GrreatTeacher

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  Start A Butterfly Garden!

  by Bonsai in

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  9 years ago

  time to take a break from debating religion.

  take in a breath of fresh air and be healed by the wonders of nature around you.. how many of you have a garden?

  how many have a nice flower patch to go with your vegetable garden?

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  GrreatTeacher 9 years ago

  We went to a state fair yesterday and were able to walk through a butterfly garden. It was an area enclosed with screening and had double doors. There were various types of flowers and hundreds of Monarch butterflies!

  They gave us a little foam style paintbrush dipped in Gatorade and the butterflies would land on them and get a sweet treat. My niece was absolutely enchanted, and with a $3 donation, she got a butterfly mask that she wore for the rest of the day.

  In other news from my garden, the gladiolias bloomed while I was on vacation and there are just a few left. Sad to have missed them. They are a beautiful salmon color.

  My windowboxes are overflowing with miniature petunias. They are climbing up the windows and spilling over the edges. Red, yellow, and orange. I'm painting my front door a bright crimson red today. I can't wait until it dries so I can shut the door and see the total effect.

  It's 96°F today, so my plants will need lots of water tonight. I'm staying indoors in the air conditioning today, and it's having trouble keeping up! Maybe we'll go to the pool tonight.

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  The bitter reality of death

  by Bonsai in

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  9 years ago

  been a lot of death in my life recently.

  a close family member died yesterday.

  a close friend died 8 weeks ago - both from cancer.

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  GrreatTeacher 9 years ago

  Once you hit midlife it seems there are more and more losses in your life; people, bodily integrity, unfulfilled and unfulfillable dreams and ambitions.

  People who can accept these with grace seem to age well, but those who are bitter and can't come to some kind of resolution about these losses have a rough time in their declining years.

  I hope you all can find some peace dealing with these very difficult things. It can be hard work.

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  Marlon Wayans "my dad became a JW because he had 10 kids.LOL

  by James Mixon in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  9 years ago

  ktla 5 news this morning.

  m. wayans a crazy guy said his father after having 10 kids.

  that's when he said that's why his father became a jw.

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  GrreatTeacher 9 years ago

  I used to love watching In Living Color in the late '80s. I can still remember one comedy sketch where one of the Wayans brothers talked about living in a box. Those boys were so funny.

  I wonder whatever happened to them.

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  (A Childhood Memory) THE MYSTERY OF THE LOCKED CABINET

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  9 years ago

  the mystery of the locked cabinet.

  when i was about 10 years old, there was a tall, white handmade cabinet back in one of our storage sheds (a converted chicken house from back in the 30's, when my grandparents raised chickens in the great depression).

  affixed to its door, there was a big padlock on the cabinet.

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  GrreatTeacher 9 years ago

  I grew up just a few miles south of the Mason Dixon line. The KKK had a local chapter and came to town to hand out literature at the single red light. This was in the late '80s. I had no air conditioning in my little Toyota, so to avoid having KKK literature shoved in my window, I rolled them all up. Boy it got really hot in the car at that redlight. It seemed like it would never change!

  Then, the JWs came to town preaching their heathen message and selling literature, and the town council finally had had enough. A no soliciting law was put on the books which included the distribution of literature.

  The local JWs responded by inviting black brothers and sisters up from Baltimore to go door to door with nothing but a Bible and a verbal invitation to the Kingdom Hall. This of course did not sit well with the local members of the KKK who opposed groups of black folks knocking on all the doors in town.

  It was quite a mess with the local elders even attending the town council meetings. They aggravated the situation unnecessarily, in my opinion.

  What a small-minded small town. I left as soon as I could and moved to Baltimore. Yeah, they hated city slickers, too. They pretty much hated everybody.

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  I came here three years ago for support and to make friends

  by KateWild in

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  9 years ago

  this site is such a great and valuable resource and simon is to be commended for running it for so long.

  when i first came i was in such a bad state and really needed support and friendship.

  so many posters commented on my threads and showed genuine care some are real life friends, some are facebook friends, some i talk to on the phone and some are forum friends.. i have just realised though that everyone online is not your friend.

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  GrreatTeacher 9 years ago

  To be fair, though sometimes communicating electronically seems "less than" face to face communication, there are many people who struggle with social anxiety or feel that their thoughts are best represented asynchronously who are actually better represented as a person on forums than in real life.

  When you are an introvert and much of your self is in your head, forums are a real benefit in communicating authentically. Especially across age groups. When you read posts, you are not burdened by snap judgements, including those regarding age. Embarrassingly, I have to say that most of my IRL friends are near my age, and I appreciate the intellectual banter on here that happens across age groups with people I probably wouldn't have much interaction in real life, to my detriment.

  Just a little love for forums...

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  My son is coming home to me soon. Yey!!!

  by KateWild in

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  2. family

  9 years ago

  my son sent me a wonderful song a month ago on this thread.

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5704271907520512/my-wonderful-son.

  it's amazing how a bad experience can trigger action.

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  GrreatTeacher 9 years ago

  I am so happy for you both. What a cutie!

  Reasonableness and unconditional love always win in the end.

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  My daughter graduated Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours yesterday.

  by Xanthippe in

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  9 years ago

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  stash: /intesoft-inc.appspot.com/post/867be77a3c2f41bd8d3b930cbfb629c0.html

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  GrreatTeacher 9 years ago

  Congratulations!

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  What's with the Ethan fetish?

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  9 years ago

  three major characters in jw movies named ethan in 2012, 2014 & now 2016.. coincidence, lack of imagination, or something more?.

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  GrreatTeacher 9 years ago

  It's a popular name right now for teenage boys, at least around here.

  When I substitute in middle school, every other kid is named Ethan, and the other half is Connor.

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  Helped with fathers funeral, helped with arranging care for my mother - then SHUNNED again!!

  by EssexBoy1 in

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  9 years ago

  well i have not been on this site for ages - so long that i had forgotten my username etc and have had to start again!.

  anyway briefly - bought up in 'the truth', baptised at 18, married at 21, had kids, got divorced, remarried, disfellowshipped 15 years ago.. parents and brother shun me.. early last year father very ill, calls me.

  i arrange to visit him in hospital.

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  GrreatTeacher 9 years ago

  There have been a few experiences here about parents with dementia forgetting all about the JWs and having good relationships with their formerly shunned children.

  You just need to wait until the dementia gets worse and then just avoid your brother. You might end up enjoying the lasts few months' or years' of your mum's life once she forgets all about the JWs and her daily life is only as large as the care home.

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  One Thing I Don't Get About Brexit

  by JW_Rogue in

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  9 years ago

  how did such a weighty decision get put directly in the hands on the average citizen?

  and with only a simple majority required?

  in the usa the biggest thing that people vote on directly is city building projects or infrastructure.

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  GrreatTeacher 9 years ago

  The best thing about democracy is that everybody gets a vote.

  The worst thing about democracy is that everybody gets a vote.

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