8 years ago, today, my mom passed away as a result of ovarian cancer at the very young age of 48. i was pregnant with her first and only grandchild.
1994 was both a difficult and blessed year for me!
here is a picture of her:.
{{{{{Nikita and Everyone}}}}}
I'm sorry to hear about your mama. I lost my mom a couple of years ago to breast cancer. She was 73. I miss her. Even if she was disfuntional with the whole j.w. thing, she was still my mother and I loved her. I think she did the best she could do. Mother's Day will be tough for alot of friends here. A sad day indeed
You mother was truly a beautiful woman Nikita.
I bet she was a lot of fun, she looks like she would have been.
Tink =:o)
i had a "drug" problem when i was a young person and teenager.. i was "drug" to the kindom hall on sunday morning -.
i was "drug" to the kingdom hall on thursday night.
i was "drug" to a book study on tuesday night -.
Valis, lol, I loved that! That was kewl! =;o)
http://www.fucksociety.ca/dotcommunism/jehovahs.html
Me too Heaven!
i'm sure every hall has or had a "student" or speaker that they just dreaded to listen to.
wether it was poor reading and pronunciation, or repetitive words, there are those grueling speakers that are murder to listen to.
and they never got better.. in one hall i went to, this bro, actually a friend of mine, had the speach mannerism "you know".
Hippy, I can't believe what happened to that poor guy!!!
Is he still a *hover*?????
i'm sure every hall has or had a "student" or speaker that they just dreaded to listen to.
wether it was poor reading and pronunciation, or repetitive words, there are those grueling speakers that are murder to listen to.
and they never got better.. in one hall i went to, this bro, actually a friend of mine, had the speach mannerism "you know".
Yeah, lighten up Hippy! =:o)
T.R. I know where you're comin from. I laughed my ass off!
today's christianity today carries this article about the familiar "house to house".
christianity today, week of april 22. do evangelicals still go door-to-door?.
successful evangelism strategies have added new components to the traditional model of home visitation.. by todd hertz | posted 04/24/2002.
In 1975 *I was 15* my mother allowed me to drop out of school and aux. pioneer. As you know, the buzz was the prediction of 1975. I remember my sister *whom was in college* begging my mother to keep me in school. I was totally wrapped up in quitting school and pioneering! I wallered in the attention that I recieved from my mother. Being one of 11 children, I sometimes felt like a piece of funiture. 1975 came and went and I found myself wanting to go back to school. I went back a year later, a year behind my class. Everyone wondered what happened to me! I graduated from high school... finally! I wasn't encouraged to go to college, so I went to a cosmetology school for 2 years. Armeggeddon was still coming! Fortunately, I made a pretty good living doing hair and make-up. But, looking back, I realize I've missed out on a lot of things. Can't make up lost time, but I sure can make this time count! I think we all did the best we could, with what we had to work with!
today's christianity today carries this article about the familiar "house to house".
christianity today, week of april 22. do evangelicals still go door-to-door?.
successful evangelism strategies have added new components to the traditional model of home visitation.. by todd hertz | posted 04/24/2002.
I hated going out in field service. I always felt it was rude to pop in on people and their families.
I still do.
i've been out of the jws for some time now, seven years.
like many of you, i left a lot of acquaintances, friends, and family behind.. the acquaintances were fairly easy to let go, the friends very hard, and the family, well, near impossible, at least up until now.
that she should listen to both sides of the story without fear and make her own decision.
P.S.
Here is a email from my j.w. sister that she sent me this morning. *To fill you in on alittle about what she's talking about* She is talking about our uncle who has alzheimers and is in her care.
Tell me how you would describe her email. Tink =:o)
*Email From j.w. sister*
Hey, Wed will be fine. He always likes to get out. ??? usually has him
on Wed but she had to help me out this morning for alittle bit so that will
work. I'll just keep him here for the morning and you can have him whenever
you want. I ended up taking him off that medicine. It wasn't working. He was
totally out of it during the day and still not sleeping at night. (it wasn't
pretty to watch) I'm gonna try another one this week but I have to wait
alittle bit and let this first med get out of his system. I'm only gonna get
a week's worth this time cause it's so expensive and it might not work
either.
Mom has new flowers up. ??? and ??? got them this time.
Later, ?????????
i've been out of the jws for some time now, seven years.
like many of you, i left a lot of acquaintances, friends, and family behind.. the acquaintances were fairly easy to let go, the friends very hard, and the family, well, near impossible, at least up until now.
that she should listen to both sides of the story without fear and make her own decision.
These post have really hit home with me!
I've been experiencing the same situation with my j.w. family.
My parents are dead now and I find me and my worldly and j.w. siblins in a slow drift apart from each other.
It's not that I don't love my family, but I'm just tired.
I'm tired of all the mind games and the feeling so empty and these one sided relationships.
Religion aside, ....a unhealthy relationship is a unhealthy relationship. I've been thinking lately that I will completely fade away from j.w. family. I wont have hard feelings towards them personally or take their actions personal, but I'm subjecting myself to it anymore. I'm beginning to have that feeling towards all my siblins. I love them all and I feel I've made the effort to show that I would like to have a relationship with them. My door is open. I'm 40 years old and I'm coming to the age where I feel that this is my last chance to have a desent life. And that's what I intend to do!
About 2 years ago my husband and I sat those wheels in motion by moving 2 hours away from *all* family. A good healthy distance.
We still have some contact with our families, but find we don't get involved as much with the distance between us.
- survivors and families of victims of the oklahoma city bombing marked 168 seconds of silence friday one tick of the clock for each person who died in the bombing exactly seven years ago.. this is just a reminder that this event personally affected at least one of the members on this board that i know of.. {{{{ cowboy}}}}... my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
I didn't know Noidea.
Hug's to you Cowboy.
{{{{{{Cowboy)))))))
Tink =:o)
