Hello and welcome Mikado!
Peace to you and your wife!
Mrs Thor
been lurking for years, but couldn't log on.
for some reason, my email spam filter is inaccessable, and ended up having to open another account, simply to become a member... wonder how many others have had a similar problem.. its been an eye opener reading everyones life experiences, often so similar.. i was almost a born in, with a hardcore family.
abusive stepfather who was one of the original jws in the area, so much so, that it was called the xxxxx family religion.... been out for 25 years, am glad every day for that!!.
Hello and welcome Mikado!
Peace to you and your wife!
Mrs Thor
some of you may remember what i posted back in january:.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/271786/1/my-son-has-had-two-very-big-university-interviews#.uyrnovldv2e.
well, it's now march, and we have been getting answers:.
Congratulations!
i'm still in the matrix(the truth), but 'morpheus' and his team are valiantly working on a way to get me out.
in the meantime, everyday i am discovering so much about being a jw i never knew, like don't buy girl scout cookies, that i keep asking myself "what have i got myself into".. maat.
really lame for a first post, but i figure i should start some where.
Hello and welcome Maat13!
The title of your post made me laugh, so I had to read it.
I didn't realize until a few years in that we were not supposed to toast our drinks!
As the years went by I did realize more and more, and I guess my proverbial camels back started getting loaded down. ;)
I wish you and your family well!
Mrs. Thor
i have been lurking for a while but was encouraged to sign up by a user on the ex jw reddit forum.
i'm a still in jw but i've been mentally out for about two months.
i'm an ms and i'm also gay so i have two lots of 'coming out' to do very soon!.
Hi and welcome Bluefluff!
I wish you well in your dual coming outs!
Have fun,
Mrs. Thor
what a great day!.
once the kids were in bed, i set up my daughters new kitchen play set took me a little over 2 hours but was fun.
this morning we came down stairs and the joy on my kids faces and the wow!
Hey Dazed!
WOW! Glad you had such a good time with your family!!!
Love, Mrs. Thor
this is my first post on jwn, and i would like to take a few lines to introduce myself.. i currently am still in the organization, though my conviction in the last 1-2 years is more or less agnostic/atheist (closer to atheist).
i am an ex-elder and mts graduate, having served in another 3 congregations, apart from my home one.. the reason for the above-mentioned conviction shift has to do with science and rational, logical thinking generally, and with the grand theory of evolution, specifically.
it took me long, endless sessions of hard reading and study of serious scientific literature (plus cross-matching all the quotes and claims in jw evolution-related literature), to finally make the shift from utterly firm religious belief to doubt, and then to lack of religious faith.
Hello and welcome!
Mrs. Thor
this is a very strange thing for me to do.
i have been an active witness for over 25 years.
i currently serve as an elder and i conduct the watchtower study.
Hi Dog and welcome!
Keep thinking, I wish you well!
Mrs. Thor
i finally decided to post.
i'm so scared of being caught, so i'll be vague.
i'm an appointed brother.
Hello and welcome Kneehighmiah!
I like that you are going to focus on being loving and helpful, what an idea
Mrs. Thor
i received the bootprint of jehovah on my ass 35 years ago.. i've missed a lot of meetings since that time.
well, i can't say i've emotionally "missed" them!.
while writing my book i had cause to reflect on what my life might have been had i not walked out of a kingdom hall for the last time in 1978.. what if i had gone on attending meetings?.
Right On
here are some picture in my neighborhood.. our house was not affected.
there is possibly more flash flooding expected tonight.. in the picture below our house sits at the bottom right corner about 2 blocks out of frame.
yesterday and tonight we are staying in another town with family.. .
Looks pretty bad, Lafayette has been pretty good, Coal Creek looks like a big river though.