Today is my one year anniversary at JWD :-)
I was lurking here for a couple of weeks before that, but I joined a year ago today.
One of the first people who welcomed me was "fullofdoubtnow". Oh well...
The same day that I registered here, I attended my first Roman Catholic Mass. I am now in RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation), and will be baptized at the Easter Vigil this coming Spring.
I've made good friends on this board. I have yet to get together in person, but I've spoken to several people on the telephone and they are real people *hah*. I hope to meet some XJWs in person next summer. Jeff Schwehm is planning a Catholic XJW Conference next July.
I am on myspace - http://www.myspace.com/rleone3 . If you want to add me, you need to know that my last name is Leone.
I have started to tell the story of my journey from 5th generation JW to ethical agnostic to Roman Catholic. I am writing the story in installments. The first few are found here: http://nanaruthann.blogspot.com .
Thanks to everyone here who helped me to recover from a lifetime of JW indoctrination and find freedom in Jesus Christ. Even those of you who don't believe in God or in the Bible have helped in your own way -- you made me realize that I really did not want to be you ;-)
Love to all,
Ruth aka NanaR