What the heck. I'm sitting here with idle time having just been outside playing with my three dogs (one is a pup). Came upstairs to see if I had any pms and I did. So, while sitting here and giving an answer to Crumpet I decided to write down how I'm feeling - WONDERFUL!
OK, so what's so great about that? Well, for the newbies here I'd been battling cancer for three years and was virtually on my death-bed at one point. The people here helped sustain me - along with some great doctoring and nursing and a loving wife and kids - and I came through. The past three weeks have been the best I've felt in three years. I'm still under the hospital but I feel cured. I'm happy. Very happy.
I've been out of Watchtower for 4 years (last February) and so have my wife, two sons and one daughter. I still have one daughter still in and she has nothing to do with my family and I. My story is here: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/9/47295/1.ashx
I'm an atheist now but still very spiritual ( I believe we are one with the universe and am currently reading God is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens). I have many friends here, both Religious and Atheist, and that's the way it should be. I'm seriously looking forward to LT, Xena and Bethany dropping by in July.
I'm a journalist by profession and my hobbies are mainly to do with conserving wildlife, especially British, which is why I've built a wildlife garden consisting of two meadows, one spring and the other summer, a hedgerow consisting of two hundred trees (purchased as saplings 4 years ago) and a pond with frogs and newts in. I only work part-time due to being incapacitated when I was ill, so my my beloved wife, Claire, works full-time and keeps me in the luxuries I've become accustomed to
I'm due to be readmitted into hospital any time so I can't guarantee I'll be able to post here as often as I used to, but I'm informed there are possibly computers on the ward so maybe I'll be able to after all.
This is a wonderful site for anyone struggling with JW-related issues. I hope mine and other's stories here have inspired you that there truly is life after Watchtower. It isn't an easy journey but the terminus is well worth reaching!
My son, Dominic, has just brought me a coffee and a cake, so I'll take a break. Ahhhhh, this is the life.............................
Ian