i have started this, then restarted it, and it still sucks to even write this out - but my younger sister passed away unexpectedly last saturday (on my birthday).
i am going through all the grieving emotions, but there is more to the story that i could never and would never talk about to anyone that didn't understand the jw rhetoric.
so...here i am.. my sister has had borderline personality disorder (bpd) for as long as i can remember.
My sister in law has BPD. She's put my inlaws through hell. Dropping them from her life just as their son, my husband, died. She's even rejected her own child. She's been so cruel to them so I can relate a little.
You are going through the hell of raw grief. Just breathe and do the best you can. A cliche I know but take one day or one hour at a time. That feeling that they've just suddenly vanished off the face of the earth is hard! Hang in there. We're here if you want to vent more.
I understand that the OP is being ironic but I think JWs are unique in that people think they're harmless. They come to the door or stand at the carts smartly dressed and have a respectable look about them.
People think they're nuts but harmless. They don't connect them with cults that break up families and use young people as cheap labour. Even with years of kids dying for lack of a blood transfusion or even recent child abuse news. This is the most dangerous thing about them, they seem so benign and I think that is probably unique for a cult.
so i use to go this hall that was basically 100 percent white and basically anyone under the age of 40 has either faded or makes a token effort to keep the peace at home, of course outside of the usual dregs of society .
the hall went from two congs to one and i was quite happy that in ten years they would be lights out.
then in the last two years about six young filipino families have moved in and three of them are newly baptized .
Is the Philippines a third world country? My daughter went to school and is still friends with a boy from the Philippines. He went to Oxford to study medicine and is a qualified doctor now.
i was just looking at some happy holidays / xmas cards some of us sent each other at the close of 2016 of the cards i received only a few of them have your jwn name on them ,the other `s gave me their real names which i cant reveal here.. however this post is for everybody that is on this forum not just to the few i`m referring to.just to clarify .. and i was going to send greetings to you all this year for 2020.. one was from hawaii.
milwaukee.
berlin.
Thanks Jan I was very upset. They are part of the family and family members are few and far between for exJWs aren't they?
It sounds like a fun comedy at The Garrick, have a lovely evening.
i was just looking at some happy holidays / xmas cards some of us sent each other at the close of 2016 of the cards i received only a few of them have your jwn name on them ,the other `s gave me their real names which i cant reveal here.. however this post is for everybody that is on this forum not just to the few i`m referring to.just to clarify .. and i was going to send greetings to you all this year for 2020.. one was from hawaii.
milwaukee.
berlin.
I enjoyed seeing my daughter Jan, thanks for asking. Unfortunately my cat died after going missing on the 23rd. When I buried him under my holly tree I turned round on my way back down the garden and noticed a robin hopping around looking for insects in the disturbed soil. I though yeah life goes on.
Have a lovely evening. I know Lichfield, my MIL lives near there. Are you going to the Garrick?
he has been “impeached “.
will he be convicted in the senate?
is he so “damaged goods” that he is ineffectual?
Will he be convicted in the Senate?
I doubt it, even the BBC here have said on many news items he's been impeached but it's unlikely he'll be convicted because it's a mainly Republican senate.
so having spent xmas day and boxing day on my own (which has actually been really enjoyable) it has given me time to reflect on how fortunate i am to be free of the jehovah’s witness cult!
i would previously been guilted into going door knocking on xmas day and would have been half heartedly preparing for a thursday night meeting/indoctrination session which i didn’t want to be at.
heres to all the folks still stuck in the cult that secretly want to leave - i’m thinking of you as i’m sure many others on this site are, and we’re all here to help you pick up the pieces when you eventually take the plunge and leave the abusive relationship that the cult has with you.. happy festive everyone and special thanks to those that supported me when i left..
Happy Christmas Farmer Jim1. I'm glad you've enjoyed your alone time. Yeah it's so great not to have to do FS on Christmas Day. Surprisingly some people were really nice to offering us sherry and mince pies. There are some lovely people around, Not having to drag yourself to a meeting this evening, freedom is sweet isn't it?
the noble fir.
the fir tree stands silently in the corner of our living room: proud, erect, strong.
even unadorned, it is beautiful.
Happy Christmas JP!
i`m thinking of "the life of brian " .
chevy chase and one or two of his" vacation" movies .
i will give a miss on mel gibsons "the passion of christ" ?
I love the Life of Brian. Happy Christmas Smiddy!
the great cycles of our life.. everything is moving and with the moving comes change...everything changes.
another cycle is over.
beginnings and endings.
Namaste! Cool Yule! Eat drink and be merry.
