The WT calling shunning a DFed person an act of holiness is disgusting. Unfortunately I thought it was "loving" to do so for many years. I'm so thankful to have been awakened. To know what an act of love and kindness really is, sympathy, empathy and respect. You know the saying you never know what you have until it's gone? Well, that can work the other way around as well. I finally know what I never had since its been gone from my life: freedom!
To all of us that have lost loved ones, it really does feel like a death loss at times, doesn't it, may we find love and compassion from one another. May we appreciate an act of kindness when given to us, and realize, through loss, what love really means: unconditional.