Posts by LyinEyes

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To My Mother

by MrMoe in

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at about 6:30 this evening my mother passed away.. .

the best mother and the best wife anybody could ever be blessed with.

she was not only my mother, she was my friend.

Thanks so much for the poems. It is raining today and I feel a little lost, I too lost my mother many years ago. I wish so bad I could just call her one more time , if only that. The thread about perfume got me really thinking about her and I dreamed of her last nite. I wake up feeling the lose all over again. But then I wonder if it is not a good thing to feel this way, I never want to forget her and I feel she is with me every day. I am not sure about the afterlife ,if she is an angel or not. I would love that to be true, I could imagine how happy she would finally be. I think she would be looking down on me and be so proud of my family and she would be laughing at all the crazy things my kids do. I miss all the things that might have been.

Mr. Moe, I have wondered how you have been doing since your mom's passing, but I was afraid to ask . It is so painful , I know. But since someone brought it up, I guess it broke the ice for me to tell you , that I am thinking about you and your mom would be proud of how you have your life together. You seem like a very sweet and wise young woman. You are right, she will be in your heart forever and you will think of her everyday, I think that is our way of keeping them alive , at least in our hearts. Nothing, not even death, can break the bond between mother and daughter.

Lots of Hugsssss Sweetie :) LyinEyes (Dede)

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Surgery for your child and the blood issue

by anewlife in

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monday morning my 14 y/o son was having severe abdominal pain in the lower right abdomen...diagnosis....appendicitis.

needless to say an emergency appendectomy was performed.

all went very well as they did the procedure laparoscopicly and therefore he went home in 24 hours and is recovering nicely.. my question/thought to others is this: i was df'd 2 years ago.

LyinEyes

I am so glad your son is doing well. I know that is a scarey feeling and very traumatic , hope you are doing ok too.

I was faced with the blood issue 4 times, all times life and death situations. My mother, my self and my unborn babies. My youngest was a premature baby and had several surgeries.

At all those times I was an active witness, and I wouldnt have given them blood. The exception was my premature baby, we had seen him suffer so much , I didnt care if he needed it to live ,I was going to secretly give it to him. I was very willing at that point to be d/f , but at least I would have my son.

I am so glad that things turned out for the best and no blood was needed. Me and the babies always made it thru and the premmie is a rowdy normal 7 yr old boy. Each of my kids hold the key to my heart and I cant think of life without them. It makes me sick to think that I would have sacrificed them for the WTBS.... I cry sometimes thinking of what an idiot I was , and what could have happened.

Now , there is absolutely no question in my mind what I would do. I would do whatever it took to save their lives.

What makes me sick also, is that the WTBS will probably change their view on blood. You know the "new light" crap . It makes me so sad for the parents that made that choice and their precious children passed away. Can you imagine how they would feel if the WT says , it's ok AFTERALL, to take blood??? If it were me, I would lose my mind, and there would be hell to pay.

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Ladies - what's your favourite men's cologne?

by Beck_Melbourne in

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just a bit of fluff...what's your favourite men's cologne or women's perfume scent?.

have you ever got a gentle wiff of a really nice cologne and wanted to ask the owner what the name of it is??

if its a woman i will ask, only because i want to go out and buy some.

LyinEyes

My favorite is Polo, hubby wears it. When we were dating I bought him a bottle , so even now after 17 years of being married the smell of Polo on him (his smell) makes my mouth water!!!! Yum yum.

My mother introduced me to Chanel No. 5 , when I was about 14, I have loved that scent ever since.

I guess you can tell I put alot of stock in my sense of smell. I love the way a fragrance can take you back to another place and time. My mother wore L'Air De Temps,,,, I can still smell her fragrance in my dreams.

This was a good question Beck,, brought back alot of good memories..

P.S. I wish they could bottle the smell of hay... very comforting to me!!! Crazy huh?

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Andee v. Andi and Beautiful Garbage v. Billygoat

by Billygoat in

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just wanted to clarify something... .

it seems as though the two of us are getting mixed up by some of you.

i am andi.

LyinEyes

LOL D8 Ball !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ummm , could you please repeat that???? I think I did destory some brain cells reading that.

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The C.T. Russell pyramid

by Nathan Natas in

i wrote this thinking that maybe some of our new folks would enjoy it, but i think i may have given the posting a bad or misleading subject line, because it has been little read and not commented on at all.

tell me how much the story sucks, and why it sucks as much as it does.

si vous plait.

LyinEyes

Very interesting subject, please keep it going. This is the very first thing my husband showed me when he started looking things up on the internet. When I found out Russell used measurements from a pyramid, I felt like I had been knocked to the floor. It opened my eyes. I have never heard of that before. A year later, and I have found out so much more . I am grateful for that pyramid, it helped to set the wheels in motion to set me free.

