just wanted to say i'm so sorry for not welcoming all the new ones, not responding yet to all the wonderful replies to my posts, not saying happy birthday to everyone, and not being a good friend to those in need.
i've been sick, as well as preoccupied.
there's a major rant building up in me....which i will append to this post; aren't you all lucky.. i feel like such a frigging loser.. let me just say: it's no one's fault that i got sick and had to start my life over, esp.
(((((Berylblue)))))
Pull up a chair and I offer you a of tea to comfort your soul and 
's to cheer up up. and a 
with bubbles and smoothing 
.
I support you in taking care of yourself Berylblue. In society we as women are taught to take care of others first. In order to care for others we need to learn ways to take care of ourselves first before we are able to care for others.
OCW
some of you probably read my last post, before i went camping http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/57573/1.ashx .
its sunday now, and i just got back.
i had the best time of my entire life.
Glad it all worked out for you, Missy
OCW
jw's can't do this.
they can't do that.
restrictions abound.
Yes both , ex and I abused alcohol through my 14 yrs of jw land. Full time pioneer and MS.
I knew 2 other couples abused alcohol at that time.
Thank goodness I did'nt sober up in the org. I would'nt have survived. Just praying does work.
I put myself in treatment after DA'ed from the org. As far as I know my ex is still using. And active in the org.
Using was my way of surviving the abuse in the marriage. It was my saving grace at the time. Sober 19 yrs 8 months.
OCW
ok, i'm know 'm going to take a beating here ( at least i hope so ).
i am interested in knowing what other guy's "skills" are.
can you be in a room of women only and get them to talk to you?
Not I says the cat.
Sorry puter is haywire
On the local Minneapolis, Minnesota news tonight. A 18 yr. old boy was busted for creating one of the viruses. Here in Minnesota. He's a HS senior.
If convicted 10 yrs prison term. What damage from one person.
OCW
i had privledge meeting them at the silentlamb march in sept. i've been thinking about them wondering how their legal action is going?
Checking in to see how Barbara Anderson and husband are doing. Any updates with the legal issue?
OCW
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.
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??
OCW
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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.
What a sleez ball. Looking at his picture disgusts me.
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?
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.
OCW
