The feeling I have for our New "Brotherhood" of Apostates

LyinEyes

I am sure I am speaking for all of us here when I say that I have never felt so much love and understanding as I do right now.

The wedding of PRCapone and Jesika, has really touched my heart. Two people who found each other with a common background.....two people who will go on with their lives free of the JW chains and can truly be happy.

I think of all the hard work the "sisters" put into making the wedding beautiful, the flowers, the rose petels, the dress, the cake, the little special touches. I still think of you all as my brothers and sisters and I realize that Jehovah's Witnesses did not coin that term , so I can use it as much as I like.....lol.

There are many apostofest gatherings going on this summer, even little mini ones,,,,,,,and soon there will be one in Greenbay,,,,, I know everyone who can attend will have a blast and come home with that feeling of friendship and love. I really wish we could make it, but hopefully we can get to that part of the country and have time to visit and get to know some up that way better.

The first apostofest I attended was at the home of Valis,,,,,,,he made us feel so at home and so welcomed, like we had known each other all of our lives. The others that we met,,,,,,,,it was the same feeling, we all shared so much in common and laughed at all the JW things we went thru, and we cried at alot of the JW things we went thru. It was an instant connection that will forever be there .

Jes and PR, are coming to stay with us for a few days, and I am sure we will get to know them even better,,,,,I can't wait to have them down. It is just a good feeling knowing you have friends that you can count on when you need them and that they think enough of you to come to your house and spend time with you.

Getting to know all of you, and the ones we have not met face to face , has brought us so much joy in our lives. We now know what we were missing all those lonely years in the borg. I no longer miss the emotional attachments I had with the borg because of missing people. I have found so many more wonderful people to share my life with , and I thank you all for that. Without you , it would have been so hard to leave it all behind. Our lives are fuller, happier and it is exciting to think of all the new ones we will get to know and all the ones we will get to know better.

This is just me feeling full of love and being a little sentimental on this day after a beautiful wedding....but I really do love you all and thank you for your friendships.

All my love,,,,,,,,,,,you sister in apostacey,,,,,,,,,,,,,Dede

Lady Lee

Dede You are one awesome lady

Yes it is a special fellowship. One that is greatly needed considering how much some of have lost to be free.

Family for many of us are those we adopt. And let's face it there are more and more of us to be adopted all the time

(((((((((((((((((Dede)))))))))))))

sf

Dede,

You have come so far from your days on about.com chat forum years ago.

I have WITNESSED you all along your journey. Glad you have enjoyed your 'ride'.

Take good care now, sKally

Big Tex

Beautiful Dede.

I hope you guys have a great time. We enjoyed having them spend the week here, and we were thrilled to be able to host their wedding. I was so glad I got the chance to get to know PR this week. He's a good guy and I hope they have many happy years together.

Hamas

I'm glad you have found love.

I love you all, man.

BLISSISIGNORANCE

I must say I agree with you LyinEyes.

Your words are very kind and sincere. That's the thing about this place and the people that make it up.................speaking from the heart with no reason other than to help and support. A far cry from the WTS.

Since being on this forum hubby and I have reunited with mr and mrs ozziepost after years of distance, and have met kelpie and hippikon. There is friendship, trust and love.

Thanks and love.

Bliss. (-:

cruzanheart

Yep, it's pretty cool what we have here! I think this is proof positive that we did belong to a cult, and not just a religion, because we all understand perfectly what each other is feeling because we've all been through the same things. But I think our bad experiences with the JWs have taught us to appreciate the very things we thought we had with the JWs: love, friendship, a bonding with a group of people who believe as we do. Except in this forum we are allowed to believe anything we want: we enjoy the viewpoints from Christians, agnostics, atheists, pagans, and everything in between, and it's all okay. I think we learn and grow from everyone on this board, even the trolls, because what we read teaches us self-examination and a grounding of our own selves instead of just believing what someone else tells us on pain of death.

Last night was wonderful -- not only was it a beautiful reflection of two persons' feelings for each other, it was a coming together of different people with a common purpose: to make a beautiful memory. And I think all of us there have beautiful memories of the evening, whether we were cutting up chicken, trying to open the *&^(*&* roast beef (thank you, Tres Happy!), washing strawberries (thank you, moreisbetter!), or sewing Jesika into her dress (twice -- thank you, EVERYBODY) -- you know, that's what made it special! It wasn't a "perfect" wedding, but it was absolutely wonderful.

Okay, here's the sewing Jesika into her dress story: that absolutely gorgeous dress she had on came from a friend of mine at my office. She was ecstatic to loan it to Jes (whom she has never met) because she is one of the nicest people I know and she likes to help anyone who needs it. Turns out her 6th wedding anniversary was YESTERDAY, and that was the dress she wore at her wedding six years ago. Anyway, while she and Jes are the same size, Jes has more curves (woo-woo) than she does, so the dress didn't quite fit. I've worked quite a few fashion shows and knew how to fix that little problem so, like Marilyn Monroe at JFK's wedding, we sewed her into the top half of the dress. The stitches evidently came loose on the veil, so when we were waiting impatiently downstairs for the processional to start, and nothing happened, and I stage-whispered up the stairwell "what's taking so long???" -- well, I thought Jennie said "they're ITCHING." I thought about that for a minute and then decided, oh, no, Jesika's got hives or something from nerves, so I went up the stairs only to find that Jennie had actually said "they're STITCHING" because the veil had come loose.

Anyway, the wedding went on, nothing came off that wasn't supposed to, and as you can see she looked like an angel.

And we had the adorable dogs OUTSIDE. I'm sure Ladybug would have loved to have been an auxiliary flower girl, but she'd been driving Jes nuts all week (Ladybug has a toe fetish and loves to stick her cold wet nose on the back of one's knees) so it seemed prudent to kick them out.

I have had more fun at Apostafests than at all the Witness parties -- oops, pardon me, "get-togethers" -- combined, so thank you, my brothers and sisters!

Love,
Nina

onacruse

<-----feeling warm and fuzzy inside.

I've talked with, and received personal messages from, several friends here in the last few days. I can't tell you all how much it means to me, to have caring and loving folks like you in my life.

You are a treasure.

Craig

Bills girl

I'm so new to this list and I'm not sure if it's okay to ask this..but here goes. Is there a place on this list to ask if there's a list of ex-jw's from Phx, Az? I can't be the only one from Phx. that's discovered that this so called religion is full of crap.

Since I was raised in Phx. since 6 yrs old and dragged into this cult at age 9 yrs old, a lot of people I went to school with and attended circuit ass'y with are there. I feel so alone here in Ga. and know no one here that's left this cult. Reading all your posts just makes me more lonely. If you can help me, I'd be so grateful...

outnfree

Firstly, (I'm sure Dede won't mind), Welcome to the Board, Bill's girl!

May I suggest that you post your message above in the Apostafests & Get Togethers forum, where "reunion" information is posted? If you are okay with it, you might post the names of those congregations with which you were associated in the past.

Also, you might try going to http://exjw.meetup.com/members/347 to see if you can hook up with the group listed there.

Secondly, (((((((((((((((((Dede))))))))))))))))), you are a sweetie for sure and make me feel so loved even though we hardly spoke at all in Dallas this past spring. There sure are many "keepers" here for friends among this JWD community, and I'm proud to have met so many of them and that they've let me into their lives.

Enjoy your visit with eric and jesika, and kiss them both Congratulations! for me, okay?

Love,

Brenda

The feeling I have for our New "Brotherhood" of Apostates

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