So much has happen over the pass years since I posted on this forum. Three years ago I posted my first topic about my mother, she passed away recently. It still hurts to lose a mother, someone who gave you birth and raised you the best she could. I don't have any regrets how she tried to give me some direction about God, in fact I admired my mother for being a religious woman. It doesn't mean I have to agree with her religion. Taking care of my elderly mother over the years, I became the parent and she became the helpless child. This has humble me and now I know what to expect when I grow old. Her last days on earth were not spend in a hospital but with family who loved her, my sisters and I watched her as she passed away like a fading flower. I will never forget her sense of humor and the way she finally made peace with God.
What I found odd was that the JW's hardly ever came over to visit my mother. Some of JW members who knew that I was taking care of my elderly mother would avoid me when they saw me. The irony was that the Mormons offered to clean my yard and wash dishes, and other Christians offered to come over to sit and watch my mother.
The last time my mother went to the Kingdom Hall was last year for Memorial. My JW sister took our mother and she was so depress for weeks. I found out my mother thought she was not good enough to be part of the JW's, to me the JW's discarded her as non-active member and to make it worse my mother quit contributing money to this religion.
Later when it came to my mother's funeral and burial. Two of my JW sisters refused to attend my mothers' funeral and burial. They made a big argument about this in a family meeting and got all the non-JW relatives upset. So they made other arrangements with the JW's to have a memorial done at the Kingdom Hall. Since most of my mom's relatives are not JW's, they couldn't understand why my JW sisters acted like that. They only said that JW sisters will regret not going to their mothers' funeral later on in their lives. The non-JW relatives we planned and arranged my mothers' funeral the way where everyone can pay their respects. Like what they say funerals are for the living not the dead.
