Posts by fraidycat9

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Congregation Picnics

by Funchback in

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my former congregation usually had a congregation picnic once a year.

all of the brothers (a/k/a men) had to pay for all of the food.

the sisters (a/k/a women) had the godly priviledge of serving the food.

fraidycat9

memories light the corners of my mind...

HATED THEM!!! HATED THEM!!!! HATED THEM!!!

Long long prayers, thanking God for the trees, the bees, the fleas, your keys...(food mentioned at the end). Bad fried chicken (made by several different people) , bad potato salad (made by several more) , flies, mosquitos, some kind of weird bean salad, kool-aid made in a large rubbermaid trash can, burnt hot dogs, gossip, gossip, gossip and at the end scrambling for the leftovers to take home and arguing about who's container is who's.

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The Lyrics That describe your life right now the way it is.

by Stefanie in

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november rain

when i look into your eyes.

i can see a love restrained*.

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Solsbury hill

Climbing up on solsbury hill
I could see the city light
Wind was blowing, time stood still
Eagle flew out of the night

He was something to observe
Came in close, I heard a voice
Standing stretching every nerve
I had to listen had no choice

I did not believe the information
Just had to trust imagination
My heart was going boom boom, boom
Son, he said, grab your things, I?ve come to take you home.

To keeping silence I resigned
My friends would think I was a nut
Turning water into wine
Open doors would soon be shut

So I went from day to day
Tho? my life was in a rut
?till I thought of what I?d say
Which connection I should cut

I was feeling part of the scenery
I walked right out of the machinery
My heart was going boom boom boom
Hey, he said, grab your things, I?ve come to take you home.
Yeah back home

When illusion spin her net
I?m never where I want to be
And liberty she pirouette
When I think that I am free

Watched by empty silhouettes
Who close their eyes, but still can see
No one taught them etiquette
I will show another me

Today I don?t need a replacement
I?ll tell them what the smile on my face meant
My heart was going boom boom boom
Hey, I said, you can keep my things, they?ve come to take me home.

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How many near death scary stuff happened to you?

by kls in

did you ever think that you should have died.

i mean like scary stuff that happened to you and wonder why you are still here .

i have had so many but the one's that stick out of my mind are ,when i took my son ( who was 16 at the time ) for a drive in my 1968 charger, when i heard a pop, i was going up a hill and all of a sudden flames started to shoot out of the hood.

fraidycat9

Should've been gone about 6 years ago.

Consider myself living on "borrowed" time. Still wondering what I'll owe when it's time to pay up. I suspect that many of us had close calls and we don't even realize that we did. Like: Turning down another street instinctively and apparently for no reason; only to find that a major accident had occured on the street you normally traveled and that you would have been in the thick of things. Leaving a store, when you had planned to shop a little longer, only to discover that 20 minutes later a deranged lunatic sprays the place with bullets; killing some and injuring others. The variables are unpredictable as well as endless.

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Do you believe in God?

by XBEHERE in

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after reading the wt for last week's lesson on god's creative works i couldnt help but think that there really is a god, there has to be.

i dont want to start a creation vs. evolution debate but you have to agree that its an extremely remote chance that the whole universe, the planets, stars, the sun, the earth, the animals, humans came about by accident.

i mean, what the chances really.

fraidycat9

Yep

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What do the angels do all day?

by JH in

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.

?

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dance on heads of pins

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Strange Exodus - Sixth Installment

by Frannie Banannie in

as i continue on, i?m going to spare yall a continued listing of more of my physical therapist?s words and actions at this point and only mention some more of them retrospectively as events begin to incorporate his words and actions into a fulfillment of sorts......and a beginning glimmer as to what they all meant.. .

do i seem delusional?

sure, i do....and this isn?t the worst of it yet....it?s gonna seem more and more ridiculous.....but, bear with me patiently because, as yall?ll see at the finish, there were very good reasons behind all of it, the dreams, the visions, the transformations, the sightings....the sly seductiveness of the physical therapist, etc.

fraidycat9

Frannie, for the first time since joining this board, I feel keenly interested and not detached when reading posts. (I intentionally make an effort to not form any personal relationships in cyberspace regardless of the forum). Your experiences, so far, have been deeper and have a far more reaching meaning than any I have ever experienced. Admittedly, at first, when reading your posts, I derived a certain amount of lighthearted entertainment. However, as I continue reading your posts, I find myself looking for something in particular. Something specific. Something that I will not hint at. I am no longer amused. If, and when you post it, I will PM you. In the meantime, I will read on...

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Whoopi got Whooped!

by Yerusalyim in

slim fast ran fast after whoppi's little vulgar display...she's no longer their spokeswoman.

fired!.

fair or foul, and why!

fraidycat9

Anyone in charge of booking her and who had common sense should have known that you get what you get when you get Whoopi. She is what she is and so she was what she was when she spoke those "naughty" things. Like many have said before me, it makes me no nevermind what she does. However, the powers-that-be surely must have known that she was a powder keg just waiting for a spark. Serves 'em right.

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Strange Exodus - Installment #3

by Frannie Banannie in

october, 1988. .

well.....there i was in escondido, north san diego county, california, with suitcases and youngest son in hand......we moved in with my older jdub sister and her youngest daughter.

(not a pretty picture.

fraidycat9

"Finally, late that afternoon, there was a knock on my door. It was two elders from the KH.....they told me they?d been sent by the P.O. (past-master overbearer) to let me know that there was NO WAY they were going to provide me with the funds to move and that since I had gotten MYSELF into that mess, I could just very well get myself out of it"

Same thing happened to someone in our cong. some time ago. The words highlighted above were verbatim. Must be a company standard. In any case, although your story is written with a comedic flair, I can surely feel the pain behind your telling it. Nothing short of a nightmare! Some things I've already known privately are being confirmed by your sad recall. Keep the words flowing....

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Strange Exodus - First Installment

by Frannie Banannie in

i've procrastinated for a long time about telling the story of my spiritual experiences.

these are some of the reasons why.

when someone has told me that due to their own lack of knowledge of spiritual experiences, they are overwhelmingly skeptical and adamantly suspicious of the validity of these types of experiences, i've had to respond with.... .

fraidycat9

Quite riveting!!!! Can't wait for the next installment...

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I'm in Red China!

by Leolaia in

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well, i've been in beijing for a good while already, and tomorrow i leave for xian.

it was quite an adventure getting here.

we flew out of tokyo/narita bound for beijing on ana airlines, and after 20 minutes in the air, i finally caught a glimpse of mt.