"do not mess with me and my children. You will not win. "
Amen sister. Amen
my oldest child was barely 4 months old and not an easy baby.
she cried all the time....and getting her to sleep during the day was a pain.....especially in a facility that was 80 degrees with a/c.
on sunday afternoon of the dc....knowing we had a two hour drive home (she also didn't sleep in the car well).....i went to an "off limits" area with her.
"do not mess with me and my children. You will not win. "
Amen sister. Amen
my oldest child was barely 4 months old and not an easy baby.
she cried all the time....and getting her to sleep during the day was a pain.....especially in a facility that was 80 degrees with a/c.
on sunday afternoon of the dc....knowing we had a two hour drive home (she also didn't sleep in the car well).....i went to an "off limits" area with her.
My oldest child was barely 4 months old and NOT an easy baby. She cried all the time....and getting her to sleep during the day was a pain.....especially in a facility that was 80 degrees WITH A/C. On Sunday afternoon of the DC....knowing we had a two hour drive home (she also didn't sleep in the car well).....I went to an "off limits" area with her. It was an arena type set up so the 1st and 4th floors were the ground floor and concourse areas respectively. The 3rd floor was where all the offices/conference rooms were located.....and thus....where all the inner-workings of the DC were taking place. In other words....where the high rollin spiritual muckity mucks hung out (CO, DO etc). I was at my wits end because my daughter had not napped in 3 days. There was nowhere we could go where the speakers weren't blasting and where periodic eruptions of applause wouldn't suddenly wake her. Except of course for the 3rd floor. I found a nice quiet area.....away from everyone...inbetween two sets of doors leading to the outside of the building.....rocked her to sleep and laid her down on a blanket. Damn near immediately an attendant comes up and tells me that this floor is not intended for "regular convention delegates". I explained my plight. He stared coldly and repeated word for word what he had just told me. I told him we aren't hurting anyone or bothering anyone by being here. He then sarcastically said "yeah...well....you know we DO have mother's rooms". At this point I got pissed. I said "have you been in one of them?" He didn't answer. So I asked again. This time he admitted that he hadn't. I said "Well maybe you should. THen you'd know that there isn't a CHANCE of getting her to sleep in a room filled with crying babies, impatient mothers and playing toddlers that had no choice but to come with their mothers up to that room. I am NOT moving from this spot." He got pissed and said "it's on YOUR conscience, brother" and stormed off.
Seriously.....why couldn't he just leave me alone? I wasn't bothering anyone. I was desperately trying to find some peace and quiet to get an infant to sleep. Legalism trumps reason I guess
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Yeah.....Brother "Wash myself sparingly" was always to the left. Brother "So big I spill into the seat next to me" was always to the right. And Brother "I am the only guy in this whole f***ing building who is 7 feet tall but I happen to be sitting behind you" was always......directly behind me.
Ya know what else I really love? When Brother and Sister obese bring out their lunch bag at noon. What's inside? 2 waters, 2 carrots and one turnip for them to share. C'mon. really? Who are you fooling? You both wouldn't be 500 lbs if you ate like that all the time
can any of you guess the bottle and the cause of my embarrassment?.
FS - I was going to ask if your hair was gone....but then I realized that I've put my foot in my mouth too many times in the past so I'd better do some research before I ask a dumb question. I found your post w/ explanation. All I can say is.......good for you! Now THAT is true friendship and unconditional love
can any of you guess the bottle and the cause of my embarrassment?.
"You still can't figure how they got the ship in there. . ."
Classic. Absolutely classic
sitting in the local cafe enjoying a coffee this morning when the witnessing group showed up.. before i had a chance to escape i was sharing my table with 2 'sisters'.
one was my best friend for years until i stopped going to meetings.
(such conditional friendships).. before i knew it i was being bombarded with questions like how i was going spiritually.
Isn't it amazing that they only "miss" you enough to tell you through a third party that they miss you? (or by a chance meeting?)
Rarely do they come over or call. Not that I want them to.....but in all honesty.....THAT is when you know you are truly missed.
sitting in the local cafe enjoying a coffee this morning when the witnessing group showed up.. before i had a chance to escape i was sharing my table with 2 'sisters'.
one was my best friend for years until i stopped going to meetings.
(such conditional friendships).. before i knew it i was being bombarded with questions like how i was going spiritually.
I've said "Thanks....I am doing VERY well! Being away has given me the opportunity to do some real personal research and focus on really studying the BIBLE." After that...I am very elusive with my wording. (are you going to come back to the KH then?) "no...i am very happy where I am with things right now".
If they ask for specifics I just smile and say "the truth does indeed set one free....all I can tell you is....do as much research as you can.....knowledge is a wonderful thing"
They get the point that I've learned a lot about "the truth".....I am happy.....and I'm not going back to the KH without me tying a noose around my own neck
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All men will know that you are my disciples.......if you have love among yourselves
What a happifying experience!
remember the gold cup room and the "barrel seats"?
boy....talk about brotherly love.
when i was a kid, i worked in food prep for our hall.
"Do you remember watching mother ducks walking the ducklings to the pond or watching horses being run off to the sides (instead of paying attention to the talk)? Or watching workers mow the grass inside of the track? Even when you got the hard plastic seats, you folded a blanket or brought a cushion and there were so many great distraction."
Ah...my friend.....the ducks were the only thing that helped me keep my ten year old sanity. The little duck pond was to the left of the stage, right?
remember the gold cup room and the "barrel seats"?
boy....talk about brotherly love.
when i was a kid, i worked in food prep for our hall.
"this "brother" bum rushes the chair and throws his stuff in it. I was stunned and pissed all at the same time. I let him have the chair, and I said to him, "Wow! THAT'S being Christian!""
Now THAT is what I'm talking about. Brothers and sisters would literally get into "christian" fights over these damn seats. Bro #1 "Hey.....those were MY books you just shoved to the ground!" Bro #2 "What? There were no books in this chair at all when I got here." Bro #1 "I watched you. Don't lie to me". Bro #2 "I cannot believe you just called me a liar. You need to re-read Matthew 5:22." Bro #1 "Excuse me? Perhaps you should remove the rafter from your eye before you extract the straw out of mine." And the verbal sparring and cherry picked scriptures get tossed back and forth.
Isn't it amazing that while we were attending DCs at the track....it was "ok" because while we were there it magically transformed itself into the "house of Jehovah". But years later when they stopped having the DCs there, the reason used was "well....it was a gambling house and we need to make sure we stop touching the unclean thing". If the fact that WE are there in JEHOVAH'S name.....suddenly cleanses the place for 3 days and makes it a temporary house of God......then what was it that changed that made that magic stop happening? They will justify BOTH their reasons for using it.....and their reasons for NOT using it.