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  Sick kids at the KH

  by Sadie5 in

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  this always irked me, when little children were brought to the meetings and they were sick.

  i remember one little girl would cough through an entire meeting.

  they brought her like that for months, they said they didn't know what was wrong with her.

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  This topic really strikes a nerve with me. Sick children were always at the KH and assemblies. My kids got sick after every assembly. Makes me so angry just thinking about this.

  I do remember one time an elder at our hall making a comment about this. He actually said that sick children should be kept home. He even stated that sometimes because of the articles in the magazines we feel that we should take our kids to assemblies no matter what. (You know what articles I'm talking about--walking for days through crocodile infested waters.) He went on to state that in those countries they don't have assemblies as regularly as we do and we could aways go to one another week. Wonder if he got some flack from the other elders after that meeting?
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  My wonderful mother

  by rnovello in

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  today is the day my mother was born.

  she passed away 1 year and 6 days ago.

  i guess i need some friends.

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  Yes, this is a lot to go through all at once. Please know that we do care.
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  friends? HA!

  by annalice in

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  so i just need to vent a little.

  my husband is going to the mass.

  convention this up coming weekend with his parents.

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  Hang in there annalice. I may be wrong but if your husband only goes to the Memorial and conventions I think it is very possible that he has some doubts himself. Hopefully he will wake up.
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  Erica's Baby

  by sunstarr in

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  here's the latest pic of erica's baby (cutest baby on earth).

  hope this works!

  i'm sure she'll post more.

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  What a precious baby, Erica! Isn't it great to know that you can provide him with a "normal" life? My first grandchild is due next week and it is so good to know that I can participate completely in her life with no JW guilt trips. It is so good to be free. Enjoy every minute. It is a pleasure to talk to you!
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  How many did YOU recruit?

  by In_between_days in

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  just a quick question, and one that seems to take jehovahs witnesses back a little, an extremely good question to ask a pioneer.

  "so, with all your hours of service, how many people have you actually brought into the jehovahs witness organisation?".

  um.... genuinely, 100% of my old jw freinds have all been raised in the organisation.

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  In 23 yrs. - None. Guess there are a lot of people out there who are smarter than I was. Thankfully that includes my kids!
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  Update on Mom

  by Mulan in

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  yesterday, before we went to dinner at mak and sabine's, a friend called me from the kh to warn me they had mom on the phone link for the meeting (their meeting is at 4pm).

  i went downstairs to see what she was up to, since i had taken the phones out, to stop her from calling everyone in town to complain about the 'abuse she was suffering' at the hands of her daughter (me).

  she was standing over the speaker phone (i had taken the hand set off), and she was furiously pushing buttons, and sobbing.

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  Mulan, just want to say that my heart goes out to you. You are a wonderful daughter. I am starting to go through some really tough things with my mom and just wish that I could handle it half as well as you do.
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  Shameless plea for birthday wishes

  by jaded in

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  well people, this is a big day for me.

  not only am i 50 today (ugh) but i am celebrating it.

  at least i can say that so far it feels no worse than 49.lol.

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  Thank you all for the good wishes. And "Happy Birthday" to Makena too! I lurk much more than I post and just want to say what a help this message board has been to me. Thank you everyone!
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  Shameless plea for birthday wishes

  by jaded in

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  well people, this is a big day for me.

  not only am i 50 today (ugh) but i am celebrating it.

  at least i can say that so far it feels no worse than 49.lol.

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  Well people, this is a big day for me. Not only am I 50 today (UGH) but I am celebrating it. At least I can say that so far it feels no worse than 49.lol. And it feels so good to be free. Hmmm, I wonder if there will be a small Christmas tree in my future?
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  47 years ago today..................

  by Makena1 in

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  i was born whilst my parents were on a jw missionary assignment.

  unofficially i am only a year old!

  lol this will be the first time my family and i have ever celebrated.

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  Happy Birthday, and many, many more!
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  Grateful we got out in time for our kids.....

  by LyinEyes in

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  i am so grateful that we got out of the borg for so many reasons.

  one of the main reasons are my kids.

  today they are having a bunch of friends over to have wrestling tournaments on our trampoline.

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  jaded

  Oh how I wish I had woke up sooner. The guilt that I feel for having raised my children in this disfunctional so called religion is unbearable! I hope that any lurkers who are reading this will get out now before it is too late for their children.