poor thing, she's had alzheimer's for about 10 years and the last year she's been on hospice care because she's been so close to death.
the past few months she's been slowly filling up with water -- they gave her lasix (not sure of the spelling) to relieve the edema and it worked, sort of.
last weekend she actually looked a little better.
((((Nina))) I'm so sorry to hear of the loss of your mother. You have shared so much personal things about your life in such a heart felt way, that I'm just sobbing knowing that even though it was a relief, you are still grieving.
((((Chris, Jeanie & Jackson))) please be good to one another. You all are a beautiful family.
Joy
i finally got through to lady lee.
she's living in ottawa and is mostly confined to a wheel chair.
her feet are worse and can barely walk.
((((((Lady Lee)))))
missed you terribly around these parts.
I'm sorry to hear you are not getting any better, feet wise.
Hope you find permanent residence soon, with DSL!
Hugs,
Joy
gosh!.
the drama!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4289225.stm.
The drama!
dear concerned forum posters:
i feel at this time, in my long and varied career here at the forum, i must protest to the exalted and respected administator of this site, that a problem does exist in it's "labeling" of posters.
this concerns the titles that are given to posters when they reach a certain amount of posts.
I never look at labels/time/etc. It all means nothing to me.
I like to get to know posters. They are people, you know.
the wife of one of our lawyers is a judge here in dallas, and i overheard her husband telling a couple of other lawyers about this really tough case she has right now: deciding to issue a court order to give blood to premature twins whose parents are witnesses.
i popped in with "i'm an ex-jw -- ask me anything" so he and i started talking about the blood issue.
the father of the twins was in tears in the courtroom -- not because of his babies getting blood but because he was afraid he would be accused of giving his consent to the blood transfusion.
Nina,
I'm glad you were able to educate the lawyer/judge on the silly self-imposed rules of JWs. It is about time that we as xjws can speak up and quit hiding the foolish hidden rules that those people have to live under. The more the rest of the world understands about the insidious, mind controlling actions of JWs the more they will stay away and realize it is a cult.
Hope the babies do ok. Very delicate time of life and they still have a long way to go besides just having blood to help them.
Joy
wow, great to hear about *cough* older ones who faded before all the silliness lately. How brave of you!
Joy
my name is ayernye... sometimes i go by stephan... it used to be stephen mcguire back when i was a witness in the wilmington and groton massachusetts congregations from '83 - '94.
was a pioneer and ministerial servant and was married for two of those years.
with tremendous agony and confusion, i moved far away to discover myself... took years to adjust to my new reality... drugs... drinking... anything to numb my tired brain... but the transformation was eventual and so worth it... of course... i am now my own person... mostly happy, adjusted and living my life to the best i can... .
heads up, you may want to talk with a poster here by the name of 6of9. He's a photographer and has done his own short film about jws/xjws.
But I say wonderful on your project. Especially while we watch the news about the screwed up Michael Jackson. Don't you think his childhood contributed to his reality???
Anyway, I'm sure you'll have plenty who volunteer, if not, I'll be happy to talk about my past. (see profile) and how happy I am now.
Joy
saturday seems to be much preferred over sunday, so this years bbq will be held on saturday, july 9th, commencing around 2 pm.
location is our home in weston super mare.
as usual, the day will be very boozy and proceedings will conclude in the waverley pub.
I hope to use my apostofest shirt again. :-)
I hope your one and only shirt sees the washing machine before you come.
We don't know for sure, but put us down as a "maybe".
J, S & S
http://www.xjw.com/where.html
"normally, jehovah's witnesses are content to accept information presented in the watchtower without question.
but, in this case, some highly respected and admired members of the watchtower headquarters staff had been disfellowshiped on charges of "apostasy.
.....and then the house of cards began to fall, huh, cjw.
my wife and i made the fade in the past year or so - a side benefit is now beginning to become apparent.
our adult daughter, who was somewhat estranged due to being df'd has come back into our lives.
[we never did completely shun her, as we never agreed fully with that, but it was always strained because we were under the guilt trip].
wonderful
