my children have decided to fly me back to oregon to spend christmas with them.
this will be the first time i have seen my family since february 2001 and since my heart attack ... so this is a special time for them and me - and i get to see all my grandchildren.
i promised to make three finale posts ... i have written two of them but i am holding off until i can think them through more and be sure of what i want to say ... so i may post them soon or when i get back on the 27th.
Happy Holidays Amazing!!! I look forward to your posts when you return.
That's what I love about Christmas - for all the "commercialism" and the hurrying & scurrying - it truly is a special time to really concentrate on what makes our life special - friends & family.
according to your predictions here, the beginning of the great, bloody war of ghod is on...friday.
it seems that tgif won't be applying this week after all...damn, time to organize a big old party on thursday night, so that when the end begins, we'll be far too smashed to notice .
ok guys.
I don't know - but just to be safe I went out & bought 10 cases of spam (and I'm a vegetarian!)
your baby has a song for you: http://www.netlaughter.com/dirtybaby/dirtybaby.cfm
Good news Kelsey - glad to hear - its really great when they get "feisty" again aye?!!!
your baby has a song for you: http://www.netlaughter.com/dirtybaby/dirtybaby.cfm
That was WAY to funny - thanks Kelsey! (p.s. - how's John doing?)
gee!
i didn't think simon knew everything about us?
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How did JanH get on there?
new years eve is coming up soon, and dede and i plan to party hard.
this will be are first new year that we will not worry about being seen in public.
lord help the state of louisiana!!!
Hopefully we will do what we did last year. The "partying" in public things gotten kind of old, so last year my hubby & I bought a TON of seafood and wine. Put the little one to bed at a decent hour then spent the evening having a candlelight dinner & then enjoying our xmas tree all lit up w/no friends or family around - we even unplugged the phone. After all the fun & visiting with friends & family over the xmas holiday, we loved seeing in the new year with our best friend - each other (alone & no interruptions).
after finding an awake in a hospital waiting room, it got me to thinking of a game for ex-jws to play - possibly as an apostafest activity.. get an un-field-service carload together and go around to laundromats, waiting rooms, etc and try to find publications to remove: watchtowers, awakes, and even the occasional book.. maybe even replace them with an anti-jw info to prep the laundry washers next time the jws come around.
or surprise the jws about the rampant apostate activity in their area.. don't forget to take frequent coffee breaks.
in this game, it's ok to keep your time going no matter how long you stay.. might even be funny to send in an anonymous recap to your local congregation explaining what you did, how much time each of you put in and how many books and magazines you disposed of.. what do you do with the magazines afterwards?
Actually - you've given me a really good idea to replace our Halloween "scavenger hunt" next year!
1st prize goes to whoever can get their hands on the most W/A - and special prizes for oldest additions!
Both games sound like fun.....sheesh I wish I had enough people for a real apostofest!
i was raised jw, so i have nothing to go back to as far as belief.
the wt has been exposed to me as nothing but a bunch of lies, coverups, failed predictions, interpreting the bible to fit their teachings etc.
now i stand here,,,,,,,,,,,, with no belief system at all.
Lyin - I found it helpful (when I was ready) to look at various religious beliefs. Trying to do that with an "open mind" is extremely hard at first - because you find yourself comparing everything to what you were taught. Eventually you level out, and in that there is peace. I have found that "being spiritual" in of itself is therapeutic. There is good in most religions (even the JW's ) and I have learned to take the good & the bad as I see it.
The one for sure thing is that there are good & bad PEOPLE in every religion. You usually always know the "true christians", and they really are few and far between. I have many friends from many different religious backgrounds that I consider truly "christian" (or truly following the steps of their professed religion i.e. hindu and even a hari-krishna or 2). These individuals prove by mouth and action that they truly look to "serve God's will", regardless of the way they express it. And we can have SPIRITUAL discussion - not just the lip service meetings citing all the appropriate sentences in the WT & bible as our "elders" would have us say them. REAL discussion - real spirituality and real works. It helps - it truly does.
Good luck on your journey - try not to feel depressed. Being released from your bonds gives you the FIRST REAL opportunity to know and seek God - in that isn't there just a little excitement and joy?
i am pleased to report that there is!
i just got off the phone with a jw family member who is sending me a christmas present!.
they (i am keeping their gender a secret to protect their identity) didn't go so far as to wish me a merry christmas but they did tell me that they are mailing it tomorrow and that they hope that i get it in time for christmas.
Congrats again Robin (that's the 2nd time today I've said that!!). You're just havin a hell of a week aren't ya?!!!
Hopefully, next year your "relative" will actually be able to spend the holiday with you - wouldn't that be great?
according to your predictions here, the beginning of the great, bloody war of ghod is on...friday.
it seems that tgif won't be applying this week after all...damn, time to organize a big old party on thursday night, so that when the end begins, we'll be far too smashed to notice .
ok guys.
Lyin - please have WT watch you very carefully after 12:00 A.M. on 12/20/02 - if you develop red eyes, head spinning, projectile vomiting or horns of any kind, please instruct him to call a few priests (like one from every denomination - just to cover all the bases).
The warning signs I would assume would be a strong desire to "go out in public" to perhaps a restaurant or bar type place for dining & dancing. If you find yourself craving these things, perhaps you should alert said clergy beforehand - just to be safe!
