Posts by lisavegas420

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That doesn't sound cultish at all...

by Mickey mouse in

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.... "this is an unofficial group for fans of the watchtower.

keep all comments upbuilding and encouraging please.

no debates or questionings or criticisms are allowed.

How do you talk to your kids?

by greenie in

just a question that's been bubbling around in my head the last couple of weeks as more new people join the board or others become more established.

for those of you on here that have children, nieces, nephews, grandkids, cousins, friends' kids, etc., how do you talk to them about what the jws teach?

i know there are many here that are in mixed relationships that either started that way or became that way when one left, i know there are those here that have both left, and in any circumstances, i'm just wondering how you talk to your kids about the religion and their beliefs.

lisavegas420

My children are grown, I left when they were pretty young. They remember very little about it but we've discussed everything that they do remember and I've filled them in on what they don't.

My grandchildren have never had any association with any JW's ever. But they all know about JW's For instance...when we celebrate holiday's I tell them about my memories when I was a child NOT celebrating the holidays. Instead of telling stories about walking to school up hill, both ways...I tell them about sitting in the library during the parties and not being allowed to have worldly school friends. When they go out Trick-or-Treating..I always call it door-to-door work or field service.

lisa

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I've just lost a Loved one

by AwSnap in

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the thing that sucks is that they are very much alive & we are literally less than five miles apart from each other everyday.

i had a long talk with one of my siblings today.

i've been getting a really weird vibe lately...today it was confirmed that i will be shunned from here on out from them.

lisavegas420

As time goes on, I realize I don't miss my biological family as much as I used to.

I have a whole new family and friends. People that love me and want to be in my life.

lisa

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Please help? My sis has been summoned to a JC without a prior meeting.

by creativhoney in

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they have caught up with my sis, they want her to come to a meeting on monday.

she says she is going to just go and blag.

- even attend a few meetings if necessary.

lisavegas420

I think, as her sister you should go as moral support. I know they will say no...but don't you have a right to be there is your sister wants you to be.

I like the record it idea. Keep us posted.

lisa

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It is freezing outside ,but look at the icicle art out my back door

by troubled mind in

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lisavegas420

We still have our lights up too. When it snowed last week, the lights shinning on the bushes under the snow was beautiful.

lisa

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the RV just became a DNC!!!!

by highdose in

some of you may remember me posting a few days ago that my shop had become some jw's magazine route.

well today the staff who was supposed to man the shop has called in sick, which meant that i had to go in and open up.

who should i find waiting for me on the door step with a big beaming self righteous grin on his face but a jw!

lisavegas420

Holy smokes. Great!

By the time this story makes the JW rounds......., you'll have probably grown horns and a tail.

Good for you.

lisa

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A picture I should have taken 25 years ago...a personal story

by JustHuman14 in

this picture was my graduation from high school.

i wasn't there to take that photo along with my classmates and teachers.. .

25 years have gone ever since...still after all those years, many times in my dreams i used to watch my self taking that final picture.

lisavegas420

Thank you for sharing

lisa

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My life ... and how JWD came to be - Part 5

by Simon in

my life ... and how jwd came to be - part 1. my life ... and how jwd came to be - part 2. my life ... and how jwd came to be - part 3. my life ... and how jwd came to be - part 4. i swear, i thought it was only a couple of years at most since i wrote part 4 of "my life and how jwd came to be".

i re-read it after someone posted to it and brought it back on active topics and it was kind of prophetic in a way ... well, i had the 5 years part right if nothing else:.

it would be nice to visit the site (or whatever one is around then) in 5 years time to let people know how we're doing and find only a few of the same people still around.