Posts by California Sunshine

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Message from Sharon Roe and request from me

by seven006 in

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for those who wrote sharon roe (sister of janet and robert bryant) a few months back and sent your love and support i have a message from sharon.

i just got off the phone with her and she wanted me to pass on her love and thanks to all of you for taking the time to send your messages.

the notes you wrote lifted her spirits and she is now beginning to understand that she is not alone.

California Sunshine

Dave,

I salute you for your kindness to Sharon.

the JW's she grew up with in her area around and even though she has gone through this tragic loss they continue to shun her

They must carry their hearts around in their wallets and handbags!

Sunny

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Signing Off on "The NET THANG"

by JT in

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i would just like to thank everyone for the excellent posts that have appeared here on this site.

i esp would like to thank simon for making this possible.

i sincerely believe that the "net thang" will continue to play a role in helping jw who are sincerely searching for a confirmation that all their doubts and wondering over the years was not the result of them being spiritually weak.

California Sunshine

OH NO!!!! say it isn't so!!!!

JT, come back!...(Sunny calling pitifully as JT and Ms C are dissappearing into the sunset)

Seriously JT, you have been one of my favorites and will be missed soooo much. Your experience and wisdom have comforted me many a time. I thank you for that. Your downhome comments always went right to the heart of the matter being discussed.

I know you are on your way to bigger and better things and I wish you all the best in that.

Come vist when you can............

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Women's Issues

by Joyzabel in

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sorry i had to post this under friends, there is no fluff topic yet!

women's issues.

q: should i have a baby after 35?.

California Sunshine

Hi Joy....

Thanks for the laugh this morning!

9. You're sure that everyone is scheming to drive you crazy.

Soooo? What else is new?

3. Eyelash curlers.

My husband told me a story about how when he was a little guy [6or7yrs old] he saw his Mom's eyelash curler in the bathroom, picked it up, and tried to figuer out what the heck it was. Then one day he saw her using it. He, being curious, tried to curl his own eyelashes and while he was doing it pinched some skin and of course that was painful so he jerked back and proceeded to pull out half the eyelashes of his left eye. Needless to say, he never touched it again!

Sunny

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my story

by spender in

hey everyone...i'm new here and i thought i'd give you my story.. i was raised in "the truth".

my mother is still a witness of over 25 years, and a pioneer for over 10. my father is not in the truth.

he was supportive of my mother in her pioneering and everything, and he used to come to meetings occasionally when i was younger, but started coming less and less until he only came to the memorials.

California Sunshine

it just shows how the world is not as black and white as the witnesses try to make it.

How true!

Welcome to the board.

(((hug))) for you

(((hug))) for your Dad.

My Mom was also the inthusiastic witness and my Dad kind of got left in the dust.
He pasted away when I was 11. I would give anything to be able to tell him I love him.

Sunny

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Letting JW relatives go....revisited

by MegaDude in

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some of you might remember i posted my thoughts on why, after years of shunning, and me continually trying to establish contact with the jw relatives that do this, i finally decided it was healthier for me to let them go and stop doing that.

this was especially true in the case of my younger brother, who was more like a best friend.

we spent a lot of time together before my extricating myself from the watchtower, including vacations and lots of weekends.

California Sunshine

And you know what. It just didn't hurt anymore. All those years his shunning me upset me and hurt me and tore me up. But that hurt is gone now. It felt much like talking to someone you feel sorry for, but you know you can't help. But I didn't feel bad anymore, and that felt good.

I know EXACTLY where you are coming from. Especially the feeling sorry for them. We can't save them from the terrible "choking" teachings of the Borg. They have to save themselves!

Its ok to feel sad when you think about the situation though. Its all part of the healing process.

Great thread!

Sunny

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Who shuns you?

by Dawn in

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after reading a number of posts it sounds like most of you have been shunned even by your immediate family members (parents, brothers, sisters)after you were df'd.. i am shunned by my sister-in-law - but she's it out of the entire family.

my uncle, brothers, mother, and father (an elder before he passed away) all continued to associate with me - we even go out to dinners together.. so here's my question - is my family the minority?

i thought that only non-family members had to shun you but family was ok as long as they don't discuss spiritual issues.

California Sunshine

I'm at the point where I don't know who is shunning me and who isn't....

The Borg has put a big fracture in my family but several have reached accross lately and we have become acquainted again...I posted a thread about it.

www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=24631&site=3&page=2

I'm at the point where I don't care who is shunning me. I've built a life and have friends outside the borg now and who the hell needs them.

I, by no means, mean to take away from the terrible hurt most of you are experiencing. I know cause I've been there. I just want you to know you CAN get past that. It is possible!

Sunny.....

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do you feel PRESSURED?

by refiners fire in

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im working again at the moment, setting up a spare parts store for an electrical maintenance company.. i cant believe the pressure in the work place.everythings gotta be done yesterday, but noone wants to pay you any money to do it, and noone wants to give you any resources to execute the job.the guy in charge there is on a salary, and he works 60 hours a week minimum.. he worked on a repair job till 4am this morning, and the big bosses were complaining cause he didnt come in till lunchtime!

can you believe such shit?.

maybe ive lost touch over the past couple years, been a homebody.. everythings computerized.