Thank you! I'm afraid if I attended a funeral I'd just burst into tears, and imagine how'd they run with that! "She's so unhappy!" etc...
petitebrunette
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My Grandma's dying...I found out by way of an impersonal text message.
by petitebrunette inyesterday at work i received a text message from my sister that my 91 yr old grandmother is unconscious, her organs are shutting down, and they're just keeping her comfortable.
she said that they moved her to a group home, and gave me the address.
i thanked her for letting me know.
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How HIGH did you climb the ranks as a JW? Did you like the STATUS?
by unshackled inso what were your biggest jw accomplishments as a rank & file?
curious as to what level you climbed the r&f ladder while in the org, or if you still are in.. did you regular pioneer, or auxiliary pioneer?
bethel?
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petitebrunette
Regular pioneer 10 yrs, married to a MS, volunteered on quickbuilds. Did I like it? No. Liked the quickbuilds, but not pioneering.
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Did You Tend To Question The Organization Or Did You Just WANT To Believe?
by minimus ini know some who always questioned the elders, the society, and others because they were typically skeptical.. there are those who just seemed to want to believe whatever they were told.. i was more a skeptic, during my last decade.. .
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petitebrunette
I never questioned, I always knew it was "the truth". When I stopped going. after I separated from my husband, I dated and did all kinds of "bad" things. So I just thought I'd be destroyed at Armageddon. When I was DF'd, I started looking on the internet for things I was always too terrified to search. And lo and behold, after reading Ray Franz's books, I wasn't in "the truth". Also, missed the posts on how to fade the right way! But now I'm free...
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My Grandma's dying...I found out by way of an impersonal text message.
by petitebrunette inyesterday at work i received a text message from my sister that my 91 yr old grandmother is unconscious, her organs are shutting down, and they're just keeping her comfortable.
she said that they moved her to a group home, and gave me the address.
i thanked her for letting me know.
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petitebrunette
@ laverite- you're absolutely right. Thank you.
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My Grandma's dying...I found out by way of an impersonal text message.
by petitebrunette inyesterday at work i received a text message from my sister that my 91 yr old grandmother is unconscious, her organs are shutting down, and they're just keeping her comfortable.
she said that they moved her to a group home, and gave me the address.
i thanked her for letting me know.
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@ Mamalove- I'm so sorry to hear about your Grandpa and Aunt, I hope they'll be ok. That response is exactly what I said to my sister. I waited over an hour trying to think of what I should say. Maybe she thought I was being cold, so much is read into a text or email. That's why a phone call is so much better. I'm still being judged on my emails from last yr when I was being df'd. No one called to talk to me, and say goodbye. My mom was just too upset. I can just picture the family talking about who would contact me. They probably called my Uncle at Bethel about what would be the "right" thing to do. So many rules, no acting on what is actually loving.
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Homeschooling and JW children
by Pams girl inhow many jw kids are homeschooled where you are?
its not very common here in the borough where i live.
i just found out on the grapevine that a girl i know is taking her kids out of our very good primary school because she feels the other children are having such a bad influence on her kids.
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petitebrunette
Homeschooling is very common where I live. The sad thing is that the children are so socially backward and actually kinda weird. They will have major problems being liked in the workplace. I agree with Mr. Falcon, some are super into it, and some take every activity in their daily lives and turn it into schoolwork.
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Couple of questions for the Christians here - CO's talk mentioned some things that I want to understand
by Doubting Bro inthis is a question for all the christians on the board.
i sat through the first co talk last night which was basically a plea to not give up preaching.
one of his main points was that no one else had "the truth" and every other person that claims to be christian is in error.
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petitebrunette
So true JeffT. I actually thought I had studied other religions thoroughly, thru the WTS publications that is, completely misrepresented!
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My Grandma's dying...I found out by way of an impersonal text message.
by petitebrunette inyesterday at work i received a text message from my sister that my 91 yr old grandmother is unconscious, her organs are shutting down, and they're just keeping her comfortable.
she said that they moved her to a group home, and gave me the address.
i thanked her for letting me know.
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petitebrunette
Thank you all SO much for your comments, it helps a lot! Yes I'm DF'd, but not HEAVILY tattooed...lol...none actually. I can appreciate the revenge thing, I think about that everytime I go into a store, thinking I may see a witness. I try to look my best, and very happy, which I am! I'm sure they think I'm miserable and lonely. It's amazing how much I am at peace despite not speaking to my family for the last year.
My Grandma did shun me also, so I don't feel right showing up at either the group home, or the memorial they'll have for her. I like your suggestion Pam of having my own memorial and way of remembering her. And Willyloman, I will donate to a charity in my Grandma's honor and let the family know. That way they won't think that I'm just being disrespectful.
My boyfriend has been really affected by all of this as well. I know he's completely frustrated with the shunning, and I'm afraid that he'll express that to the family. They, being the ones in the right, will try to convince him, and it will be a mess.
You've given me different ways to look at it, thank you!
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My Grandma's dying...I found out by way of an impersonal text message.
by petitebrunette inyesterday at work i received a text message from my sister that my 91 yr old grandmother is unconscious, her organs are shutting down, and they're just keeping her comfortable.
she said that they moved her to a group home, and gave me the address.
i thanked her for letting me know.
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petitebrunette
Yesterday at work I received a text message from my sister that my 91 yr old Grandmother is unconscious, her organs are shutting down, and they're just keeping her comfortable. She said that they moved her to a group home, and gave me the address. That's all. I thanked her for letting me know. I thought maybe I'd get a phone call from my Mom, no such luck. Why would I go there when the wouldn't speak to me if I passed them on the street? Plus everyone would be uncomfortable, including me. If I don't, they'll read into it, and I'll be judged for that! When she does pass, I have no intention of going to her Memorial talk. Is there any reason I should go? I don't see that it would serve any purpose.
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Couple of questions for the Christians here - CO's talk mentioned some things that I want to understand
by Doubting Bro inthis is a question for all the christians on the board.
i sat through the first co talk last night which was basically a plea to not give up preaching.
one of his main points was that no one else had "the truth" and every other person that claims to be christian is in error.
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petitebrunette
In all the years I was a witness, I never heard that reasoning about Adam wanting to sin to go to heaven. Kooky!
I attended my first Easter Sunday last year at a community church. The whole thing was about Jesus sacrificial death, and what it was for Jesus and his Father to go thru. I expected it to be completely about his resurrection, but they never talked about it. I'm curious to see what the service will be like this Sunday.