My mother and I have not been close in adult years. I was baptised in 1986.......thinking all the bad stuff she did to me, I would see her destroyed at Armeggedon. She was baptised in 2000.......How could she be in my religion? What was my ace in the hole?
She was very gungho so I stayed away from her..(aux pioneered last year)...She told my daughter that her and I werent really JW'S. (we watched R rated movies)
OK...........so I call my MOM, after not talking for ages........and go visit her over X-mas holidays.
She is already fedup with the Witnesses......she said I am learning what to say and who to say it to. She said everyone is a gossip. There are cliques. Everyone talks about being sick and depressed, She told me for the first time in her life she was depressed.
She had a problem with a brother coming on to her and went to the elders........not to tattle, but for help on how to handle him.....she was new in the truth. The elders acted like it was her fault and she got no help, she said she would never go to the elders again. She said all the young kids at the hall are weird. lol........I just had to laugh. She is a very outgoing person, loves life and things to do. She hardly does anything anymore. She said they go on and on about how bad TV is.....she thinks she will lose her life for watching something on TV.
I told her God has alot more things to worry about than what you watch on tv and not to worry about it. He does not micro-manage.
We stayed up till 3am and when we woke up we continued where we left off.
She was here a few weeks ago and we had another conversation over a nice lunch at Outback. She just could not get it all out of her system.
I said to her.............I knew you would figure it out some day. I know you Mom and I knew you would get tired of it, just did not know how long it would take.
She is coming again this weekend. She says it is the truth, but got off the pioneer list and misses meetings now. She said she would not push herself anymore.
Talking about all this with her has opened communication that we have not had in 25 years..........I have copied some things from this site to share with her on her weekend here........
Thanks for all your posts!
purps