I'm posting here to say farewell to a friend who for all I know died a JW. This won't be easy because I'm crying as I post this. I lost touch with this friend maybe 20 or more years ago and didn't know she had died until today. I found out today that she'd been abused until she was 16 and that abuse led to her death due to the medial problems that it caused.
She is survived by one daughter.
Maranda, I loved you then and love you now. You were a dear friend and meant the world to me. You were the first crush I had as a little kid, you were like a sister to me as a teen, and now you're both the sister I never had and that long lost love that never happened all at once now that I just learned the sad news.
If only someone had known, if only someone had done something before it was too late.
But no one did and now you're no longer with us. You're with Jesus now and I can only wait for that day when I can again see your smile.