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  cancer again

  by Mulan in

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  many of you know that my cousin and best friend, sharon, died in september 2001 at age 59, after a 3 year battle with breast cancer.. now, another of our cousins (she is 56, the same age sharon was at her diagnosis) has breast cancer on both sides.

  she had surgery a week ago, and just learned she has to have more.

  it's still good news.

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  Hi Mulan:

  I'm sorry to hear about your cousins. My mother, who is 63 was just diagnosed with a small cancer in her left breast. She goes in for a lumpectomy next week. Needless to say we are on pins & needles, but the doctors are optomistic as it is not an aggressive cancer.

  My mother is one of the strongest people I know and seems very positive about the whole thing. We joke that if she were bleeding from a major artery, she'd tell us "not to worry, it's just a scratch" This from a woman who suffered a stroke 2 years ago & just had some skin cancer removed as well (got it all), and is also having problems from heart surgery a year ago. Through it all she's doesn't want an of us "fussing". As her only daughter, this certainly makes me more aware of things for myself.

  I hope your cousin gets better & also gets a clean bill of health.

  SK
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  In love with a witnesss....

  by city girl in

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  hello, i'm new here...but i've been reading the forum for some time, but this is the first time i've posted.

  i am stuck.

  i am a non witness and have been seriously dating a witness for about a year now.

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  Hi city girl

  Good luck...if he's not totally agreeable with what the JW's teach why in the world would he want his child raised as one? that is a question to ask. Also, what James Woods said..would he convert for you?

  It's not an easy road to travel by any means and it gets even harder when children are involved. Rest assured, any kids you have with him he will insist be raised as a JW...and that's where the trouble starts.

  do your research, don't go into this for him just to "get" him. Ask the questions & keep your eyes open.

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  Not good, not good at all

  by lola28 in

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  hi guys,.

  sorry to burden you all with this but i really have no one that i want to talk about this with, i'm afraid that i will burst into tears and wont be able to stop if i call any of my friends and tell them what's going on.

  my little sister has been ill with a fever for three weeks, her doctor kept telling her it was just a bad case of the flu and that she had an ear infection, he gave her antibiotics and sent her home.

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  (((lola)))

  Just had to step in & say I'm sorry you're going thru this, and that I hope your sister gets better real soon. Keep us posted

  SK
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  I open my mouth and "bleah" comes out

  by Seeking Knowledge in

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  i'm pretty "new" to this religious thing.

  i've always had my beliefs and i've been to just about every church there is to go to (except jw) and they all basically preach the same thing in different ways.

  fine, i can deal with that.

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  thanks guys...awesome responses.

  I take him to my church, I ask him why he thinks daddy doesn't like birthdays, etc. I do give him as much from the other side as I can. He is told from me that it's ok to celebrate birthdays & that God/Jehovah/Bob or whatever he wants to call him isn't going to be angry at him for doing so. It's his dad that doesn't like to do it, and that's ok, but we do.

  I do need to understand more of my own beliefs to get the mush out of my mouth to be sure. I do also tell him that there are many different religions out there and they all think they are right, but it up to him to decide what he wants to believe in and that being told what he has to believe isn't going to work. I figure he may not fully understand right now, but with the idea of coming to his own conclusion in his head, he may just be ok.

  Thanks again
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  I open my mouth and "bleah" comes out

  by Seeking Knowledge in

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  i'm pretty "new" to this religious thing.

  i've always had my beliefs and i've been to just about every church there is to go to (except jw) and they all basically preach the same thing in different ways.

  fine, i can deal with that.

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  I'm pretty "new" to this religious thing. I've always had my beliefs and I've been to just about every church there is to go to (except JW) and they all basically preach the same thing in different ways. Fine, I can deal with that. I'm happy, I know what I know, I believe what I want to believe and no one has ever really challenged me on that.

