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  A Mother's Story of loss of her son..............

  by Balsam in

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  2. medical

  some names have been changed or removed to protect those in the family who would not want their names known, or are still active jw's.

  ruth .

  a mothers regret for a religious devotion.

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  SkyGreen

  Bump - this thread was just mentioned in another more recent thread, and I feel all lurkers, faders, especially those who are parents need to read this beautiful heartfelt story.

  Thankyou Balsam, a thousand times for sharing your story. It has given me courage in my convictions.

  i recently wrote a letter to my local childrens hospital revoking my previous stand on blood transfusions, and also updated my own health directive. I will not allow my children to die, or leave them motherless if it is preventable. It has caused tension with my husband to make this stand, but it is worth it if it could save their lives or mine one day.

  Telling of your loss, WILL save other people from the pain you and your family have suffered.

  Love, Sky (((())))
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  My Story

  by braincleaned in

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  2. experiences

  here's where i am coming from.

  i have spent over 45 years in religion.

  i was deep into it, as a jw.

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  SkyGreen

  marked

  looks like a great story but i have a toddler climbing on me so havent read it all. at first glance, your childhood self sounds exactly like me "all in"

  Best wishes to you

  Love Sky x
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  Woops, forgot about the "Special Talk"

  by watson in

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  2. friends

  actually forgot about it.

  could someone post a link to the thread with the outline?

  just in case my mother asks...

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  SkyGreen

  I asked my husband,

  he said, it was about death, nothing new.

  so no great revelations or new light.

  meh.
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  pickler and brainmelt and julia orwell

  by SkyGreen in

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  2. friends

  ive sent you all pms.

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  pms... *snicker*.

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  SkyGreen

  chocolate! pfffft! BOURBON!!
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  Getting serious for Julia!!

  by Julia Orwell in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  no, there's no jc scheduled for me, though i've heard from a friend on the boe that the inquisitor is about to get inquisited himself.

  you will see who i mean in this thread: .

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/246766/1/julias-inquisition-two-elders-the-full-version-i-want-you-all-to-see-this.

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  SkyGreen

  thinking of you

  sounds like you're just going to have to say please leave me be Im not up to any shepherding visits. Stop going in service altogether and meetings. Cite discouragement and stress as a reason if you must.

  Dont push your husband to fade with you... if he's like mine, it will backfire. and we all know how that can turn out.

  Will be looking out for your post! xx
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  how do you cope with the stress of fading?

  by brainmelt in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm really struggling with it.

  i've been learning the ttatt for the past 6 months now and i've been inadvertantly fading - either one of us or the children have had coughs/colds/flu/chicken pox/stress over the past 3 months which has meant we've missed a lot of meetings and field service with good reason.

  we've only been out in service twice this year, so far no ones mentioned it to us but i'm waiting for our group overseer to bring it up anytime soon.

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  SkyGreen

  breathe in, breathe out..

  be careful what you share with your husband or despite your trust in him keeping private conversations private, you may find his WT trained conscience gets the better of him... thats whats happened with me.

  I am kind of relieved, kind of sad. I have gone from fading to faDED in under 24 hours. Not going to ANY meetings now, because Im avoiding any awkward conversations.

  edited to add - just reread your post, sounds like your hubby is even less of a real dub than mine... i reckon if you keep fading, he'll follow you. No need to mention anything yet. Let him bring it up.
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  pickler and brainmelt and julia orwell

  by SkyGreen in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ive sent you all pms.

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  pms... *snicker*.

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  SkyGreen

  ive sent you all pms

  pms... *snicker*
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  We warmly invite you to attend this year's three-day CONVENTION presented by Jehovah's Witnesses/ 'God's Word Is Truth'

  by suavojr in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

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  we warmly invite you to attend this year's three-day convention presented by jehovah's witnesses/ 'god's word is truth'.

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  http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3r2jed/

  Grumpy Cat says NO
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  Getting serious for Julia!!

  by Julia Orwell in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  no, there's no jc scheduled for me, though i've heard from a friend on the boe that the inquisitor is about to get inquisited himself.

  you will see who i mean in this thread: .

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/246766/1/julias-inquisition-two-elders-the-full-version-i-want-you-all-to-see-this.

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  SkyGreen

  Glad you have your Mum on the outside! Aw now you can do mothers day brunch together!
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  Fish in the sand and dove leaving the WT

  by dissonance_resolved in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i've been pondering that there must be quite a few active jws out there who are conscious/awakened/lurking, but it's so risky to ask questions to find out they are.

  i'm sure this isn't anywhere in the watchtower, but i've read that early christians had the secret symbol of the fish to help identify friends, i.e.

  drawing a fish in the sand would secretly identify someone as being a christian.

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  SkyGreen

  lol - somehow i think the "warrior wizard" pin idea would out us all in a flash...