Today started off good, it's mother's day, I get breakfast in bed. Then I'm outside doing what I want to do, getting our trailer ready for camping season.
What I thought my hubby (xjw_b12) was doing in the meantime was wishing his mom a Happy Mother's Day, but he came out of the house and was a little on the off side. Instead of what I thought was he was doing and calling his mom, he caught a call from his mom instead, advising us that his uncle passed away on Friday, by taking his own life.
There is a long jw history here. and I'm sure xjw can englighten everybody. But his uncle was the baby of nine children, all brought up in the jw religion. A couple of the siblings chose not to take the jw path. His uncle, in turn, was disfellowshipped in his young life, although unbaptized at the time, due to smoking. He married a jw woman who has been a rock in his life, perservering through his health problems over the years never getting any support from his jw family. They've been together, married for 41 years!.
Okay, xjw's deceased uncle lives here in town. The majority of the jw family is here in town. The PO is his oldest brother. We don't even get a call!!!! The PO, oldest brother, (who I have to mention would not marry us because xjw was not baptiized at the time) calls his non jw brother in Alberta who in turns calls xjw"s mom out in B.C. and then she calls us back here in Ontario, to give us the bad news.
Needless to say this has been a day. More will follow as events here in town evolve. I will keep you posted, but this is a trying and maddening time right now.
This professsed CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATION OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES, can't even have the decency to call us of this tragedy. And my own jw parents who are here and in the congreation couldn't call me.
WHERE IS THEIR FRIGGIN' LOVE THEY PROFESS TO HAVE??????
cj