does this group ever get together for meet and greet's anymore?.
~jean.
Sanity, (brace for the hurricane ;-) )
The Florida "meet up" was in the panhandle, Panama City Beach. We had a great time, included a halloween party. Simon, Anghard and their kids came to visit from England.
Organize one for your area and see who shows up.
does this group ever get together for meet and greet's anymore?.
~jean.
"had a great meet up in Florida......"
That sure was fun!!! Seems like a thousand years ago! Enjoy!
(trying to upload some pics.....you know how techie challenged I am)
for those interested, this is the video of mouthy's (grace) funeral from september 8, 2016. https://youtu.be/yvmiwo0ycds.
thanks again everybody for the kind words about her - she will be sorely missed by our family as i know she will be by many of you too!
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Thank you for sharing her memorial.
Condolences to her family.
I met Grace in PA, at one of the conferences she attended after "chatting" with her via internet. She was a remarkable woman and helped hundreds of JW's leaving the cult.
She will be remembered in my heart.
Joy
im asking for you guys help in a phase im going through right now.
im sure it’ll pass but id appreciate your advice..
born in, my family consists of mum, dad, two brothers and two sisters.
I went and saw Snowden this weekend. Not to minimize your feelings because you are right, we go through a tremendous amount deprogramming from a cult. But seeing how a whistleblower is being treated by a mighty nation, ostracized to a foreign country, may help put in perspective your situation and realize there are others enduring worst situations.
Unfortunately it takes time to heal. And it doesn't help that you are continually dealing with family and friends still stuck in the cult. Give yourself permission to grieve and explore what is out there without guilt.
All I can say is it does get better.
Joy
a couple weeks back my husband got a phone call from his brother, whom he hasn’t spoken to in nearly 17 years.
well i take that back, he did speak to him at the family reunion, asking him to leave.
my husband basically told him to f off, he would leave when he’s darn good and ready, but he didn’t use the word darn.
Last time I set foot in a KH was for my father's funeral (2003) It helped A LOT to have partaken of some peach schnapps in the parking lot 😊 Really helps with the "who cares" attitude and keeps a slight smile on your face 🍸
i was speaking to my mom the other day.
she stays in the group to retain a relationship with the rest of our in family.
she told me that she heard from one of my brothers that the reason lett makes all those weird facial gestures has something to do with a stroke or aneurysm when he was a younger man.
Stephen's mother was not deaf (but unfortunately is dead now). His daddy talked the same way. They are from Alabama. (Pioneered with the parents for 2 years in Illinois) 🤓
well, last monday my mother, a jehovah's witness since her baptism in 1968 died last week because she would not accept a blood transfusion.
she was 76 and had lung and skin cancer.
i know that the cancer would have gotten her anyway, but she was bleeding internally, and was told that she needs a blood transfusion, as her blood count went all the way down to 3.2 (should be 12-14.
I'm sorry for your loss. It is hard to accept a loss because of someone's misguided faith.
Dont let the silly JW dribble about their take on life and death effect you. Have deaf ears, just smile if you have to deal with them and then get the f#ck away from them and live your life.
Give yourself permission to grieve, you can't replace a mom.
Hugs,
Joy
its a gorgeous building, and you should see the commercial they made for it.. http://21clarkstreet.com.
the commercial video, as well as the cool 360° vr views are available on the home page of.
https://www.watchtowerbrooklynrealestate.com.
What? Listen to an hour interview? It better be good😱
Thank you Lady C for all your videos very good work
Joy
greetings, fellow posters:.
i bought a nearly new 7-speed bicycle at a yard sale for $30 last weekend and took it out this morning on our paved local bicycle/walking trail.
the last time i rode was in my early- to mid- twenties when i used a bicycle to get to and from the kh for my pioneer service.
10 years ago I was going through a very rough time in my life, hadn't been on a bike in 20+ years ( ok I can't really remember how long it was) and started riding a beach cruiser (fat tire, one gear bike) everyday for therapy. Ended up riding more and more. Changed to a hybrid (too scared of the skinny tire road bikes) and accepted a challenge from a poster on here to ride with her the STP in July 2006. That's the Seattle to Portland 200 mile ( 100 each day) bike ride. It was FANTASTIC. The scenery was spectacular, bikes were decorated in all kinds of things. It was like a rolling block party. Ended up getting a beautiful carbon fiber road bike I would ride several times a week on long distance rides. Now that I'm retired and living near a walk/bike path I've slowed down to trying to ride 6 - 10 miles a day on an e bike. It has an electric motor "hidden" in the frame and is so easy to ride up hills. 😉
Keep up the riding. You never know where it is going to take you. You meet some nice people riding their bikes 🚴