  Until now. My son is 5 and his father is a JW. For the past 3 years since his father remarried, I've had quite the emotional ride as to what he's teaching my son and how do I "counteract" his nonsense? It's been so very interesting, but when it comes down to it, I open my mouth & it's as if it's full of oatmeal or something...nothing comes out right. Even when I've tried to talk to his dad about his BS I sound like an idiot. I am such a novice!

  I know what I want to say, but when I try to express it to my kid, he looks at me as tho I have 2 heads. I'm pretty sure he could give a rip at this point who Jehovah is or what he does or doesn't do and I've resorted to telling him that daddy does things one way, but when he's with me, we do it this way. That includes birthdays, halloween, Christmas you name it. He's all for that as I don't know of any kids out there who don't like to get gifts that "have a choice" as he does.

  His father has lost his ever loving mind as you can all attest to growing up in this crazy religion, but his father never had the choice as a child to have another side of life to look at. My son does and I intend to challenge his little head so that he does know he has a choice and will be able to make up his mind as to what he wants to believe. Above all he will know that he is loved by his mom & sister and everyone on our side no matter what.

  Just had to rant. It's so frustrating to deal with stupidity on a daily basis & try to protect my son from it. On the upside the other day he told me he didn't want to go "to that dumb ol boring Kingdom Hall" again. Maybe I'm doing something right!?

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  See Ya Next Year!

  by HadEnuf in

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  (emotional music swelling in background) good-by hostas, roses, coneflowers and daisies.

  farewell astilbe, vinca, hops, black-eyed susans.

  adieu to sweet potato vines, ferns, day lilies and cat mint.

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  Yikes...up here in Anchorage its in the 50's and no snow in the forecast! Of course that could change tomorrow....so I'll enjoy today for as long as I can!!
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  Talking with my 8 yr old JW daughter

  by megsmomma in

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  i am so glad to have these boards so i can keep up with what they are teaching her.

  (she lives in ohio with her dad and step-mom....and is surrounded by dubs) i asked her if she had started the new tract campaign yet.

  she said .."no, not yet, but people aren't going to like it!

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  Besides all the other good advice I would just add to make sure she always know that you love and accept her rather she is a JW or not. No matter what course she takes that you will be there for her.

  I think as she gets older and may decide during those teenage years to asert her individuality and choose her own road she will know she has an allie in you. That will give her strength to go against the JW norm if she so decides to.

  This is awesome advise, and one I use with my son. Jgnat is right on as well...just keep her informed and loved.

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  I don't know how I'm going to give them up...

  by gwyneth in

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  i bottle fed orphaned kittens from 3 weeks old--they are about 8 weeks old now.

  i have become so attached to them!

  my neighbor said she was bringing a friend over this afternoon to pick out a kitten to take home...i am having mixed feelings about this.

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  Seeking Knowledge

  So cute

  My daughter just adopted an 8 week old kitten who had litter box trouble as well. I asked a good friend of mine who LOVES cats how to remedy this, she suggested "showing" the cat how to scratch in the box, and take them to it as soon as they've eaten. We have 2 older cats that could very well have helped train the new one, but I went & bought a little box he could get into, locked him in the bathroom overnite with it & by the next day he had it down.

  Good Luck!
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  my sons wonderfull heart

  by ajsmama in

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  so last night i was crying in my room so bad that my 5 year old heard me, even though i was trying to be quiet.

  he then started looking around the house for something shaped like a heart.

  he found a little heart shaped pendant and started rubbing it on his chest, then he started rubbing it on mine.

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  Aren't 5 year olds great?? Your son does have a wonderful heart and they will both be there to help you along this new path you're on. Keep your chin up!

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  OMG - I took my teenager driving tonight!

  by TresHappy in

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  and i survived it!

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  You survived...yay

  I gave up on my daughter & had her take a driving class. She doesn't take criticism from me too well and I got WAY too frustrated with her to be any benefit. That and she scares the hell out of me.

  Good luck! They do grow up too fast!

  SK