this is what my son looks like.
some people here might remember me, i have not posted in about seven months or so, on this site.
i thought i would share my sons photo with everyone.. .
Good hearing from you. Hey, your son's birthday is the same as my son, only twenty-seven years difference. He is adorable, but all kids are.
Although I'm weaning myself slowly from these forums, hope you stay around for awhile.
Take Care,
Granny Linda
today we went out to lunch with my mom.
she invited some friends of hers without telling us.
we thought it was going to be just her and her husband and my brother and his wife.
Public prayer. It can prove interesting.
I'm glad you saw immediately to ask for separate checks. When it comes to prayer...hum. I think the parents have a responsiblity to the children first.
My husband and I volunteer at a local food bank where their day begins with a prayer. Being a non-Christian I've learned over the years that these people pray as if everyone is in agreement with their god. And it just ain't so. While I listen, I also remember to inject my personal thoughts and don't worry about to whom they are directing prayer.
Now it might prove interesting the day this circle of volunteer should ask me to lead them in prayer.
Hard ass as I can sometimes come across, I really don't care what situation I'm in when it comes to prayer. I do not reconize their god, period. So it's all just a social formality anyhow. Guess age slows my reaction down because years ago I would have stepped aside; not having anything to do with their belief in one fashion or another. And if I think it's necessary today to step aside I will. And not feel obligated to explain myself either. Ah, progress for this old gal.
Besides, when the children need tending, they need tending. I don't think any god/goddes is going to heep a bunch of crap on our heads for taking care of an immediate responsiblity. If those in attendance have a problem with that, so be it. You don't answer to man today, remember.
Granny L.
i'm not feeling too good about myself today.
no particular reason.
just feeling down in that i'm-a-bad-person-and-i'm-going-to-burn-in-hell-when-i-die way.
Ya know I've been sitting here trying to remember what I do when I'm having a down day...JEeezzzzz
Guess I pretty much stay to myself. Which is easy for me since it's just hubby and I. Usually time takes care of whatever is ailing me at the moment. I also remember that this too shall pass. I know, might not be what you want to hear, but some days are just what they are. There are also times I don't try and figure anything out...being on the more neurotic side, it just makes matters worse. Then of course there are those times when I must get honest with myself over something and I procrastinate; and that doesn't help either.
Sorry to cut this off so short, but hubby just came in from being out of town for a week.
Love,
granny
i have five classes in one of them the instructor said "attendance is not mandatory, if you feel that you can pass the tests without coming to class then so be it" well, i've had a shit load of crap going on so i didn't go to class she wrote me and told me that she felt that was disrespectful.
i have made all high b's on the tests and i think i got an a on my paper.
i just don't get it.
Sheila, that was funny. Yeah, guess it's not "respectful" being smarter, and kinder since she's the one who attempted using "shame on you."
Hey, this makes me think of a time I was at my volunteer work; standing on boxes, whatever, trying to clean out the funky storage shed. Now mind you I've known this retired school teacher (3rd grade) for years. Anyhow, as I'm teetering I use the "shit" word. This old lady comes literally shaking her finger in my face! And proceeded to tell me, "take that back." And I'm thinking what the %@*&. I told her I wasn't going to take back what I said.
Later that morning one of the other volunteers told me that when she walked back into the office, all those old ladies were praying for me.....OMG...that's absolutely too funny.
People. What ya gonna do, eh. Chin up.
Granny
Granny
i was in a team meeting today at work with a man who is a jw.
i found out because i heard someone say he doesn't celebrate birthdays; i kept my eyes open and of course, in his desk drawer was "examining the scriptures".
well, at the meeting, one of my coworkers said, "i have four children, two girls, a boy and my husband".. he blurts out, "that's not funny.
And I'm glad for you. How well I remember in those early years how I'd apologize to "wordly" people for my df status. GAWD, that's disgustingly funny looking back. OMGosh, I'm so happy too find some humor with my former insanity.
Yeap, they can spiel worth their vileness and it's always ok. They lack basic, everyday common sense and courtesty.
granny who shouts, "VivaLaFreedom."
i distinctly remember a paragraph stating that persons needed to turn to christ, not et, or something like that.
it was hilarious.
i thought at the time, "this is pathetic, acting as though a fictional character poses a threat to jesus".
That article is disgusting! They must really have their hands full with Harry Potter. Such bull$shit!
granny
had a conversation today about how when people leave the dubs, or make any other major life decisions, that you end up being lonely.
all your "friends that you used to have are no longer there and you have to start afresh.
i remember when i was younger, right when i quit the meetings, i would do anything just to make people like me.
Good Morning, Spice.
It's good that you reconize this at a young age. It took me many years to find recovery and I'll not trade in for anyone or anything.
