i have been smoking off and on for over a year,,,,,,,never smoked before this year in my life.. it all started just for the hell of it.
then as my hub and i started going out dancing and hitting the town, cig smoke was everywhere.
i would comehome with it in my hair and all over my clothes.
No preaching here.
I lost both my parents last year do to smoking. They both died from cancer related to smoking almost their entire lives. My Mom smoked from the age of 13 till she died at the age of 67. My Dad smoked on and off from the age of 16 till he died at the age of 74. My Mother-in-law died also from cancer. She smoked too.
I give no advice to others on smoking. I just loved these people so much. It is enough to keep me from smoking myself.
Just my 2 cents,
Mrs. Shakita
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ok.....i vote jfk.....does that make me shallow?"reagan?
" (better??
Frederick Douglass
If anyone hasn't read his autobiography, it is a must read.
What a great man of courage and integrity!
He has my vote for one of the greatest Americans ever!
monk...abc - thursday's - 8:00 pm
it will be the new columbo of the decade??.
breeze
Yes, Galaxy Quest!
Remember the line "Oh..........the floors are soooooo cleannn!"
This was inside the ship when they first came aboard!! This guy is really great!
Again, I apologize for gushing.
monk...abc - thursday's - 8:00 pm
it will be the new columbo of the decade??.
breeze
My favorite show was the one where he was so upset over the earthquake that he was speaking gibberish!!!!!! Oh, that was so funny.
Sorry, but I think the show is one of the best new shows around! Very original! And I think his female nurse/secretary/partner(what ever she is) is a great actress who plays off of his eccentricities very well!
monk...abc - thursday's - 8:00 pm
it will be the new columbo of the decade??.
breeze
YES YES YES I LOVE MONK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is my NUMBER ONE favorite show!!!!! Monk is SOOOOOO funny!!!!
I guess you can tell I really like the show?!
I try to never miss an episode!
Mrs. Shakita(WHO JUST LOVES MONK!!!!!!!!!!!!! he's so cute in his compulsive sort of way!)
here's my one and only spooky story.. my wife goes to visit her jw sister, who lives several hundred miles away, about once a year.
while she is away, i get some major diy jobs done.
she is away at the moment, so i'm fitting a new bathroom.
Sentinel:
Maybe it was the Jersey Devil!
There have been many sightings of the Jersey Devil in the pine barrens of New Jersey! He is a creature that is half man, half devil!!!!!
Could have been him! Maybe he got lost on his way to the kingdom hall and ended up in your woods! Don't worry, I am sure he made his way home. He was probably just dodging the boring service talk!
i was about twelve and a young "brother" invited me to stay the night at his house.
my mom wanted me to be make friends with witness families, so getting permission was not that hard to do.
his mom and dad picked me up at around five and we went back to his house.
Kenpo:
Very, very scary story!!!That one deserves a 5 bug-eye rating!
I think I will sleep with my cell phone under my pillow tonight!
You know what, if my house had a spirit running around it playing ball and swinging on swings, I would be out of the house faster than you could say "JEHOVAH SAVE ME!"
Mrs. Shakita(who now won't be able to go to sleep tonight, too much sugar and scary stories!)
my husband and i have just had a big fight about, of all things, halloween.
our dgt.
in law is bringing our cute little grandbabies over to show us their costumes, plus she is taking them to business's to trick or treat.
wednesday:
Right now I feel a little sick from all the candy I ate tonight!
Our family has just got done celebrating the first halloween in 25 years! My 10 year old just had a full day of Fun!!!! I feel so good about her being able to have the holiday that my other 3 kids didn't. I still feel guilty about them not getting to celebrate when they were kids. But, we must move on. If we live in the guilt, we remain stagnant.
I still have one daughter who is still in. She is disappointed that we are celebrating the holiday. But what else does she know. We brought her up that way!!!! We love her and her husband and will try to make a middle ground for all of us to be happy.
Try to give your husband some time. It is very hard on them, too, when their secure JW world is turning upside down. I know it is hard not to fight about the many things that the JW's refuse to get involved with. But I think it is important always to keep a line of communication open between yourself and the JW ones you love. Don't let the WTBS win under any circumstances!!!!!!! Give your loved ones the one thing the WTBS can't, real honest to goodness love from family members who will love you regardless. In the end, we hope to help our daughter come to realize what a lie this so-called religion is. I wish you the same with your husband. Good Luck!
Mrs. Shakita
jehovas' witnesses are an interesting group.
they enjoy the freedoms and liberties that they receive by living in the united states, but at the same time they refuse to partake in voting, national celebrations and have basically created their own nation within a nation.
i find it hypocritical for them to act in this manner and believe that they should gather from around the world and all go and live together on some island.
Hi nonjwalltheway! Phew.......did I get the name right?
It seems like all the newbies here are having a contest on who can get the longest name!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Whatever happened to the good ole names like Bob, Ann, Al, Joe, Etc....whatever
I personally think that given their own country, the JW's would all kill themselves off eventually. Just think, they would all die of boredom with no one to preach to, no service meetings to attend, no one to place all those boring and repetitive books to.
Yup, they would all die from listening to each other, succumbing to the drival by passing out and their heads exploding from all the brain farts! What a mess!
Sorry, just a thought,
Mrs. Shakita
my wife had a lecture today at university, australian aboriginal studies.. the lecturer had last week given out some aboriginal artifacts made by some aborigines in prison.
there were not enough to go around so my wife didn't get one last week.
the deal was that each student keeps it for a week then passes it on to the next student.. so today she was given one of the boomerangs, which was last week given to another student.
Wow, Kenpo:
You know, I personnally don't like to believe in a separate spirit world filled with mean and angry demons who are bent on trying to disrupt life for us pathetically earth bound human beings. You can see that my JW training has almost dissolved completely.
But, when I hear stories like yours, I think it would be nice if there WERE spirit creatures out there who are looking out for us. Good ones, of course. Sort of like the ones they have on that TV show, "Touched by an Angel." Always a happy ending there!
Your story about the silhouette of someone standing there next to the person, and the fact that somebody else actually saw it too, gave me the creeps. My mother used to say that she had a guardian angel (even had a name for it her) that used to watch over my mom. She would swear that this angel was real and helped her out when she needed it. I don't know. But the angel was real to her, and that's all that really matters isn't it.
Mrs. Shakita(who wishes everyone a "happy ending" like in the movies!)
