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  Busted

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  Does anybody know how Barbara Anderson and husband doing?

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  i had privledge meeting them at the silentlamb march in sept. i've been thinking about them wondering how their legal action is going?

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  Checking in to see how Barbara Anderson and husband are doing. Any updates with the legal issue?

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  Wild Idea

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  this may be bizzare to some of you and maybe not from for others!!

  you see i bought this super duper vacum cleaner this past week-end.

  what i want to do is ritual or honoring with my old hoover vacuum cleaner.

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  Maverick

  It's not the worth of my energy. The guy lives incognito. The State government is always on his A_ _. Lacking in his parental responsibilities. They will follow him til the day he dies.

  The government does'nt deal kindly to those who shriek from their parental responsiblities. Seems to me its one of Gods laws too. Or is their a clause?

  He's upstanding jw. Go figure??

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  Former Priest, Child Molester Killed in Prison

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  john geoghan, the central figure in the catholic church child molestation investigation, was killed in prison today!.

  sorry, no link, but is all over the news.

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  What a sleez ball. Looking at his picture disgusts me.
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  Identifying with a religious group - what does it mean to you?

  by CruithneLaLuna in

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  directed to those who since leaving the dubs have attached themselves (strongly or loosely) to another religious or spiritual group: how would you describe the group, your relationship to it, and why it appeals to you?

  if you want to mention the group's name, that's okay, but one thing i have noticed is that there is a vast difference in implications and ramifications between saying "i am one of jehovah's witnesses" and saying "i am a _____" - almost anything else.

  exactly what identifying with the group means is at least as diverse as the groups themselves, or perhaps as diverse as the individuals who so identify.. i am personally acquainted with ex-jws who "are" roman catholic, protestant, what i call in a rather generic sense "orthodox christian," unitarian-universalist, buddhist, hindu, and a perhaps surprising (seemingly disproportionate?

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  No attachments for me other than being a born-again pagan. My connections are to my roots Finnish Saami and Danish.

  In the jw land it was not encourage to connect to our roots. That would mean paganism. So as a whole we were put into a pot not knowing who we are or where we come from or to even to acknowledge those parts of our selves.

  Since leaving the org. I learn more about my cultures and how they were centered around Mother Earth. My spirituality has and is flourishing in being connected to my roots.

  It's a comfortable fit for me. I have no need to be connected to a org.

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  Wild Idea

  by oldcrowwoman in

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  this may be bizzare to some of you and maybe not from for others!!

  you see i bought this super duper vacum cleaner this past week-end.

  what i want to do is ritual or honoring with my old hoover vacuum cleaner.

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  I appreicate you all's creative ideas and the sense of humor. Humor is a great antidote for what ails ya!!

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  How weird is this?

  by RR in

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  while sitting at your desk make clockwise circles with your right foot.

  while doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand.

  what direction is your foot going now?

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  My ex did that when he was thinking too hard.
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  COURAGE

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  oldcrowwoman

  (((Lady Lee))

  Yes you are courageous and a wise woman. I don't know courage is like a guiding force. I don't think we give ourselves credit. We hear from others to have that acknowledged to us. It takes a hell of alot to be courageous to survive abuse.

  (((gambit)))

  Appreciate hearing from you and sharing your thoughts.

  ((Brummie))

  Your welcome!

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  Wild Idea

  by oldcrowwoman in

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  this may be bizzare to some of you and maybe not from for others!!

  you see i bought this super duper vacum cleaner this past week-end.

  what i want to do is ritual or honoring with my old hoover vacuum cleaner.

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  oldcrowwoman

  This may be bizzare to some of you and maybe not from for others!!!

  You see I bought this super duper vacum cleaner this past week-end. What I want to do is ritual or honoring with my old Hoover vacuum cleaner. Thats been in my life since 1972. So its 31 yrs old. Says alot about Hoovers.

  My ex and I used it for contract cleaning business. So in the divorce I was given this Hoover and he kept the super duper cleaner.

  Well I'm all for doing celebrations around many anniversaries in my life. I want to do some kind of thing around this piece of equiptment. Cause its the last piece reminding me of the marriage. Ironically I left him September 1st. So It will be 21 yrs ago.

  So I've been brain stroming. What I do know is that its going to sit in the back yard as a memorial. Maybe I need to dream on it?? Any ideas??

  I was told by my a friend that I as crazy. Its a matter of opinion!!! Besides when you are in your late 50's life gives you permission to be outlandish!!!! lol

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  COURAGE

  by oldcrowwoman in

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  I thought I would resurrect this thread.

  I was thinking about courage and how courage comes in so many ways in one's life. Some are monumental others small.

  I have learned from experience that a wave of peacefulnes washes over me after I have successfully finished a task that was difficult to face. Courage has its reward. However, from time to time, and from task to task, I find I need the reminder that peace will come once the loose ends have been tied by me.

  Right now my patiences are rather thin. Beginning my silver years I have acknowledged many losses over the years. I am in a snag right now. Because I don't want to deal with the pain dealing with the loss of my eight year relationship with my womens (13) drumming spiritualilty group.

  I have a sense why this is so huge for me is that I have'nt acknowledge the loss of leaving the jw's. There have been threads of grieving. I feel like this little kid stamping her feet and saying I don't want to do this. The pain is so overwhelming. I don't want to say another good bye.

  The first 39 years of my life I emotionally lived in land of frozen tundra. So the last 20 yrs I've been working on unthawing these frozen emotions. So maybe at the end of 19 yrs I will have been thawed out!!! lol.........

  And sometimes it takes a lot of energy and to muster up the courage to keep on moving.

  Thats what life is about life, death and rebirth. And to honor the processes.

  OCW