by now most here have read the terrible story of a pregnant witness, theresa giarrano, who was murdered for her unborn child.
the story appeared in vogue magazine shortly after the events took place; it is only now, 10 months later, that the awake (july 22, 2001 issue) has published anything about this tragedy.
though the story is "as told by" theresa's father, james giarrano, it is such a twisted piece of exploitation that i can only believe a ghost writer or collaborator is behind it.
Dedalus,
Thanks for posting this. I agree with you 100%, it is not a healthy way to deal with grief....at all. I would be willing to bet money that within 1 year, the mother, father and husband will be suffering depression or a mysterious illness. Then the brothers will encourage them to attend more meetings....then the depression will deepen...then they will be marked as spiritually weak....and you know the rest of the story. How sad
Think41self
i'm gearing up to get out of this protected, "inaccessible" apartment complex with its remote-cammed, sensor-driven gate and security patrol.
i'm moving to a house.
one in a residential neighborhood, with other houses around and a 7-11 on the corner and a mall a few blocks away and couples on saturday walking very slowly carrying bookbags.. i was reading roamingfeline's post, "do you know how to wait," in which she described an encounter with a new, nervous witness.
Comf,
ROTFPMP,
That is too funny to imagine! I have been tempted myself to try to talk to them if they come to my door, but hadn't really given much thought to how I would go about introducing sensitive subjects.
But the more I think about it...what a perfect opportunity...maybe the ONLY opportunity, to introduce little seeds of doubt into a dedicated Witness mind. When they are calling on an interested person, their guard is down, they are open to hearing about the other person...they even EXPECT to hear about their previous religion..or to answer questions about theirs!
Great idea...I can't do it in the town I live in now...hehehe...I'm sure our house has been marked on the territory card as APOSTATE HOUSE...for God's sake don't go there! But maybe when we move.
Tracy
i had a message to call my mom this afternoon when i got home.
her voice concerned, she said "michael, please call us as soon as you can, we heard you may have been hurt".
i called back to find out what was going on.
Slayer,
How wild that you know my Aunt Erline and Uncle Don..and Grandma Audrey. Dana is right, they are the best of the bunch in our screwed up family.
You mentioned Clay and Cheryl McMahan, Clay is my cousin...and I gotta warn you...he is one screwed up pervert. I wouldn't let your kids spend the night over there if you still live near them. Cheryl is a sweet girl, but co-dependent as hell and wouldn't pull her own child out of the fire if the elders or her husband told her not to.
My cousin Erica is still a beautiful girl...but alas, we will not stay in touch. Her mother, my Aunt Edna, has been married and df'd so many times, even I can't keep up. Very screwed up family. I'm with Dana, now I miss my grandma a little bit...oh well....
If you still live anywhere near them, that means you also live near my mom and dad and brother. If so, her name is Penny and his name is John. While my mom is sweet....my brother is a psycho....so you are forewarned. God, it's a small world!! Pretty cool
Tracy
i was raised a poor white child in the deep south...ok, florida, where i still am.
i was the typical slightly self righteous witness, miss goody goody, left school at 16 to pioneer, which i did for 4 years, met a guy and married him.
he had 2 kids from a previous marriage and we had 2 kids of our own.
BEW,
You found your soul mate, as I did.
Well, Dana told me last night that if I ever let Doug get away, she will personally come over and "bitch slap" me, so I think I will keep him. Knowing him has helped her learn what real men are like, and restored her faith in them a little bit, I think.
So, tallyho the fox! (don't know why I said that)
Tracy
thread, and i just didn't want anyone to miss it and taking the liberty of positioning it here.
a warm welcome, wolfy.
we know where you are, and where you've been in jwdom.
Hi wolfy
Lot's of Canadian's hanging out on this cool board!
Isn't it shameful how we ALL have a story of how the JW's messed our lives up...and the residual anger.
We're here for you buddy, sounds like you are taking that anger and funneling it in a healthy direction, ie "my kids are going to college or University and I couldn't give two shits what anyone says".
You go Wolfy.....wooohooo
Tracy
i just wanted you to have an update.
justin's mom is out.
of icu and doing remarkably well.
Hi Es,
I am so glad you have some good news...it's about time, eh?
Take care and keep us posted how YOU are doing too.
Tracy
by popular demand, i am yielding to pressure, to tell a story about our very own veniceit.. in march, venice and her parents were visiting us here in washington state, and we all had dinner at our daughter's home one evening.
(my daughter posts here as princess) princess's son, 4 years old, was quite taken with venice and was showing her around the house.
he was going up the stairs ahead of her, and turned around, face first at her rather, ummm, er, ample?
Wooohooo Vennie!
"Ample" eh? Well there is nothing wrong with that, sweetie
And Mulan, yes, you handled it delicately.
Tracy
i'm sure you can guess from my name that i am amazing's daughter.
i am a stay at home mom of four and i have been married for 8.5 years.
my ils are still jws.
Hi AmazingProgeny,
Cute moniker
Your dad has helped a lot of people with his posts, I think. I am so glad that you came out together...as a family...mostly.
Seems like more and more family members are joining this board, it's so cool.
Hope you have a good time here, and make lots of new friends. That is what I have done. Since my husband travels in his business, he has had opportunities to meet some different ones from the board..and I hope to also. We have some new Australian friends from here that we are just dying to get together with! Hopefully soon. We are going to try to meet up with another from our area this weekend...I will report on it to you all!
Take care, Tracy
i would love it if any other gay witnesses would e-mail [email protected]'m new to this whole discussion group thing so don't make fun of m :-p but um, i have a lot to say about the whole being a gay jw thing....but don't want to say it here, lol so just e-mail me.. hope to talk to you soon.. sod
Hi Star
Just wanted to welcome you to the board!
Feel free to post on any subject, not just gay related issues. I think you will find that most of us got over our judgemental thinking when we left the borg, and now accept people for who they are.
Tracy
i was raised a poor white child in the deep south...ok, florida, where i still am.
i was the typical slightly self righteous witness, miss goody goody, left school at 16 to pioneer, which i did for 4 years, met a guy and married him.
he had 2 kids from a previous marriage and we had 2 kids of our own.
(((((((((Bugeye's Wife, Miss Incognito))))))))))))))
LOL....yes, I was a despicable self righteous prig! But there was still kindness in my heart!
I too am glad that I out grew that...I was missing out on so much in life! And all it took was some pain and suffering in my own adult life to help me realize it...hey, what's a little pain, eh?
Seriously though...you said in another thread that you would like to have a sister like me(now that I am converted, ). That is the wonderful thing about this board, I feel I have made more friends here, true friends, than I EVER did at a Kingdom Hall.
So BEW, consider yourself adopted...Sister of my Heart
I greatly look forward to getting to know you and your wonderful family better. You are married to a gentle soul, I think, and you two sound like you were meant to be together.
Tracy
