sometimes people make special connections to animals.
sometimes they bond very deeply and are real friends.
yesterday was the end of such a friendship that lasted ten wonderful years.
That was hard to read, we recently had to put down our beloved dog as well. I'm very sorry for your loss, I don't think we realize just how much our pets add to our day to day life until we no longer have them.
My teenagers insisted on picking up a new puppy at the local animal shelter that needed a good home. So now we are crazy busy trying to keep this pup from destroying the house. It's a good distraction for us all,but we miss our good old man.
from from the very beginning, the watchtower has been wrong about every prophecy regarding "the time of the end".
they still continue to spout false information.. go out and preach before it is too late!
lol!!!
I think it just shows how completely controlled they really are.
more than one thing for me, but i have learned to enjoy festivals, and just enjoying free time.
it's not that the org wouldn't allow it, i just felt i shouldn't.
there are others, of course, and i really have been happier and good things have come my way since i left.
There are so many little things....
being able to join along in singing Happy birthday to complete strangers at a resturant.
not turning my nose up at those who live a different lifestyle them myself and instead getting to know them as individuals.
encouraging my children to get higher education with a view to a very long fulfilling life, instead of the doom and gloom they grew up in.
choosing to celebrate or not celebrate the holidays...knowing it's all about the fun of it and not some evil pagan worship.
having the weekends to enjoy as our own.
not having to put on a fake face...if I'm grumpy, I'm grumpy. If I'm happy, I'm happy. It was exhausting trying to please a bunch of people who were exhausted try to please other people.
I'm so happy we left!!!
due to the fact there are about 27,000 members of this religion that are known pedophiles, and the information about it is kept in a secret database file, i wonder how many lurking jw's as well as others are aware of the severity of this problem?
remember, it's 27,000 pedophiles that they know about.
what about the thousands that don't get caught?
Thank you Flipper. You are 100% correct when you say the WT society has a lot to answer for.
I just hope by all of us speaking up, we will lead active JWs to at the very least open their eyes and protect their innocent children. Every child deserves a normal happy childhood, I truly wish I could rewind and give that to my precious children.
i found this today and thought it was brilliant.
it definitely captured everthing perfectly.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keidzmxhliy.
@ flying high,
That was great as well. Thank you.
i found this today and thought it was brilliant.
it definitely captured everthing perfectly.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keidzmxhliy.
@ Paris.
Yes!!! That was so funny. The poor little boy was just drawing blood on the picture like he seen on all the other pictures in the book..lol! " god hates violence" too funny.
I remember looking at the fans on the ceiling and counting the lights at the circuit assemblies. This video really brings back all those feelings....so glad we're out!
i found this today and thought it was brilliant.
it definitely captured everthing perfectly.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keidzmxhliy.
This video is halarious!! We have been walking around quoting it all morning after watching it last night.
i learnt this game on another site, and its great fun.
you name a song title and the next person names another title that has one of the words from the first one, making a chain of associations.. so far instance,.
our house...csny.....house of the rising sun.....bob dylan.... your turn... .
Black Magic Woman - Santana
i wad thinking how certain quotes and sayings have such a positive effect on our life.
so i thought a quotes and sayings thread could be very inspirational.it would be nice if the saying or quote isn't origional to quote the author.. "not untill we are lost do we begin to understand ourselfs" henry david thoreau.. " better to never start, once started better finnish" the way of the peaceful warrior.. " health is wealth" source a friend once said.. .
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"The more I know about people, the better I like my dogs" Mark Twain
i learnt this game on another site, and its great fun.
you name a song title and the next person names another title that has one of the words from the first one, making a chain of associations.. so far instance,.
our house...csny.....house of the rising sun.....bob dylan.... your turn... .
Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars ( yes I have a teenaged girl )
