Apr
16
My birthday was yesterday and Oh! I love birthdays now. I love holidays. I love celebration and joy.
Every celebration heals my soul, even now. After all this time, there’s a small part of me that is making up for all those missed celebrations of my JW childhood.
I am sorry that I have not been posting [...]
Oct
29
Oh YEAH. The Red Sox won the World Series!
I may be living in Georgia, but the Red Sox as icon is in the blood of this Massachusetts woman.
I’m thinking that they must inject something in Massachusetts babies.
I have absolutely no interest in any other sport or any other team (well, not since that [...]
May
20
Ben’s birthday celebration started Tuesday - on his “real” birthday - with our family celebration and a visit from his uncle (my brother) and family. The big party was yesterday. Last year, there were a dozen kids in his kindergarten class. We invited everybody, and then a couple of other friends as well. This [...]
Apr
15
So - I’m 43 today!!!
Comment and wish me a happy birthday! Please?
It means even more to me than you might think - hey, I’m actually telling you my real age!
As Jehovah’s Witnesses, our family usually didn’t celebrate birthdays. I do remember a couple of years when my mom created little “unbirthday” celebrations (quietly, [...]
Jan
08
Christian Peper has made a good start in thinking about suicide and Jehovah’s Witnesses, and it’s worth a read. I’m just using his post as a starting point to bounce some ideas around.
Suicide isn’t really any kind of sure way for JWs to hedge their bets. The position on suicide was one of their rare [...]
