Mulan - one of the sorriest parts of this whole thing was how awful the rumor mill was when your brother left the Dubs. So many made him out to be the cause of his wife's death...so sad. I didn't know either of them, had only attended a wedding he presided over, so as with much of the gossip that flew around the area, I ignored what was said. Since Sharon's ordeal I have learned that the rumor mill is so far from what is truth. If I had the power to change it all and make things right you can be sure I would. Am sorry for all the pain you family has had to endure.
Mrs R
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April 20 is a sad anniversary for my family
by Mulan inon april 20, 1977, my brother's wife, janice, died as a result of complications from childbirth.
the baby, their only son, also died unnamed.
this is a photo of my brother and janice .
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A Little Car Fluff
by forgetmenot inwhat do you have hanging from your car's rear-view mirror?.
i have two stuffed pandas hanging from my car's rear-view mirror.
one of them was my first christmas present from my sister.
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Terra cotta smiling sun face, the kind you put essential oil in to make the car smell good. Need lots of sunshine up north here, even if it's just a piece of clay...
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Disturbing material in May 15, 2002 Watchtower
by spender inin the questions from readers section, the question was: "would it be advisable for a true christian to attend a funeral or a wedding in a church?".
to analyze this wonderful piece, i'm going to use their words, and translate them into real english.. "being in a group where everyone else is engaging in a false religious act, a christian may find it difficult to resist the pressure to join in.
how unwise to expose oneself to such pressure!".
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Real world translation - suggestion=law. According to the elders in this area no one could have a better suggestion than the good old boys at the WT.
Mrs R
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Daughter Going to College this Fall
by TR inwow.
my first born baby will be going to college in the fall.
she will graduate high school and spokane community college this year with an aa degree.
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Kudos to your daughter and you! That high school/community college program is absolutely the best. My youngest is doing the same as your daughter. She will have her high school diploma the first week of June and her AA the second week, turning 18 in between. She's headed to a four year college as well, but won't have to do the whole four years, also has been offered some good scholarships. And she hasn't been ruined by the older 'worldly' kids, or the philosophies of men...very open minded kid.
Go Zags! (great school, make sure you look into their "Foley Library!"
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Watching the 'Apostate' World!
by VeniceIT inin south flordia yesterday and apostate found a money bag full of cash in her shopping bag when she got home.
the cash was in the amount of $3700 dollars, and was the stores cash receipts.
so said apostate called the store and reported the money, and then returned it.
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Oh Venice, you get to have all the fun! Knowing some of the same Oregonian JWs you do, I bet they would think it's Armageddon!
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Can Witnesses Do That?
by Dutchie inthis week is spring break for school children and so my kids are home this week.
while i was at work yesterday some witnesses paid a visit to my home and tried to talk my 14 year old son into having a bible study.
when my son politely refused, saying that he could not commit to a study without first asking permission of his parents, they told him that they knew many children who had defied their parents to study with the witnesses and come to meetings.
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Hyghlandyr,
The congregation you are dealing with must be exceptional. I wish that were the case universally, but unfortunately it is not. It is very common here where I live for the elders to encourage sisters to leave their unbelieving mates, even more so if the mate is an apostate. In fact, JWs here with unbelieving mates are not regularly included in social activities, are the last picked for car groups. My mother-in-law has been in the congregation over 45+ years, when her non-believing hubbie died they were nice enough to do the memorial at the KH, but only a handful of Witnesses attended-mostly non-Witness relatives and neighbors. One would think she deserved a little more emotional support than that. I used to believe these kinds of things only happend in our little berg, but in talking to others it happens more often than not. Any way you look at it, unethical things happen, people are hurt....I'm not participating in any 'take the WT down' activities and don't have a spiteful vendetta, other than I walked away almost three years ago and haven't looked back - mostly because of 'little' things like this. Couldn't handle the discouragement.I wish you peace,
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Can Witnesses Do That?
by Dutchie inthis week is spring break for school children and so my kids are home this week.
while i was at work yesterday some witnesses paid a visit to my home and tried to talk my 14 year old son into having a bible study.
when my son politely refused, saying that he could not commit to a study without first asking permission of his parents, they told him that they knew many children who had defied their parents to study with the witnesses and come to meetings.
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Ha! they do it all the time. A former friend of mine would go out to feed her horses - take them to the far end of the field. Underneath her overalls she had on her nice clothes. The dubs would pick her up, study with her, and then bring her back. Another example, Rocky studied with a bud in school whose parents were opposed - they met in the park. More recently, one sister would bring her son's classmate to her house, pulling her out of school without the parents permission. Don't know how they got away with that one. The son went to Bethel, the girl got baptized, the sister left the Borg.
Just because the WT says 'don't' doesn't mean the locals follow the rules, as someone said - anything for a Bible study....
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I went to a funeral today
by Joyzabel inmy first outside of the jwdub world and i was amazed at the emotions i experienced.
about 50 people were there to support the family in their time of grief.
there was a graveside service for a baby that had died this week.
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It's so sad when babies die. My heart goes out to you and the family.
But so true, so true, JW memorial services don't memorialize the dead. Rocky's dad died last fall and the talk barely touched on the life and times of the deceased. Went to another memorial just a couple of weeks ago, a neighbor...one of the elders gave a brief talk at the funeral home as she was a life time interested one. Then the family got up and spoke about mom/g'ma. They played a tape of music the family band had recorded. The grandkids read poems. A lifelong friend spoke about their friendship and then read 1 Cor 13 and said it described her friend. It was truly a tribute....BTW the local PO wouldn't let them have the service at the KH, which was prob'ly a good thing since the most comforting words were spoken by the family. Once again, there were only a few from the KH who attended. After the service the church ladies from the church across the street from the funeral home opened their fellowship hall, organized a wonderful meal, and served the family and friends. JWs do not have a clue as to Christlike love!
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Update on AlanF's Daughter
by AlanF innow that dad has recovered his equilibrium, i just wanted to say a huge thanks to everyone who expressed concern about my daughter the last couple of weeks.
in the great scheme of things this is a minor matter but it sure affected me!
i guess my family has been pretty lucky compared to others.. anyway, julie (that's the daughter one, not the wifely one) recovered so fast that she returned to school this past monday.
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Woohoo! that's worth celebrating! Thanks for sharing the wonderful news. Still have a 17 year old at home...can only imagine the stress your family has been dealing with. May it never happen again!
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Heartbraek
by VeniceIT injust when you think your immune to the pain from family members shunning you get a surprise.
my sister hasn't talked or communicated with us for nearly 2 years.
in november my mom bought her granddaughter ashley a beautiful doll.
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Venice - hugs to you and your folks. They deserve better.
Remember meeting your sis's in-laws. She's got a difficult family to break out of, so am wondering if her hubbie is pulling a lot of the strings. You and your folks are better people for persisting in showing love. I know how this really tears up your folks. Am so sorry nice people like you have to put up with rejection. Wish I could make it all better!