To Everyone:
THANK YOU! I can tell some of you can really understand my pain for my son, and you all understand the freedom and joy that I am feeling, the burdens of guilt being lifted, finally, off of me. That isn't to say I don't think we should feel any guilt, after all, that is what we have a conscience for!
My kids are 7,8, and 12, the oldest being super smart and way beyond his years. I read to him something I found the other day about Libra's, that is what he and I both are (if you believe in that stuff) It talked about Libras being very intuitive, that we can tell truth from lies and go with our intuition about things and are usually right. I told him that was us, and I feel in my heart that something isn't right about JW's and he should listen to his heart, too. He is a lot like me, trying to "straddle both sides of the fence" as they put it, having friends in the world, getting involved in sports, activities at school, etc., and I know he would never want to give all that up for a miserable life.
My mom came over today, just to say HI, and I could see her looking around at my Xmas stuff, I know it was hard for her, but she didn't say anything about it. My daughter showed her a Bday present she got the other day, and my mom didn't say anything about that either. Who knows, maybe she is thinking. My dad is an elder, though, and really they don't have any life out of the JW world, so for her, it would be much harder to leave. I will just keep hoping there is doubt in her heart, she is the one who put so much of it in mine anyway. She has never been happy with things.
Well, thanks again, and Happy Holidays to everyone, enjoy all the fun stuff right now!
Krissy