usually mid afternoon, even ten minutes can rejuvenate.
if only more employers realized that employee productivity and work quality would be improved with a 30 min siesta.. i can grab a nap just about anywhere.
when i was traveling by air a lot i could fall asleep during take off.
I can't just have a nap it last for HOURS!.
I used to have an arvo sleep when the kids where having theres9 due to being up and down all night) but once they were out of that arvo nap i had to adust too.
But i try to on the weekend have a nap.
But it doesnt work kids are too noisy!
I know one of my close friends can have the power nap for all of 10 min and start all over again!
Helen
i have been reading posts here since long time.hope to have nice and productive conversations.
i have been a jw for a long time.
there some interesting issues that have developed here.as time permits i will participate in some of those issues.take care you all.one thing,english is not my first language,so patient with my grammar.thanks.
Welcome to the board
Helen
the practice of choosing biblical names for children is present in many forms of christianity.
in latin america, countless boys are named jesus either as a first name or second name.
there is even that singer jesus jones.
Not that these are bad names but i grew up with a JW boy and his name was Micah.
Another one that i knew from another cong was Levi.
But when i had children i knew that i wasn't going to name them anything biblical and nothing with links with the bible.
Now i have 2 very unique names for them. As my name is hebrew and my hubbys name is Joseph so we wanted not so plain names, but easy enough for people to spell and say, even though our sons name is easy we still have a lot of poeple have troubles with it.
Helen
this probably won't last long...video of the inside of the kh including a scan of the information board.... .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5kimmd2qs8.
lisa.
Its gone.
Oh well
Helen
i remember when i was in high school i went to the doctor about something completely unrelated to surgery or blood and as a matter of updating my medical records he made a point of listing me as a jw on it.
he never asked me if he could / should and i was in no position to object in front of my mother without explaining myself.
not to mention i would look wishy washy about my faith in front of the doctor.
When i was in my late teens(16) the family doctor asked if i wanted to go on the pill. I was shocked that he even thought about that, not that i really knew about it.
when i had my daughter i stated that i was a JW because of the blood issue but i had long been out.
But for my son i stated that i had no religion and neither do my children.
My GP for over 10years saw the mess i was in when i first left and the issues i had over the years one day i bumped into a old friend from the cong and the GP inquired how i knew her i told her and she said to me it all made sense so i am guess she had some issues.
Helen
as many of you know, i've been writing letters to family members telling them how damn stupid i think the gb is; providing proofs of all their comedic gaffs (building mansions for prophets and the like) including some of their most outlandish quotes-which i know all of us can remember verbatim.
spurned on by mary and others in this site, i've decided that i will try a new ploy.
my family reunion is every labor day and i've decided to wear a tee shirt to it with russell, rutherford, and franz's images on it... i will include images of a pyramid, beth sarim, on the front and 607?
I remember seeing a t-shirt that had a list on the back of dates (like concert dates) and lots had cancelled stroked thru.
would be funny to see a list with all the
"armageddon dates" as tour dates, but marked cancelled. hahah
HA HA HA HA i like that one.
But probably you could just have something simple like a one liner just to make them think .
Gotta give it to ya. You got BALLS!
Helen
having been in the organization for 30 years, after i got out i reflected on this.
as a teenager i was told to not let my hair grow over my ears because i might stumble other young ones in the congregation.
also, in order to carry the microphones i was told i couldn't wear white socks, had to wear black or dark blue socks.
The only council i ever recieved was when i was going out with a worldly boyfriend(well the only one that my parents knew about) and my mum called the elders over to have a 'chat' with me.
All they went about was have you had sex this man... i lied and said NO...
One of the elders went on saying that he knows what young worldly guys are like as he used to be one many moons ago and started going about that you can't be unevenly yolked and all that garbage that goes with it.
That was the last time i heard from them as i moved out of the area till 7 years later they decieded to DF me.
Helen
congratulations to me and the wife.
our first yes our first grandchild was born this evening.
she has ten toes and ten fingers and she is beautiful.
Congratulations
Enjoy
Helen
i just wanted to make one simple statement... i've heard many say that they can't get out of this bull, they just faded so they wouldn't have to deal with all the issues that are sure to arise if they use confrontation.
many have said they can't stand to lose family members and the like and that's why they've chasen to fade rather then speak out.
here's what i've lost becasue i've chosen to tell the truth about the bastards.
Dawg you make great threads and posts!
Im guessing the shunning issue is the main reason most don't just leave.
Its human kind to be wanted and accepted within society and the sense of family.
I assume that we all have different ways in dealing with life and whatever way others go about leaving the JW is a personal choice.
Me i faded without knowing till i came here and realised thats what i did. But it was never in me i never truley believed.
Cheers
Helen
hi everyone, i just joined this forum, am starting to go through the stories & info & hoping this will be a good support channel (i have heaps to discuss& vent lol).
i don't have the energy to go through my life story (yet!
), but basically i've left the organisation, which was a gradual yet sudden process.
Hi Kimberly,
Welcome to the board!
Im formally from Newcastle ( all my life till 12 months ago) but now living in country NSW.
Take care and have fun
Helen
