by nomoreTRUTHplz 27 Replies latest jw experiences
hey, firstly welcome!
The society is guilty of a lot of things, and the worst thing is knowledge of their mistakes but failure to admit to them. Some things were done on purpose too!
Your free though, and for now that is what matters. looking forward to your topics/posts e.t.c
Dear NomoreTruthplz,
Welcome! We are so VERY glad you found this site! And you are right, no one really understands the emotions of leaving the organization unless they have done it themselves. No doubt you will go through many different emotions. Like most of us here have, and continue to do. You have been through so much! I cannot imagine how hard it was for you with two little ones and virtually "No" support. It is easy to talk 'Love", but it is another thing to display it. As for your daughter, what I did with mine, who was very knowledgable at age 10, was we just told her, "We are finding out things that aren't true. And we know how much Jehovah hates a lie, so we need to check out everything. Making sure that what we are doing is pleasing to him." I realize that your daughter is much younger, but she will be alright. I agree with the other poster who said to be honest. It is a good thing for her to see that even as adults, we can make mistakes, and admit them and move on. Hang in there, you are among friends here, and those who really care!
Sincerely,
Lady Lady
Welcome Nomoretruthplease!
Anewme
Welcome
Welcome to the board!
Welcome. And congratulations on finding the courage to leave 2 abusive relatioships! That's incredible. May you find healing and peace.
tall penguin
Welcome to the board.
This board has been very helpful to me over the last couple of years.There are so many amazing and intelligent people here it's amazing we were actually jw's at one time.
Goldminer
Welcome! We are glad you found us.
Thank you all for the welcome. You are right I need to be honest with my daughter it's just that right now I have not decided what to celebrate and what not to. I have let her celebrate birthdays at school but as far as Halloween, Christmas and Easter I am undecided. The thing that makes it harder is my mom still tells her about how she doesn't celebrate and my daughter loves going to meetings and attends with my mom sometimes. I don't want to stop her from something she likes that I no longer want, but I'm sure one of these times she will mention something they won't like and I hope they don't begin to treat her differently then. I have really avoided discussing it with my daughter due to my own confusion but you're right for her sake I will have to talk openly about it to her.
welcome and thanks for sharing your story
