besides having to sit through endless boring meetings during the evenings when they should be in bed getting their necessary rest for school the next day, they are falling asleep in the chairs with their little heads falling over.
then all their fun is taken away by such a strict religion and a desert god which makes them grow up with no self esteem whatsoever.
they tell them they're all sinners from the womb up and only a rod will remove it.
very true Jeanette,
and to add to nuggets comments about the adult topics.
My family wouldnt let me take sex ed in school.
I thought I was dying when I started my period in 6th grade.
Ironic; I learned more at the hall about sex, ( espically all the naughty/fun stuff and at a to early age. But no prctical information at the right time.
there was a convention in milwaukee from june 20th-22nd.
the witnesses literally took over our hotel!
they were more demanding than i remember when i was a kid.
TheOldHippie.
IMO, You are not, and have never been a Hippie.
old timers, or careful readers of the proclaimers book, are familiar with the "testimony card" used in the early days of rutherford-era door to door witnessing.
the jw would traipse up to a house, knock, hand the card over to the householder, and wait while he read it.. well, it seems that "everything old is new again".
here is an excerpt from a recent boe letter:.
Agreed Blondie. I know brilliant people in the Silicon Valley and they get sucked in too.
breaking this subject down into categories.
this is--obviously --only my opinion.
any offence caused is simply intentional.. .
The recently divorced sister with children.
Might as well sit in the back with the shunned ones.
i would be interested to know if the announcement came of an immenent nuclear war would you start praying or get drunk etc etc..
No.
I would paint my nails red to match my dress and favoite Italian wine.
and listen to Frank sing Bosa Nova.
Sorry ..tall and burnt and old and lovely the girl from Ipanema
friday the 13th meets the honey moon tonight.. the other name used is strawberry moon.. how sweet is that?.
smile.
Good Evening Everyone
It is interesting .
I never new each moon had a name.
Kind of makes me think about Van Morirson's Moon Dance song.
Or what a intersteing night do have your Honeymoon on. Smile
To Forest <
What about Mercury in retrograde? I get the feeling that is not a good thought.
friday the 13th meets the honey moon tonight.. the other name used is strawberry moon.. how sweet is that?.
smile.
Friday the 13th meets the Honey Moon tonight.
The other name used is Strawberry Moon.
How sweet is that?
Smile
the turkish government recently cut off the flow of the euphrates river, threatening primarily syria but also iraq with a major water crisis.
al-akhbar found out that the water level in lake assad has dropped by about six meters, leaving millions of syrians without drinking water.. .
link: http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/19970.
hehe
the more i learn about jw's the harder it is.
to sleep at night.
the wife hit the pillow and within 5 min.. she is snoring.
Ive tried all the natural remidies. Sadly they didn't work for me.
When I cant sleep it's, a Xanax with a Cab chaser and a good old TCM movie.
for me, that happy day was in morro bay, calif. it was the fall, oct 1958 or 9. gorgeous weather.
the sun was shining and the wind was coming off of the ocean.. at that time, morro bay was unassigned territory.. talesin on another thread was talking about a lovely day she had, going with her grandfather, talking with a mr languages.
lol.
My friend and I would leave an hour early.
Stop off at a market and buy a can of beans, bread and a bag of wood.
Pull off our ugly practical shoes , put on our mochasins and drive into the Red Woods.
Smile, what dorks we were. Camping breaks in dresses.
I miss her.
