Granny Linda
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JW's and government
by Granny Linda inmy jw sister works for the postal service, wearing the uniform and driving one of their mail trucks.
not only do i think this is hypocritical given the jw stance on government, it pisses me off each time i go to the post office and read the stupid sign about postal employees and federal crimes blah blah blah - like, what makes them so much more important than any other working person.. anyhow this has been bugging me for some time and i'd really like to confront her one day about wearing a symbol of the government, but i doubt i'll ever have the chance.
gawd, i detest those phoney people.. gl.
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An Introduction
by Granny Linda inhello.. after lurking around for some time decided to join.
i've been df for 32 years...and glad for it.. i'd pretty much laid the jw stuff to rest until last year when my older sister, after years of absence from my life, made comment to me about "struggling with the truth.
" i took it upon myself to begin some research and have been "hooked" on these type forums since.
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Grandparents
by Granny Linda inhappy holiday, everyone.. i just wanted to say that being a grandparent is one of the greatest joy's.
i know there are other grandparents posting on this board who are proud of their offspring, too.. gosh, for all those lost years of having been raised jw - not really getting to know my maternal grandparents except through the eyes of an emotional jw.
sheeezzzzz.
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Are we obligated to JW family?
by Granny Linda inwhile reading through and posting in unbeliever's thread, this topic came to mind.
personally i do not have any sense of obligation to jw family that still holds to such dogma.
that means it doesn't matter to me that my mother ignores her grandson; and her great-grandchildren.
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Automated voices
by Granny Linda ini swear, if this recording would have picked up my saying, "f--k you!, i'd have said it.
geezzzzz, give me a break.
how in the hell is one supposed to take care of busines when all you get is some recording!
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Being JW did not make me a better person...
by Granny Linda inno, it wasn't that group of people who showed me what life is about.
hell, their so busy preparing to die that it seems life eludes them.
it was by becoming an active participant in my own adventure.
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Kenpodragon
by Granny Linda indragon, i've noticed lately that a number of your posts and/or replies refer to "anger.
so, whatssup .
granny, who is of the nosey class.
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Visialization
by Granny Linda inok. i'm not so sure i'll convey my thoughts in a conherent manner, but here goes.... tonight my daugher-in-law told me that i'm the most positive people she knows.
that my husband and i not only think about what we want, but we get it.
the only thing i could think to mention was "visialization.
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Remembering
by Granny Linda ini spoke with my elderly aunt yesterday about much of what i've read over this past week...catching up on the best of series...well, some of it anyhow; and her comments echoed much of what many former jw's have already spoken of.. she reminded me how many years ago when her one grandchild needed a blood transfusion and her daughter had called in a panic...my aunt simply told her to do what she felt for best for the child - not the church.
or, the sometimes humerous stories of field service - the dreaded thought that someone might actually answer their door.
my aunt releated how her own father had once asked if she wanted to "pioneer" and when my aunt told him, "no" my grandfather had the most shocked look on his face.
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Holidays and former JW's
by Granny Linda intwo threads in one sitting...i'd best get busy with housework or something.... i'm relaxing and enjoying conversation about the holidays when i had to remember this is a site for former jw's, or mostly anyhow.
last holiday season someone reminded me that not everyone has family to enjoy this time of year with, and it made me sad.
sorta like those bitter-sweet times that life sometimes gives us.