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Mom initiates contact
by La Capra in
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2. friends
i adore my mother, she has but one flaw...and, well, that is the story of my life.

when i quit jws cold turkey at the tender age of 19, i was still living at home, with her and my dad (the long-suffering unbelieving mate).

this enabled my mother to still have her only daughter and youngest born in her life, with little hassle from anyone.
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JW sponsored orgies?
by La Capra in
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2. experiences
i got this e-mail from via my personal ad on jwmatch.com.

if i had known these types of things were the goings on of my brethren to the south, perhaps i would not have been so hasty to depart............ "dear sister, i totally dig your profile.

i felt like i was watching a favorite movie as i was reading on.
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Meat Loaf
by La Capra in
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my dad makes the most mouth watering meat loaf i've ever had.

for some reason, i've really been into meat loaf these last few months.

i'm sure this thread has nothing to do with the fact that i should be studying for my criminal procedure final on monday.
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I did it
by La Capra in
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i finished my first year of law school last month.

grades arrived at the end of last week, which was when i found out i am first in my class.

i was not trying for it or expecting it, so to say i was surprised is an understatement.
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Back a few pages
by La Capra in
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2. relationships
i was reading the thread here: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/20/51101/1.ashx and was reminded of the months prior to my much planned disassociation.

this was over fifteen years ago.

i was nineteen.
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After 15 years, finally living for real
by La Capra in
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2. friends
it was in october of 1987, as a 19 year old, raised as a jehovah's witness, that i disassociated from them.

i have had countless emotional, relationship and professional struggles that i know came from the years of mental control, training to be judgmental, and the culture of everything being all right or all wrong.

when i disassociated, i promised myself that when i reached the point where i had more days out than in (it's about four years from now) that i would truly celebrate my freedom-the crossing point when i can no longer say i was a jehovah's witness for most of my life.. .
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Mom just bought life insurance
by La Capra in
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2. friends
recent bizarre family events have led my mom a 35-year witness (she's in her mid 60s) and my dad, the unbelieving mate (he's in his early 70s) to consider putting their "affairs in order".

neither are ill in any way, but my mom's mother is not doing too well, leaving her care to be managed by my mother.. .

when grandma's husband died awhile back, the affairs were not prepared adequately, leaving a lot of headaches for those of us required to handle things.
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hopefully it's brilliance and not arrogance
by La Capra in
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2. friends
i am sitting here this somewhat eerie monday night.

whe have had some pretty wild storms this weekend and just plain bizarre weather today.

i have poured myself a celabratory cocktail...a bourbon presbyterian (can ex jws drink those?
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Starting studies not a priority
by La Capra in
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2. friends
my best friend got to see something that i would have loved to see.

he manages a gas station and mini-mart, and he is in the enviable position of being on someone's magazine route.

i have been nagging him to bring me the magazines, but he keeps forgetting.
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Back to School
by La Capra in
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tomorrow all the kids come back to school.

the first day of school is something i always enjoy to its fullest, meeting all my new charges, wondering about all the things they will accomplish this coming year.

a few days ago i received what is called a "student snapshot" about one of my new students, an incoming freshman.