My Mother died at 58 age(20 years ago); because, she wouldn't have a blood transfusion. Thanks to a wacko cult!!!
Philip
Tell Me About Your Jehovah's Witness Mother...If You had One!
by new boy 29 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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R.F.
My mother is one of the smartest, sweetest, caring, loving persons you'd ever come across.
She was introduced to the JW religion some 30 years ago by a relative. Mom has never gotten baptized.
Even though my father tried to raise us in what seemed to be the most strict way, mom tried her best to bring some normality into my siblings' and my childhood.
She's had a few health problems recently and one I thought could be potentially very life-threatening, as some of you may remember by past threads, but she's pulled through wonderfully.
R.F.
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Superfine Apostate
my mother is the greatest mom on earth, if you know what i'm talking about. sadly she's sacrificing most of her time to the old creeps in brooklyn by serving as a pioneer. since she started pioneering she wont stop talking about field service on any occasion. it's hard to have a normal conversation without drifting into the pioneering part.
but i know i cannot change that, and she seems to be happy with it - so what. at least she's not one of those who follow the society to the letter. she'd never stop talking with her disfellowshipped family members (but you can guess what topic always comes up). and she'd have her own thoughts about many things. but she got her own twisted JW theology that would never make her leave. -
bigmouth
Nasty piece of work. Manipulator, weeper. People love her when they first meet her but if she thinks you've crossed her that's it.
I think she died about 10 or 11 years ago. She died the way she lived. I looked at her corpse in the hospital. She was stiff and her face was drawn down in a grimace. No smile lines visible. -
freefly
How about my JW step mother?
Sweetest lady on the surface but in 26 yrs. knowing her she never once showed compasion for myself or her grandsons, re: she acted lovely and nice, but no action/ no time spent with her grandsons, no family bonding, no family outings, no action of caring, no expresion of love or hugs, no attachment re: no relationship. In fact she never once tried to witness to me, in conversation would only talk about the weather, the plants in her yard, her cats...(she cared more for her 9 stray cats than any of us.)
Grandpa left her many years ago (he is definately not JW)- My ex was raised with his father fighting with his mother due to her concept of belief. Her son is now my ex-partner (we lived common-law 26 yrs.) and a baptised JW- separating himself from his family.
When the boys were young they loved playing (normal) They had He Man swords and would raise them shouting......."He Man"..."power of the universe". She told them that Jehovah was the power of the universe- so they replaced with "Jehovah"..."power of the universe." I mentioned to her that I was the parent and she had no business teaching her concept of belief to them. I felt there was absolutely no harm in them having imaginary hero's and playing out fantasies. That was it- she decided I was not worthy and neither were her grandsons. I truly know I could never in my life cut off a bond with my grandchildren, as she has. Conditional love is all she will allow herself to give- my sons father will only visit with his boys now if that visit consists of him witnessing to them- re: conditional love.........separation of their relationship.
freefly
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Bonnie_Clyde
I loved my mother more than anyone in the world. She was baptized but never enthused about FS and only went out when my father did. She attended all the meetings, but didn't answer often. She just couldn't bring herself to join the Ministry School because it made her nervous to be on the platform. She was generous--she and my father opened up their home to circuit and district overseers and had congregation picnics on their property. Everybody said they loved her. That's why it hurt so much when she got sick and Alzheimers began to take over, her friends dropped out of sight. They didn't have time to even visit her even though she only lived 2 minutes from the KH.
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new boy
So more tidbits
My mother hated and distrusted men (I wonder why/sex abuse?) She hated my father, me and my 2 year old son. Loved my sister and my 5 year old daughter. The last thing she did before she died is buy my daughter 8 gifts and my son 1.
She left my father many times. When school was over she would take us kids and live somewhere else, Kansas, Hawaii......thousands of miles away, a for three months. She would show back up right before school started again. Most the time she would never tell my father we were leaving. He would just come home from work one day and there would be a note on the table with his favorite home made pie.....The note would say "I'm leaving you.....you bastard."
What a nut job.....This wonderful woman, is the same one that thought the Jehovah's Witness was a good idea.
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ex-nj-jw
My mother -
I don't even know where to start. My mother (and father) became JW's prior to my birth, she pioneered, cooked for the CO always went to meetings. But she was mean, vindictive and hatefull towards me and my siblings that were not her favorite's. She had her favorite children the boys, how you play favorite's with your children is beyond me but she did it. If my father beat my brother (her favorite) I was sure to get a beating sometime that day for something by my mother. It didn't matter if I deserved it or not, she'd do it just to get back at him. The only girl that can do no wrong is my youngest sister, she is the golden child!
She would smile and be friendly while in the presence of other JW's but she was evil to the bone at home. She would demean everything my dad did or said, she couldn't stand him and she let us know it too. I can't remember her ever having something nice to say about my dad, no affection towards him at all. He would try to kiss her on the neck or hug her and she'd push him away and give him the nastiest look. She always talked bad to us about him. I really felt and still do feel sorry for him.
One last thing about my mother - when I got pregnant with my oldest son she told me that I'd never be anything more than a whore having baby after baby. I would have never had you if I knew you'd turn out to be a whore - Her exact words. Well she was wrong and that is the sweetest revenge!
nj
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VoidEater
Mary Poppins - practically perfect in every way. Almost a mystery why she would pick my dad.
Emotionally pretty mature, bright, beautiful singing voice, beautiful, loving, caring, compassionate. Not an abstract thinker as such. Practical. Not quite as demonstrative in affection as I might have liked.
Patient. Tells you what she really thinks. Honest.
Surccessfully survived a home of religious fervor and sexual abuse - her mom basically sacrficed her sister but saved her from the worst of the predations of her father.
Has almost 100% treated me with love and respect (there was one incident that freaked her out that she could have handled better). Seems a pretty good track record.
...OUTLAW