"Mama, I’d Like to Introduce Myself" - A blog post by ex-JW Author

by cofty 4 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  cofty

  Ex-JW Bridget R. Gaudette has posted an article in which she daydreams about the conversation she would love to have with her JW mother.

  It is a brilliant and moving piece that also featured on the Richard Dawkins Foundation website yesterday.

  Please make sure you click on the link at the end of the article for an excellent audio interview about her JC and subsequent treatment by her family.

  Hi Mama, I’m Bridget Gaudette, your 34-year-old daughter. We haven’t talked much the last dozen or so years. I know it’s because I rejected my religious upbringing and you felt you had to choose between god and me. I was young then.. just figuring things out in life and I really needed you. It doesn’t make me mad anymore. I just miss you. It occurred to me today that you don’t know ME. You probably still think of me as the aloof and angsty teenage girl who thought she knew-it-all, but in reality didn’t know a damn thing.

  I’m a woman now and I think it’s about time you learned what your only daughter has become more....

  Bridget is also co-authoring a book called "Grieving For The Living: Effects of Disownment in Adulthood” in which she explains the trauma of abandonment from the perspective of 20 individuals from a variety of backgrounds.
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  Dagney

  I read this article and thought it was outstanding. Although the interest in anything JW is less than we like to believe, it's quality like this that will garner respect the exJW's, and negative feelings toward the printing company cult.

  Well done Bridget.
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  NeverKnew

  Bridget,

  You have every reason to be proud of yourself. I'm really hoping you connect with them.

  Cofty,

  I read your post on the letter from your parents. I'm incredibly proud of you for taking the first step. I plan on remaining optimistic for you. :)
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  smiddy

  Thnx for posting that Cofty any normal parent would be very proud of her,however I couldnt see anything about her on the R.Dawkins site.

  My lovely daughter in law has also been shunned by her parents and siblings these past 12 years because she stopped attending meetings, very sad

  smiddy
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  cofty

  If you missed it please have a listen to the excellent interview at the end of the article. The interviewer's incredulity at judicial process is priceless.

  Smiddy - Sorry I should have said it was on the Dawkins Facebook page

  http://www.facebook.com/RichardDawkinsFoundation?hc_location=stream