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You're an awesome young lady Temporary Circumstances. It's so hard for me to understand your Moms problem with you going to church. My Mom would've been like, you better go and pray for a better attitude, lol.

When my Dad decided I had to go to Catholic CCD classes I had to have my first Holy Communion and you had to have your first confession with a Priest. I was I think 8 or 9 and I didn't know what to say. So they sit me in the box and it's dark and creepy and I can see the Priests face through the screen thing and you have to say, Forgive me Father for I have sinned, it's been however long, since my last confession. I wanted to get out of that box, so I just made stuff up. Every week I had to go into the box and say, Forgive me Father for I have sinned, it's been a week since my last confession. Then I'd say you know the dumb stuff eight year old's do, Um I didn't clean my room, I yelled at my Brother, then every week was and I lied in my last confession. Then they'd tell you what prayers to say and how many times to say it. I knew the Lords Prayer but I could never remember the Hail Mary so I'd just mumble stuff that kind of sounded like Mary and Grace, and sometimes we'd have to pray the Rosary and that took a long time.

I got so much out of the experience, lol.
 
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Here's a "Welcome" meme I found........you guys can save it and use it when someone new comes along to us...... :)

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[video=youtube;Hg8Fa_EUQqY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg8Fa_EUQqY&list=RDMM-R7VChN-jKc&index=27[/video]
 
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Fenner said:
You're an awesome young lady Temporary Circumstances. It's so hard for me to understand your Moms problem with you going to church. My Mom would've been like, you better go and pray for a better attitude, lol.

When my Dad decided I had to go to Catholic CCD classes I had to have my first Holy Communion and you had to have your first confession with a Priest. I was I think 8 or 9 and I didn't know what to say. So they sit me in the box and it's dark and creepy and I can see the Priests face through the screen thing and you have to say, Forgive me Father for I have sinned, it's been however long, since my last confession. I wanted to get out of that box, so I just made stuff up. Every week I had to go into the box and say, Forgive me Father for I have sinned, it's been a week since my last confession. Then I'd say you know the dumb stuff eight year old's do, Um I didn't clean my room, I yelled at my Brother, then every week was and I lied in my last confession. Then they'd tell you what prayers to say and how many times to say it. I knew the Lords Prayer but I could never remember the Hail Mary so I'd just mumble stuff that kind of sounded like Mary and Grace, and sometimes we'd have to pray the Rosary and that took a long time.

I got so much out of the experience, lol.
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First, step mom
and she married my step father who used to be in the military and grew to hate religion because he said he hated any "god" who allowed those things to happen.
And I mean she's married to him so she kinda just followed his orders of no one in my household will be apart of any religion
 
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Yikes Natania, well you never know, hopefully God will touch their hearts someday.
 
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I made some color options :D I hope you don't mind! :)


Would have been surprised had you not............. :)
 
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Those welcome memes are nice, but I think they need...something. Maybe a couple lines of text at the bottom.

Welcome to Thunderdome.

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This is not a dating site.

Don't feed trolls.

Before entering the BDF, please put on your fire-resistant suit.
 
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Really bad start to the week...

Cried in service yesterday, thinking about my parents and how much i miss them both...

Then fought tears off today at work for the same reason.

I REALLY wish I could have a relationship with my parents like I did when I was little,.. Those are the best memories I will ever have... and I will forever cherish those. My mom is still alive but she doesn't want any contact with me and my brother, so I might as well say I have lost both parents.

anyways... if you all could just pray for me this week, to get through the weekend cause this is 2 years ago i had my dads memorial service and that MIGHT be why im so emotional this week.

thanks in advance.
 
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LittleBit1987 said:
Really bad start to the week...

Cried in service yesterday, thinking about my parents and how much i miss them both...

Then fought tears off today at work for the same reason.

I REALLY wish I could have a relationship with my parents like I did when I was little,.. Those are the best memories I will ever have... and I will forever cherish those. My mom is still alive but she doesn't want any contact with me and my brother, so I might as well say I have lost both parents.

anyways... if you all could just pray for me this week, to get through the weekend cause this is 2 years ago i had my dads memorial service and that MIGHT be why im so emotional this week.

thanks in advance.
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Awww im so sorry...
Crying Isn't always bad, I find the best release is when I do cry in church.
I am praying for you!
 
