywere ( the dog loves it) they eat everything I plant & silk flowers,turkeys scratching up the yard,opossum knocking things over in the night and critters building things under the hood of my car.
The worst is keeping the peace between a daughter and her havaheart traps trying to rescue all the wee little creatures and a husband who is determined to fill our freezer with all the neighborhood visitors so I can save money on food. Did anyone else when leaving the witnesses and taking up the celebration of holidays have to debate if we should celebrate groundhog day by roasting a large stuffed groundhog? Sorry for the rant.
Blithe
they're annoying the heck out of us.
can't tell how they're getting in, and neither can my .
Hubert, you got out of your car and checked it's sex? Why?
Blithe
....millions of jehovah's witnesses also change theirs.
instantly.. it's all about choices, people.. .
ROTFLMAO !!!
i would like to know your thoughts on being spiritual as opposed to religious.
do you think they are one in the same, do you think the wts brings you to spirituality?
do you think the wts makes you a religious person?
Trying again...
I do not think they are the same.
I believe the WTS discourages spirituality, and makes organizational people.
I belive there are spiritual people in & out of organized religion.
Blithe, a spiritual person
i would like to know your thoughts on being spiritual as opposed to religious.
do you think they are one in the same, do you think the wts brings you to spirituality?
do you think the wts makes you a religious person?
has anyone felt uncomfortable telling others that they were once jws?
i have shared this info with very few people in the 19 years since i left.
i don't want to have to explain to someone who wouldn't understand anyway.
I tell people when I have time to really let them know what it means to be a witness and how hard it is to leave.
I don't want to leave people with the impression like yeah I was a Luthern , now I'm Baptist. or that if I appear normal now it was not always so.
Blithe