by StinkyPantz2.0 14 Replies latest jw friends
I daydream about the conversation I'd have with my JW mother now that I am in my mid-thirties. I’d love for her to get to know me. What would she think of her grown up daughter?:
Mama, I'd like to introduce myself... (click here to read the rest of the letter).
You have achieved so much. Your mom should be proud x
Loved how you wrote your story. You have come a long way and done so much for others. The pain I can relate to you are not alone! I'm an Athiest also and proud of it To me it says I'm thinking not just believing what I was told and what most think I should believe. I'm not less moral or tainted and don't try to fix me! The "religious" need the fixing!
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STINKYPANTZ- Very nice story. Your mom should be very proud of you. I'm proud of you and I don't even know you ! You seem like a really cool, wonderful person. Congratulations on getting your education and accomplishing so much in your career and having a great relationship with your husband. Good for you !
I feel for you so much as my two adult JW daughters shun me as well for 9 years now and I wasn't allowed to walk them down the aisle when they married JW young men. I do hope that someday your JW mom will open her eyes to who you really are and lose her WT Society influenced prejudices. Please know that we are here for you as a friend and a support, O.K. ? Take care, niceto have you here on the board
As a parent it was painful to read, I hope someday you are able to connect with your mom again.
Bridget, if you were my daughter, I would be so proud of you I would be telling everybody I met. what a shame your mother is so brainwashed by this religion that she shuns you. The fact that you have done so well in life is amazing in of itself, but even more so when you consider that you had no help or support from your own mother. I hope you sent this to her so she can see what she missed out on.
Don't worry about shunning any children you may have - you would never do that, knowing how hurtful it is. You might want to consider adoption, or foster care, you and your husband would make wonderful parents, I'm sure.
As for your occasional insomnia, I always keep Benedryl on hand, it's safe and not habit forming. My doctor says it is safe to use. Getting a good night's sleep is so important, I can't function if I don't get my Zs, and it seems the older I get, the harder it is to get a good night's sleep.
Great letter!
Yes Designs, It was painful to read . Tears fell before I clicked the link
Stinkypantz, becuase of this farce of a religion, your mom has missed
out on a lot of joy. You both did
To disown a child is an unatural thing, yes, children can work your nerves
down to the very last wire. But it should take more than a difference on a belief
to abandon them
Jehovah's Witnesses always qoute love covers a multitude of sins
and yet that same love won't cover thier own children
.
It's not the right kind of love Was. It never was.
I haven't read the letter. I know it will hurt my heart. I might read it but in the meantime I'll hug and kiss my kids (and my inner child) a bit more.
Thank you for your story and I can't wait to read your book!
In my family it is the child (my sister) who has disowned her mother. My mother never has never known her grandbabies, and they are almost grown now.