Rember, too, that even the seemingly happiest and most liked person can experience those times of lonliness. It's how we deal with this personal awakening, or so is my opinion. Just sharing your story is healthy, and it does help others... such as myself. I was not always this strong-willed woman. Although there are times I need to be a little less aggressive. But even that goes back to old thinking that I should never express my opinion when it goes contrary to the "crowd." I do understand the difference between assertiveness and aggression. And there are those who don't like it when we find our own. They cannot control us. And human nature seems to dictate that in every crowd, no matter their background, when they can't have things their way...well, they just don't like it.
I do care what some people think of me. Even though we "know" not to be judging others according to our standards, what else is there, eh. People are going to take notice of what type person we are. I'd rather the decent side of humanity reconizes the good. And all that means for me at this moment is that I do not live my life in fear, guilt, and shame. OH, I can get pretty riled about people at times, but in the end, I'm no better. I've just learned how to turn those negatives into a positive. And that's the message of hope. We don't have too stay locked into the old thinking. It takes PRACTICE, PATIENCE, and just getting older - gaining more maturity.
So remember that when people cross our path for however long a time, they are our teachers. You can release them in love. Take your new found self-knowledge and move forward.
Granny, of the talkative class today.
Love ya'll
have any of you been stuck in a rut when filling out a job application when it came to filling out that dreaded portion that requires you to:.
list at least 3 persons who are not related to you who have known you for 5 or more years.. .
it's that moment that you can't list all your "friends" in the borg, because they are not going to give you a true reference regarding what kind of person you are.
Ah, the job search. <<<shudder>>>
Well I'm getting too old - Period! Especially an old woman with attitude!!
I've known for sometime I'm "unemployable" because I'm not going to play some silly ass game with any potential employer for sake of a "job." Gimme a break,eh. I've worked, like many others, since I was quite young and I'll be damned if some moron who plays suck-butt for sake of their job is going to get far with company rhetoric - at least with me.
When we lived in Selma, Alabama, I was shocked when filling out a Shoney's Restaurant application that they reserve the "right" to run a credit check on you. OMG...that went over with me like a lead balloon. Needless to say I didn't complete their 'big brother' form. The day my credit rating has anything legitimate to do with the quality of my work is the day I've caved into this NWO bullshit. They can kiss my a$$.
One thing I did learn early on is that the seemingly mundane tasks we perform each day amounts to a lot of different experience that can be applied on the job search. Somehow we often think that running a home hasn't prepared us for the job market...but when we dig deep there's much too draw upon.
If someone acted stupid with me because I was able to be a stay-at-home mom I'd probably begin a long sentence of "JOBS" that encompasses. Things certainly have changed since my day when one was given opportunity to get on the job training. But then it's all apart of this New System of Things that benefit corporations - not the employee. enough said.
Granny
remember that book the society used to quote from a lot in the 60s - about the world being too dangerous a place to live in by 1975 (now out of print)?.
looks like they have a replacement for the new century, and i bet quotes from this book will be appearing in a watchtower near you soon:.
in his new book, our final century, the astronomer royal predicts that we're doomed.
I'm not familiar with that book, but just wanted too add my two cents. I'm still amazed how Christians (and JW's) seem to have a difficult time accepting that the only way out of this life is by experiencing a physical death. From Armaggadon to the Rapture...death just ain't gonna happen to them.
A few weeks ago during a rare conversation with my older (fence riding) sister she told me, "It's not getting old that bothers me, it's the dying." And that speaks for far too many in my opinion. Each moment could be our last, and I find people who fear dying place too much emphasis upon what someone else tells them to believe rather than being satisfied with the quality of their own life.
granny
they r beginning 2 start 2 run my life,so much so that i am beginning 2 think they r not going 2 make me independent,2 make a depentent person.
That they can serve a good purpose...although I thinketh much is controlled. But perhaps not as much as they "should" when it comes to the chronic abusers of such. I'm not at all fond of lying, cheating, lazy, and drug addicts/alcholics that have no qualms whatever in taking and taking - with little to no regard for ever giving anything in return.
Twenty years ago when I was reaching my own breaking point with alcoholism and just being a mental case in general, the local social services paid our electric bill. I've always understood the importance of giving back, and began volunteer work which turned into a paying job - working with families of known child abuse. GAWD, what an education that was. Ever since that time I've been involved in community service work of some kind. My husband, too, after he retired from the military and we got together. It's very rewarding.
I thinketh this government is too controlling, period. Just warming up to what this New World Order has to offer. It's the children and elderly that my heart strings get tugged at the most. Much of what I've seen could certainly use a major overhauling, but I keep focused, listening and learning.
Cheers,
granny
