ONE year ago!

Vivamus

Wow, today I suddenly realized just what day it was. Exactly ONE year ago, I decided I was no longer willing to be a witness. January 17, 2002 was the first day I stopped praying to a god I no longer had any faith in. Less then one month later I was disfellowshipped because of my actions after that decision. I have been thinking about what this year has meant to me, and I can help but feel extremely grateful. I have been given more love and support from my family and friends than I even could have imagined possible. It has been an emotional rollercoaster, and quite an exhausting trip at that. Looking back, reading in my diary, I realised just what an emotional messed up human being I was back then.... it's amazing I turned out so well, I have lived this year with a passion I did not have before, and have never been happier. Just wanted to share this with you.

LB

Time flies when you're living your life. Glad you got out when you did.

shera

Thanks for sharing that with us. I'm Glad to hear you have found happiness Viv.

Take care

email

Gosh... I wish I could remember the day I said to myself "this is all a crock"... it's been soooo long... and I always kept suppressing it... heck all I can remember is that the day of my last Bday I was sitting on the back room of the KH on a Judicial committee

I guess I can use my Bday to celebrate 2 occassions

Thanks for sharing Vivamus

beckyboop

Congratulations VIV!!! Isn't it great to be able to look back and see what we've accomplished after leaving? A year is a great milestone to reach, and the following years will be just as liberating. I just finished a letter to a friend who knows the religion is crap, but is at the in between stage. It's so hard to explain to her that it's worth all the stress on leaving--but it is. I hope she finds the strength to stick it out and find freedom.

Although I don't post often (I read more often than post), I noticed your posts almost as soon as I started in May. I have greatly enjoyed the various threads you've started, especially the picture thread. And even though it's been awhile since you're grandmother died, I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciated your words of love towards her. It really meant a lot to me because I was not informed by my own family when my grandmother passed away. They told me 3-4 weeks later!

Anyway, I hope you keep enjoying your new life of freedom. Hopefully my boyfriend and I will visit Amsterdam in June or July and maybe even get to meet you. I think we have some things in common...especially in the coffee shops. Until then,

Becky