We are having her party tomorrow. We love this baby so very much. She is our precious little angel. Just makes me wonder how we could have ever fallen for the JW crap that celebrating birthdays is wrong. How could we not have celebrated the birth of our own children? No wonder so many JW kids end up so messed up. I am glad to have a second chance with my granddaugher but also regret having missed so many special moments with my own kids. Feeling happy to be "out" and sad that we were ever "in". So much wasted time...
Posts by jaded
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7Today was our Granddaughters first birthday...
by jaded inwe are having her party tomorrow.
we love this baby so very much.
she is our precious little angel.
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Cruise Tips Anyone?....
by Sentinel inhubby and i are about to embark on our first cruise this coming weekend.
we fly to ft. lauderdale, and sail to key west and then to cozumel and back to ft lauderdale.
(five days, four nites) we are on the royal caribbean line, and our ship is the enchantment of the seas.. have any of you taken this cruise before?
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jaded
How exciting! You will have a blast! Hubby and I will be going on our fourth cruise in Sept. We will also be going to Cozumel and Key West. Also Grand Cayman and Disney Cruise Line's private island, Castaway Cay. We have only cruised with Disney. We love the atmosphere. We were treated like royalty. Relax and have fun. I bet you will be booking another one when you get home. That is the only way to get over "cruise withdrawal".
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ex-JWs: Do you now say "Bless You!" when someone sneezes?
by Yizuman in.
most jws can't say "god bless you" or "bless you" when someone sneezes for fear of blessing someone with the wrong god.. now that you are out, do you have the nerve to say it?.
yizuman.
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jaded
Guess old habits die hard. I've never said it. I will have to make it a goal. I will feel one step further away from that cult!
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Did You Attend Meetings When You Were Away On Holiday?
by Englishman inmy parents did.
as a youth, i would accompany my parents to wherever they decided to holiday that year.
number 1 priority was to find the local kingdom hall!
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jaded
Only once when staying with my uncle in Phoenix. And that was because he thought we should. Funny thing was, he wasn't even a JW. Just thought that we should go to "church" even though we were on vacation. Good thing that he didn't know we had other meetings besides Sunday. lol.
Anyway, you all know how you are supposed to be greeted and fussed over because you are a "new face". We were completely ignored. We had to initiate conversation with the "loving brothers". What a waste of sunny weather.
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WHO'S THE MOST GORGEOUS GUY IN THE WORLD?
by Mary in.
okay, we had the "who's the most gorgeous woman in the world" post, so what about the male species??
hmmmmmm.......without a doubt, i'd have to vote for elvis when he was young...........man he was good looking!!
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jaded
Steven Tyler of Aerosmith. In my fantasy world I go for the bad boys of rock.
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Wacko Talks
by gitasatsangha inshare one of the odder/funnier talks you've heard (where the manuscript went out the window, along with any degree of decorum, preferably).
one time a brother had a 15 minute part and he spoke very calmly and relaxed.
he smiled all the time, but the part seemed aimless.
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jaded
At a circuit assembly in the early 1980's there was a talk about babies being enemies of Jehovah. Sick! You know what is even sicker? By the end of the talk we were all mindlessly sitting there nodding our heads in agreement. Only a cult could have such control!
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What Were You Told That You Had To Work on By The Elders?
by minimus inthe elders feel obliged to have you work on at least, something.
what did they tell you?
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jaded
Here's a good one. This happened to a friend who was reaching out for elder and wondering why he wasn't being appointed. Drum roll...Because he didn't tuck his shirt in at social gatherings! Friggin' idiots! Just cannot believe that I actually used to listen to all the crap that they spewed!
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More American Idol
by Mulan indid anyone else have a hard time deciding who should be bumped this week?
i thought everyone was wonderful.
i was so shocked they booted julia d'amato.
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jaded
Yes, it is getting very hard to boot someone off this show. They are all so talented and they really sound great when they all sing together. I, too, would have booted Ricky. It is going to get harder each week. It's hard to see someone go.
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Got our "reactivation call" last night
by jaded inbrother elder who used to be one of our best friends called out of the blue last night after about six years.
i answered the phone.
he identified himself and asked how i was then asked for hubby.
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jaded
LOL, A Paduan. I guess we all once were robots. Never again, I'm glad to say.
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Help! bro trying to convert grlfrnd-need honesty
by Bridgette ini hope some of you will remember me.
i have not posted for a long while, but you all and our mutual struggles are never far from my heart.
i have always asserted that if you want to be a witness, fine--great!!
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jaded
Make sure that she realizes that this is not just another religion...not something that is only done for an hour on Sunday. This will be her LIFE. Everything will revolve around it. It will come first, even before her.