its been a while that i came here due to so many ups and downs emotionally.. :(.
crazy that the family is so divided now that we cannot sit and talk (even though we pretend while attending meetings).
all i can think is this line from hotel california - "you can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave"... love the family so much that dont feel like hurting them.. this is killing me.. regards, miss confused!.
Sorry to hear you are hurting. Because we love them so much, family can be the greatest joy and the greatest pain.
Please take care of yourself. I've always been partial to bubblebaths, 30 minutes of squeaky clean relaxation. Then the world sometimes seems more manageable.
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students and teachers in the special education school in changsha, capital of central china's hunan province, express "the new term has begun" in sign language.
In other education news, Maryland State Assessments (MSA) have been canceled today due to a snowstorm. Yes, schools are closed on March 3 due to snow!
Will this winter ever end?
hello again, for those who don't know me i'm a 15 year old boy.
and recently my mom is displaying symptoms of demensia, she left the stove on today and she yells at us for watching commercials on t.v that are "demonic" because today there was a commercial on television for the new 300 movie and she started yelling at my sister to turn it off, and then i was listening to coldplay as a playlist while doing my school work and she started yelling at me to turn the demonic music off.
she says "demonic" this "demonic" that.
How did a social worker become involved? This person could be an ally. Right now the violence seems like it's the biggest problem, although it might be the JW stuff that is aggravating these violent tendencies. A social worker will be more interested in violence and violent cursing than in the JW stuff, so keep in mind her perspective.
I thought it was telling that you said you were TIRED. It speaks to desperation. Please know that you can leave the religion, but doing so can be tricky and take time. Stick around here and read and learn and don't do anything desperate that you might regret. Have a plan.
my daughter starts school soon.
and i cant help but be afraid of the big bad world....the freedom we have is scary and im irrationally afraid of my kids getting in with the wrong crowd....in jwland it wasnt so bad becaus you felt safe.
so now i know that safe haven is actually bs how do i get it out of my head?
Kindergarten will be lovely. Your daughter will meet all of her new classmates and then slowly find the ones she enjoys the most.
Birthday parties are a great way to meet the other children and their parents. In most schools invitations must be handed out to everyone in the class or none at all. It's a ver good policy that allows no one to be left out and everybody to meet everybody.
If your daughter is lucky enough to have a birthday in the beginning of the school year, then you get in on the very beginning of that process. You meet all of the kids early in the year so you can steer her away from some and make private playdates with the others that you approve of.
So, definitely have a birthday party and invite everyone. That's how you control her friends.
http://app1.scientificamerican.com/article/the-stunning-symbiosis-between-math-and-knitting-slide-show1/.
also very interesting is a ted talk by an australian scientist who crochets and started an international project knitting coral reefs..
I miss JWS!
http://app1.scientificamerican.com/article/the-stunning-symbiosis-between-math-and-knitting-slide-show1/.
also very interesting is a ted talk by an australian scientist who crochets and started an international project knitting coral reefs..
I would love to have the time to leisurely work on a mathematics degree. I teach elementary school mathematics and I still find patterns and relationships that I ve never seen before.
this is interesting.. the apostasy project is by the rationalist association and is helping those who wish to leave their religion do so:.
http://apostasy.org.uk/.
direct link to their video:.
How can donating with a credit card be anonymous?
How can putting a check in the contribution box that bears your name be anonymous?
Do you really think that most people pay in small bills?
if so, does anyone want to do a meet up?
pm me if you do.
would like to meet some people who are living through this experience too.. .
I live down in Maryland. Still a long way.
this is interesting.. the apostasy project is by the rationalist association and is helping those who wish to leave their religion do so:.
http://apostasy.org.uk/.
direct link to their video:.
So the Apostasy Project needs £20,000 yet the Watchtower takes in £millions each year, and who is the greedy organization?
this is interesting.. the apostasy project is by the rationalist association and is helping those who wish to leave their religion do so:.
http://apostasy.org.uk/.
direct link to their video:.
Yes, emeth, we know that JWs prefer to talk about an organisation rather than Jesus.