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LittleBit1987 said:
Really bad start to the week...

Cried in service yesterday, thinking about my parents and how much i miss them both...

Then fought tears off today at work for the same reason.

I REALLY wish I could have a relationship with my parents like I did when I was little,.. Those are the best memories I will ever have... and I will forever cherish those. My mom is still alive but she doesn't want any contact with me and my brother, so I might as well say I have lost both parents.

anyways... if you all could just pray for me this week, to get through the weekend cause this is 2 years ago i had my dads memorial service and that MIGHT be why im so emotional this week.

thanks in advance.
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Plus I have no doubt you will make it through
I haven't lost much family, mostly friends, but when I lost my sissy it was the hardest thing I ever went through.
She was my best friend and the only real family I ever had.
I still cry over her. I miss her a lot, but you know what;
I don't cry every day like I used to. I don't ache with pain at the thought of her every minute of every day.
Time won't make it go away. It never will. That kind of pain stays with you. But it won't be daily with time. The pain won't be as present.
It's okay it feel like you do over this. It's okay to be emotional.
It hurts sooo much when loved ones aren't here with us.
But even if someone isn't with us physically that doesn't mean they aren't with us. You are who you are because of your parents. They still shape you into the person you become. They are still with you.
 
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TemporaryCircumstances said:
Plus I have no doubt you will make it through
I haven't lost much family, mostly friends, but when I lost my sissy it was the hardest thing I ever went through.
She was my best friend and the only real family I ever had.
I still cry over her. I miss her a lot, but you know what;
I don't cry every day like I used to. I don't ache with pain at the thought of her every minute of every day.
Time won't make it go away. It never will. That kind of pain stays with you. But it won't be daily with time. The pain won't be as present.
It's okay it feel like you do over this. It's okay to be emotional.
It hurts sooo much when loved ones aren't here with us.
But even if someone isn't with us physically that doesn't mean they aren't with us. You are who you are because of your parents. They still shape you into the person you become. They are still with you.
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Thank you sweet friend.

I've been doing alright all year, It's just anniversaries... and birthdays and fathers day that's hard on me..

Like I said, emotional week for me... I think I'm gonna hate the last 2-3 weeks of August for awhile.

But thank you for the prayers, means a lot to me.
 
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TemporaryCircumstances

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LittleBit1987 said:
Thank you sweet friend.

I've been doing alright all year, It's just anniversaries... and birthdays and fathers day that's hard on me..

Like I said, emotional week for me... I think I'm gonna hate the last 2-3 weeks of August for awhile.

But thank you for the prayers, means a lot to me.
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Yes I can understand.
The day of my sissy's birthday I walked my butt to church and went up to the pastor and just burst into tears.
It's not easy, I know.
But pain doesn't last forever, it really doesn't.
 
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TemporaryCircumstances said:
Plus I have no doubt you will make it through
I haven't lost much family, mostly friends, but when I lost my sissy it was the hardest thing I ever went through.
She was my best friend and the only real family I ever had.
I still cry over her. I miss her a lot, but you know what;
I don't cry every day like I used to. I don't ache with pain at the thought of her every minute of every day.
Time won't make it go away. It never will. That kind of pain stays with you. But it won't be daily with time. The pain won't be as present.
It's okay it feel like you do over this. It's okay to be emotional.
It hurts sooo much when loved ones aren't here with us.
But even if someone isn't with us physically that doesn't mean they aren't with us. You are who you are because of your parents. They still shape you into the person you become. They are still with you.
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I second every word of this, LittleBit. I know the feeling (except for me, it was a brother).

I don't think any relationship is beyond repair. As long as your mom is still here, you haven't really lost her. God's grace and mercy covers all.

I will pray for you in this sensitive time. I'll pray for your mom too and your relationship with her :)
 
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Who is voting for me to be president of the frogs?
 
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