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  DeYoung Alumni ?

  by Stacey in

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  did anyone here attend deyoung school in san jose, ca?

  it was an all witness school.

  just curious!

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  I did indeed attend a small all witness school. It was run by a family. The father and mother taught, along with some other teachers. It was K through 12. I dont even remember details but I think it was about 60-80 students total. I was there in the 8th and 9th grades. They did group it into appropriate age groups. All of my high school credits did transfer from this school to public school when I went back to public school in the 10th grade. The crazy thing is that I WANTED to attend this school. I was a very shy withdrawn little girl. And... I hated feeling so different from the "world". I wanted the shelter. After two years I had enough shelter. It was fine, but by the time I was 16 I did not want to be restrained as a JW any longer. Our family left the religion a year later. I dont have bad memories at all of the school. I had some good witness friends there. Crazy. I have now been out of the JWs for almost 15 years, so the second half of my life so far. Done with it all and have totally moved on past the "troof".
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  DeYoung Alumni ?

  by Stacey in

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  did anyone here attend deyoung school in san jose, ca?

  it was an all witness school.

  just curious!

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  Did anyone here attend DeYoung School in San Jose, CA? It was an all witness school. Just curious!
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  Anyone having issues posting?

  by Stacey in

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  i posted twice yesterday and both of my messages are gone.

  very strange... help!

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  I posted twice yesterday and both of my messages are gone. Very strange... help!
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  can someone refresh my memory... where is the site with listings of exjdubs

  by ezekiel3 in

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  http://www.randytv.com/findexjws.htm

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  Hi Billygoat! I've been MIA! Got married, had a baby.... I've been busy! :) How are you?
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  Witness School

  by loosie in

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  has anyone here ever gone to a witness school.

  you know the school jw's set up to keep their kids separate from the world.

  you would have the daily text every morning and of course a kingdom song had to be sung.. i'd love to hear your experiences.

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  DeYoung School in San Jose, CA.

  I went there. Any other "alumni" from there?
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  I'm a mommy!

  by Stacey in

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  just home with my ten week old son and thought i'd pop onto jw.com.

  some of my old friends are here.

  i wanted to share that i'm now a mommy.

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  Hi Big Tex,

  Yes, he started sleeping in 6-8 hour stretches about three weeks ago. Thank goodness! Those first six weeks were very hard. I love it now. He's starting to giggle. It's the cutest thing. :)
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  I'm a mommy!

  by Stacey in

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  just home with my ten week old son and thought i'd pop onto jw.com.

  some of my old friends are here.

  i wanted to share that i'm now a mommy.

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  Just home with my ten week old son and thought I'd pop onto JW.com. Some of my old friends are here. I wanted to share that I'm now a mommy. My son is the best thing that has ever happened to me! Amazing how much love one can have for a child.

  I'm very over my JW experience and have pretty much moved on. JWs came to my door the other day. I used to be so anxious when they came, I knew exactly what I'd say to them. Its different now - I listened to about 1 minute of their presentation and I then told them I used to be a JW and that I was not interested and that I'll never be one again. I was pleasant and wished them a good day. I think I had the 2 ladies stunned. They were very nice but they didnt jknow what to say to me. I can imagine them talking in the car on the way back to the KH - how sad it was that I would never jion the in paradaise. Ha.

  Anyways, just thought I'd pop in!

  Stacey
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  Used to be a regular here...

  by Stacey in

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  its been so long, not even sure if the same "regulars" are on this site.

  anyways, just thought i'd stop in.

  my life has changed so much, and i'm so happy.. i feel very over the jw experience, and i have completely moved on with my life.

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  Wow, hello everyone! Thank you for the nice thoughts!

  Dubla!!! I didnt know you were still on this board a lot. I hope you and Simon are doing well! Please say hi sometime, I'd love to know how you are doing.

  Hi Billygoat! Yes, very happy and life really is great.

  NotPerfectYet, how are you? Yes, lots of changes. Baby is due in October and I am so excited to be a mommy. Please tell WillowStreet hello for me. I hope she's doing well also.

  Everyone else, thanks for the notes!

  About my "past life" in the j-dubs... it really does feel like the past to me. But I dont have any family left in, and I know that makes a big difference. I know a lot of people struggle and I can relate to and feel for each of you. I have moved on in my life, and its a good life. I wish the best to everyone here. And just because I know many of you, I will stop by on occasion to say "hello".

  Love,

  Stacey
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  Used to be a regular here...

  by Stacey in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  its been so long, not even sure if the same "regulars" are on this site.

  anyways, just thought i'd stop in.

  my life has changed so much, and i'm so happy.. i feel very over the jw experience, and i have completely moved on with my life.

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  Its been so long, not even sure if the same "regulars" are on this site. Anyways, just thought I'd stop in. My life has changed SO much, and I'm so happy.

  I feel very OVER the JW experience, and I have completely moved on with my life. So wonderful to be able to say that. I recently got married, and we are having a baby! :) Life is very good.

  Hope everyone is doing well!

  Stacey
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  Have any Ex JWs married person of another faith?

  by Stacey in

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  i'm just curious to see how this has worked out for people.

  has anyone married a christian?

  catholic?

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  I'm just curious to see how this has worked out for people. Has anyone married a Christian? Catholic? Buddhist? Any other religion?

  My situation is that I was born & raised a JW, left at age 17. I did the Christian route for about 5 years, and got turned off by that. I'm now 31 and have not been involved in any church of any sort for 4+ years. I am not against religion these days (I was for awhile). I still believe in a Creator, I'm just really not up for guessing what that Creator wants from us. That's a whole seperate story.

  At this point in my life I have met a man who I want to spend my life with. He was born & raised Catholic. He's not "die-hard" into his religion, but he attends Mass a couple of Sundays a month. I go with him every once in awhile. I've told him that I dont think I'll ever join his religion in heart. He wants to be married in his church. And I'm considering it, because religion is really not that big of a deal to me anymore. I can go without it, but I also think there's nothing wrong with attending every once in awhile. And honestly, I'd be ok with my kids learning it. They will always know from me, that there are other options and that they will be able to choose. He's aware of my views.

  Anyways, I'm mostly just seeing if there is anyone else out there who has my similar beliefs and is with a person that is a part of a religion.

  Thanks!