did you ever miss the memorial?

by freelife 35 Replies latest jw experiences

  • Special K
    Special K

    The last memorial I attended .. was the Last J.W. meeting I ever attended..

    Spring 1991....

    "I reprimanded for not taking two of my babies to the memorial..

    It was that waiting until sundown stuff.. and the memorial was LATE in the evening... and I hired a baby sitter....because I didn't want to haul a baby and toddler out of bed and drag them screaming and upset to a memorial of something they would never remember......

    I NEVER EVER WENT BACK.. AFTER THAT...I guess you could say it was "the last straw"...

    sincerely

    Special K

  • maxwell
    maxwell

    I went all my life attending the last one in the spring of 2002. I was born in April, and I'm not sure if the memorial during the year of my birth was in March or late April after my birth or even if my mom would have been up to going that year, but I'm sure I went every single year after that. A couple of my sisters missed it one year with the chicken pops. My dad bought this little low power FM transmitter (a kind of much smaller version of what they do for the hard of hearing at conventions now) and taped it to the podium and my mom drove up with my sisters and they stayed in the minivan and listened in on the radio.

  • willyloman
    willyloman
    The end result for me is no I am not going in, I'll take my chances and stand on my actions when I die. At least at one point in my life I will know the truth.

    Phil: The truth will set you free, dude.

    And this thread contains an abundance of truth about the "memorial."

  • Odrade
    Odrade

    Nope, never missed one... yet...

    I suppose when we don't attend this coming spring, the horse puckey will hit the fan...so much for fading.

    Odrade

  • codeblue
    codeblue

    The only Memorial I have ever missed so far was when my son was born.....Ironically, he was born on Easter...you can imagine how excited the hospital staff was, "oh, you have an Easter Baby"...

    Codeblue

  • Phil
    Phil

    Please excuse the ignorance but, what is the memorial for? How often does this happen?

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