just wondering if by chance anyone here by the the name of david or danny, deriece or bruce.
david & danny were step brothers to deriece & bruce.
we used to live next door to each other just a few miles outside of terrell, tx in the very early 70s.
Ahh! Thank you! We were in the Terrell cong and lived pretty close to them to. I haven't heard anything about them since the '80s? It was my understanding that Danny, Bruce & Derise had all had their "theocratic" problems, but couldn't recall if they were in or out. They were all older than me, but we hung out a lot.
If one of them was out, & by chance they were here, I wanted to catch up.
(haha, yeah, death does have a way of keeping a person catatonic)
princess wrote this on another thread.steve and i are recovering from our annual family christmas party we had last night.
it's fun to have christmas celebrations with the family after all these years.
this was the first year the entire family made it.
this sounds like so much fun! and so many people who are happy! thank you for sharing this. my family will have this kind of christmas one day.
would you please explain to this Xmas clueless person how the ornament exhchange works?
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And Merry Christmas!!!!
last week i visited brummie land and it gave me a lot to think about, in particular my jw grandmother and here is why.
she was born in 1914 and was of the generation that was waiting for the new system to usher in paradise....she waited and waited .
she would have been around when all the bible students were waiting for 1925 to usher in the new system.
Sounds like this made a lot of us reflect.
My grandmother died exactly one year ago. She was born in 1913 and began her wait in the early 30s after listening to her mother preaching about this wonderful "new world". Her greatest dream was to live through Armegeddon and enter the new system of things to live forever. She raised 2 daughters to have that same dream & hoped her 2 grandaughters would make it through. The kind of woman she was she could have done anything in life as well as my mother. But she chose to be a witness for Jehovah all her life and wait on him. And his new system of things. Well, she died last year, still waiting too, and her dream died with her.
I can't say that to my family, but i can here. Thank you Brummie.
i have worked all night doing freight at kmart...you would think i would be tired by now,,,but i can not relax.... so i am going to ramble on some about this site...hahahahahahahahahahaha.
it is absolutely precious!!!!!!!!!.
i am naive and inexperienced so i have learned so much about people.... i just laugh my heart out when i see different ones fighting (big time).
dear ugg,
I'm new here and have read a few of your posts. You are kind and loving. May you have all that you desire.
just wondering if by chance anyone here by the the name of david or danny, deriece or bruce.
david & danny were step brothers to deriece & bruce.
we used to live next door to each other just a few miles outside of terrell, tx in the very early 70s.
update to previous post.
last name was Mann. One went to Bethel.
feeling left out?...awww bleeeess (((( )))).
just opening the door for anyone of the "broken hearted class" to say which class you would place yourself in....caring?
intelligent?
in the lost but happy to have found class
position: mom, mama, mother .
job description: long term team players needed for challenging permanent work in an often chaotic environment.
candidates must possess excellent communication and organizational skills and be willing to work variable hours, which will include evenings and weekends and frequent 24 hour shifts on call.
Very funny, very true, and very good! BTW, writing job descriptions is part of my real job. Would you come work for my company?
bethelites are jerks!
your comments?
i've posted here a few times but, as you can see by my profile (at left) i am a newbie.
I have enjoyed reading about all of the experiences and want to say how much I appreciate everyone sharing them.
As a teenage JW girl in the '70s, I was led to believe the best future I could hope for was to "marry well" in the truth. What was a better catch than a young MS? A Bethelite. Well, I got the MS who really wanted to special pioneer or go to Bethel, not get married.
Please keep posting. It helps us all.
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i have three living children.
one i gave up for adoption, so i never hear from him.
my only daughter doesn't speak to me because she hated being a jw and hated me for forcing it on her.
ARoarer,
wonderful advice and beautifully said!
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i have three living children.
one i gave up for adoption, so i never hear from him.
my only daughter doesn't speak to me because she hated being a jw and hated me for forcing it on her.
Dear Windchaser,
I'm so very happy for you and your son! It sounds like he may need his mom.
One thing that disturbs me about your post. Please forgive, I'm rather new here & and don't know you so, these thoughts are just my opinion.
your comment "I was such a rotten mother" . Now, you stop saying that! Ok, really, stop it. Parents do for their children what they believe is best for them at that moment in time. It sounds to me that you raised a pretty good MAN, who has the maturity to put aside a past he may not have liked to say he loves you, his mom, and is concerned for you. YOU taught him that and you done good!! As for your daughter, you didn't say whether you have any direct or indirect contact with her. Well, you know, moms (& dads)do what they believe is best for their children in the manner they know is best, which in most liklyhood was a mix passed down from thier parents & society &/or religion. But if you are reaching out to her, letting her know you no longer have those JW beliefs (assumption on my part-pls correct if wrong) the prognosis she will come around should be good.
Keep doing what youv'e been doing! You sound wonderful!
Merry christmas, and please keep us posted on that grandbaby!!!
Love, More (mom to 4, grandmom to Hanna who will arrive any day!)
