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  Send prayers and thoughts for safe rescue of Russian sub

  by ozziepost in

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  it's a race against time - how must those poor men be feeling as their air runs out?.

  the world anxiously awaits the rescue missions - how great to see various well-equipped and resourced nations rushing to aid the stricken mini-sub.. will it be enough?sub: u.s., uk rescue teams arrive.

  saturday, august 6, 2005; posted: 10:20 a.m. edt (14:20 gmt) .

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  I do hope this mission is successful. The poor men!

  I'm certainly praying with you, Ozzie!
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  Live on a paradise earth full of Jehovah's Witnesses?

  by wanderlustguy in

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  isn't that an oxymoron?

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  No, thanks. Really. Couldn't imagine a more BORING place to spend eternity!

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  My Pity Party is over

  by Frannie Banannie in

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  i'm at my daughter's home just north of houston in the woodlands.

  she's going to help me get social security disability.

  i've done all i can to help other disabled people.

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  (((((Frannie))))))

  Sounds like Annie hit the nail on the head. You are apologizing for being human, and it's totally unneccessary!

  Good luck with the SSD! My brother had a tough case, but was granted 100% disability and a lump sum award not too long ago. So there is hope! You are right that having a doctor and/or mental health professional with you at the hearing will be a bonus.

  Also, I wanted to express that reading your posts almost ALWAYS give me a great lift! You have a great sense of humor and your caring and helpful attitude infuse your written material and obviously inform your very life. Thanks for that.

  Sincerely,

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  JW Basketball Star Dies

  by Kenneson in

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  2. physical

  miguel respress, 18, on the niagara falls high school basketball team, collapsed and died after playing in a game in california.

  he had his mind set on going pro.

  see "funeral service for n.f.

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  How sad! The young man had a dream and, apparently, the talent to have made it come true.

  I was thinking that perhaps Miguel had a believing mother and an unbelieving dad (like the Williams sisters). In that case, the head of the household could allow the son to participate in high school sports, all the inherent "bad association" notwithstanding. Perhaps the older brother's career has been a blessing to the family, or, since he had been allowed to play sports, consistency demanded that Miguel also be allowed to play?

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  My Sister.

  by Low-Key Lysmith in

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  my younger sister is coming out for a visit tomorrow.

  we keep it a secret from the rest of the family because i am disfellowshipped and she's not supposed to be hanging with me.

  we are just recently becoming closer as she is beginning to have her doubts about the borg, and is currently on "public reproof" status.

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  Listen lots. Speak [sparingly] from your heart.

  Good luck!

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  I am NOT going to smoke a cigarette today

  by DanTheMan in

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  so there.. i have been smoking on and off since about 1999, and i'm tired of it.

  it's time to quit for good.. i will be revisiting this thread before i go to bed tonight, and i will at that time be able to post that i made it through the day without a single puff of tobacco smoke.

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  It's definitely a tough habit to break, but it sounds like you've committed to STAYING away from the ciggies from now on. Good for you!

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  god bless this site

  by hurt dave in

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  for someone who was raised in the "truth" for 17 years it was a very hard and a very scary decision when my father finnally had the "you must choose a side of the fence" speech and when i chose not to do it anymore he flipped his lid and i so "tormented" by my decsion i latched on to "maryjane" to fill the "need".

  after living with my parents for two years and then on my own for two more years crying everynoght cause i was alone not knowing way i felt this way this way, i felt a spirtual need at 3:30am i drove to my dads house and beged him to let me came home because the "voices" were drivin me crazy and i needed "guidance" he said well get you a meeting with elders and a "bible study".

  so i move back in, had a talk with the elders where they used the bible to call me stupid and i went to there meeting where they used what i said in private and made a whole new talk based around it i broke down crying and prayed to god for the guidacne to make me strong and make the tears stop and the holy spirt led me to this site i moved in with my brother and told my parents i can know longer belive the "truth".

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  Welcome to the board, hurt dave!

  I hope you are not hurting very much longer.

  Courage!

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  Parent sleeping with teenagers

  by Fatfreek in

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  2. child-abuse

  an ex brother and i were talking recently and he recounted a bizarre story.

  he too left the witneys some years ago, got a divorce, and the two children (both boys) decided to stay with his wife since she was still a jw.. one of his boys (never baptized a jw) confided in him not long ago about the sleeping arrangements after he left.

  she told the boys that she was feeling depressed and lonely because of the divorce and turmoil that their apostate father had caused her and asked them (ages 15 and 16) to each alternate and sleep with her every other night.. it took lots of courage for this son to talk to his father about it since he wanted it off his chest.

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  (((Nina))) Good for you for speaking out!

  I agree with the majority on this thread who deem that the mother was inappropriately seeking solace from her boys for her loneliness. That she had it planned out that they should alternate nights sleeping in her bed is just weird. This is not a woman who, every once in a while post-divorce, felt lonely and vulnerable and wanted company/solace sometimes and sought it from one or another of her kids by physical closeness. She set up a system where SHE did not have to sleep alone, putting her needs first. The young men probably were having their own emotional reactions to the loss of their father in the family home and did not need the mother's emotional burdens placed on them in such an unnatural manner. When did the boys get to grieve their loss? They didn't even have evenings with one another to discuss their feelings about the divorce between themselves. It sounds all wrong, wrong, wrong to me.

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  Another JW mother dies after giving birth (So. California)

  by Jourles in

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  2. medical

  i just got word that a sister from southern california died today after giving birth yesterday.

  this was secondhand information, but this is the info i've heard so far:.

  after giving birth, she felt light-headed in her bed in the recovery room.

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  Sad, sad, sad!

  "There are none so blind as those who will not see." (who said that?)

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  Elders Will Be Notified & WILL FIND YOU in the Hospital

  by Aude_Sapere in

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  2. medical

  don't wait.

  update your advance medical directives before you find yourself in my situation.... .

  my left arm was feeling 'odd' last friday morning as i was getting dressed for work.

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  ((((Aude))))

  So sorry to hear of your recent troubles -- medical AND stOOpid, revoked AMD!

  Your post will be a service to others. I know that I have had my primary care physician remove my directive from my file, that I have identified myself as NO LONGER one of Jehovah's Witnesses to the admitting office of one of the local hospitals and, of course, I never have identified myself as a JW with any physicians seen in the past four years. But there is another local hospital I should contact. And a neurologist, too, so that file can be updated.

  I sincerely hope that your successful "fade" won't be compromised. I can imagine the sick feeling inside when you realized who that man was and what the repercussions might be for you.

  I wish you peace and a speedy return to full health.

  Brenda