Kristen

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  Sunday mornings........ I love them!!

  by Mulan in

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  my friend just called me from her cell phone, and is out in service, sunday morning.

  complaining like mad.

  it's snowing here, and she is miserable.

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  Kristen

  Mulan,
  I couldn't agree with you more about loving Sundays. In fact, having the WHOLE weekend to do whatever you want minus Saturday service and the Sunday meeting makes weekends the best ever!

  Kristen
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  I'm going out on a limb here.

  by JeffT in

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  ok i'm going to put this out there so all of you can support me by making me keep working.. i'm writing a novel based very loosely on my association with the witnesses.

  right now i've got about 175 pages of a planned 300 done.

  i keep letting other things get the way of my writing, and i've been semi-stuck for awhile.

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  Kristen

  :I've got about 175 pages of a planned 300 done.

  Jeff,
  You're more than half way done. Don't quit now!
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  I want a family to celebrate Christmas with

  by puppylove in

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  i want a "normal" family.

  i want to go to my mom's home on christmas.

  i want to fight with my husband about whose house we are going to this year - his mom's or mine.

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  Scully,
  That is a very creative and thoughtful idea. I have some frames laying around too. I just may do that...

  Thank you.
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  I just wonder what they will think?

  by Tammie in

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  i was thinking of my jw relatives.

  before my husband and i was dissocated, my brother in law was begining to have doubts about the jw religion.

  we did not know this at the time.

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  Tammie,
  I wonder that too. And that makes me think of all of the people who have been following the JW religion since the early 1900s — they too have been thinking the "end" was right around the corner... decade after decade. Wow, can you imagine never having a life of your own, but giving it all to the organization?

  Kristen
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  I want a family to celebrate Christmas with

  by puppylove in

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  i want a "normal" family.

  i want to go to my mom's home on christmas.

  i want to fight with my husband about whose house we are going to this year - his mom's or mine.

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  Puppylove,
  Me too. Big time. And I am only one half of an (inactive jw) couple that desires to do such things. It's frustrating. At least if my other half were on the same page it wouldn't be so hard to go through these months. I would have SOMEONE.

  Tonight I "won" a beautiful mini christmas ornament in class (playing a game to review for finals). But it's still sitting out in my car. I have no where to put it, nobody to share it with. Sigh . Anyone want an ornament?

  (((HUGS))) to you and the rest of us holiday orphans.

  Kristen
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  An Interesting Dilemna Part 2

  by mindfield in

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  okay, okay, so this isn't really a dilemna.

  i just want to hear your thoughts on this.... it's co week here in our cong...(woohoo) and i haven't went to the kh for about a month.

  my sis told me she'd really like it if i'd come, maybe just for tonight, since it's special (cough, cough) and to sit with her and her hubby.

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  Mindfield,
  In the past I often felt compelled to go for other people. They'd come by and encourage me, invite me to the memorial, etc. I was torn, but deep down knew I didn't go because I wanted to be there. As soon as I accepted my own truth it was easier to do the right thing, for me.

  The worst thing would be to go and find out it was the written review....

  Can you believe this actually happened to me? And I didn't have a KM with the questions. So there I was sitting all by myself doing nothing while everyone else was doing their written review. I hoped someone would let me borrow their copy or something. After about 15 minutes of thinking how stupid I felt and getting angry that nobody cared, I got up and walked out.

  And what was the point of having the written review when they put the questions in the KM anyway? People I knew would write down the answers ahead of time. Taking 20 minutes in a "test your knowledge" fashion seemed redundant.

  Ah, validating memories...

  Kristen
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  "Mom, why would He do such a thing?"

  by Esmeralda in

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  tonight, as my husband was driving our daughter home from ballet lessons, she spoke up quietly from her booster seat in the rear of the car..

  "justin?".

  "yes, leah?".

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  Kristen

  It's so sad to know that already my daughter is finding out the limits to her father's "love". At least I am grateful that she will have a soft place to fall, back on my husband and I, when she realizes how "loving" JW standards really are.

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  A difficult situation to be in, and sad that similiar stories play out in many other JW/xJW families. I feel bad for the children.

  Your daughter is very fortunate to have you and Justin in her life. What you do now will matter very much to her when she gets older. What a comfort it must be to her to know that nothing comes between her and the love you have for her. A soft place indeed.

  (((HUGS))),
  Kristen
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  To All Who Love Or Dare To Love

  by ladonna in

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  "i'm robert peterson".

  when i left, wendy said it had been a happy day.

  i'm robert peterson.

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  Kristen

  ...I liked the story anyway.

  ((((HUGS)))) to mommy, for sharing her own reflection of it.

  Kristen
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  Christmas Tree Pictures-Post them

  by Pierced Angel in

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  we put our first tree up, a blue spruce with white lights and a hodge podge of ornaments and a little tinsel.

  it's beautiful and was a lot of fun, the kids were so picky about choosing where to put their ornaments.

  anyone else have a picture of their tree to post?

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  Kristen

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  Very Embarrassing & Funny JW memory!

  by Ranchette in

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  i was so clueless when it came to christmas traditions for two reasons.. 1.raised as a witness therefore never experienced it.. 2.grew up in country or rural areas and they didnt practice all the traditions.. ok, so i grow up and eventually find myself living in a large city for the first time in my life.. this makes me sound like a total hick but bear with me and you will see where this is going.. one winter evening i am peacefully watching tv and spending time with my little jw family downstairs and the doorbell rings.. i say its dark who could that be?

  then i go upstairs and open the front door.. there were at least 20 people standing on my front lawn!.

  i am shocked and confused then it registers they are singing christmas carols!!!.

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  Kristen

  Wow—what a memorable experience!

  Those poor carolers...

  :)