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Questions Questions Questions!

by Overseer in

i'm going to a district assembly fri, sat and sun in leeds, uk in hope to understand some of this stuff-my girlfriend is a jw but i am not.. i don't get this 144,000 people thingy-why would only some people get to go to heaven and some stay on earth?

how are these people selected?.

walk on the left my brother as people walk on the right that come in the opposite direction-you will get knocked down my brother!!!.

LyinEyes

Great descriptions of the classes of JW. Farkel!!! LOL

Of course they can change these classes on a whim. When one of the old men up there have a dream or how ever they receive "new light".

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District Convention - Portland Maine

by proandcon in

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"thrilling convention"...only took notes of comments / observations not including:.

- typical "gloom and doom" (real heavy since 9/11).

- "do more" (especially as some one of a kind robotic drones demonstrate).

LyinEyes

I heard today from a sister who went to the Jackson, Miss. Convention, that there were over 5000 in attendence, but only 20 got baptized. This seems like a low number of those baptized. Where is this increase they are always speaking of???

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Simon, Suicide & DF JW's thread

by qwerty in

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after reading the thread (link below) about the df jw lad, it occured to me sites like this surely can help to save lives (sadly not in this example).

it makes the blood boil to think the borg as ruined so many peoples families, responsibility lays with them for suicides!

" http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=30238&site=3&page=1"" http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=30238&site=3&page=1".

LyinEyes

I dont know where to begin on this topic. But I totally agree with you , it makes me boiling mad too. I am sorry to hear about your thoughts about suicide. I have suffered depression for years, many contributing factors in my case and I since have eliminated things in my life that were tearing me apart. One thing I didnt realize that was driving me crazy was the boring borg life, it sucked the life out of me. There was always the feeling you were nott doing enough, you were not good enough, very self destructive thinking. I feel happier in this last year since leaving the borg, I was raised in it and it was not an easy choice. But I have never known so much happiness as I have lately and I thank Simon for this board. It is such a good form of therapy, because we can be open ,honest and get to have support from other who have been thru the same as we have. This is all to common amoung Jw's and ex jws trying to find their place in the world.

I hope you hang in there and fight any feelings of suicide. Dont ever let them make you ever feel guilty anymore. That will eat at you and tear you down. My mother committed suicide and it was so traggic, she was only a35 the age I am now. I blame the borg for their part in it. She had just been disfellowshipped for smoking and 4 months later she felt she had no other place to go, she was alone and full of sadness and guilt.

I have made some very good friends in this board and they have helped me thru some hard times, and I will forever be indebted to them for their unconditional support, something the JW never gave. Just hang in there and fight with all your might to have a good life. I wish my mom had this kind of support , and then maybe things would have been different. Never be afraid to talk about how you feel , if you ever need to talk you can get my email from my profile and I will always be there for you.

Wishing you a happy , fullfilling life, LyinEyes(Dede)

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Favorite JW Celebs!

by professor in

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who is your favorite jw celebrity, past and present?.

who is your least favorite?

ja rule

LyinEyes

Selena!!! My daughter and I love her music, and would dance around the house together to it. We watched her home movies and she seemed to be a young person full of life. She was just beginning to find her way in the world and then she was gone. Very traggic. She was always laughing and smiling on the home movies and seemed very down to earth. We miss her music.

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Grateful we got out in time for our kids.....

by LyinEyes in

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i am so grateful that we got out of the borg for so many reasons.

one of the main reasons are my kids.

today they are having a bunch of friends over to have wrestling tournaments on our trampoline.

LyinEyes

I am so grateful that we got out of the borg for so many reasons. One of the main reasons are my kids. Today they are having a bunch of friends over to have wrestling tournaments on our trampoline. They have worked so hard on making today special. My son and his friends even have their own website with a large group of boys who are into wrestling .

The thought I had was, how lonely he was while we were JW. He was depressed alot. I got very worried about him . There were no kids at all at our hall, and he was home schooled so he only had the neighborhood kids to associate with.

One of the elders in our hall lived down our street and would watch to see what our son was doing, and who he was walking around with. He always felt like he had to hide who his friends were, because they were supposed to be bad association.

Well since leaving , our lives have become fuller, my son is alot happier. He has many friends and is very well liked. Before he didnt have anyone to do things with, now he has the freedom to choose his own friends without the brothers trying to do it for him. It warmed my heart to see a truck load of these boys , smiling , laughing , picking on each other. I am just grateful that we got out in time for my oldest to enjoy his teen years, the childhood is gone really, but he is having tons of fun. We stopped to get cokes and chips and my son looked at me and smiles and said "thank you , Mama. This means alot to me.

Now I have about 15 kids at my house mostly 15 yr old boys, and wondering what to make for dinner???? Life is good!!!!!!!!!!!