I had been lurking for a few weeks here. I had been an inactive JW for about 10 years at that point, and had been investigating Catholicism for about a year.
I came to JWD from the Timothy Campbell site Beyond Jehovah's Witnesses. I was looking for all the reasons the JWs had to be wrong, so I could convince my husband and children.
I found Leolaia and Amazing and Cabasillas and Atlantis and Narkissus and others whose great research gave me so much to ponder about. I also found Jeff Schwehm and The Fellowship of Catholic Ex-Jehovah's Witnesses (http://www.catholicxjw.com ). I found out that I was not alone!
The same day that I joined as a member here, I attended my first Roman Catholic Mass and wrote about it here:
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/7/123813/2188952/post.ashx#2188952 .
This past March at the Easter Vigil (which this year was also the night of the JW Memorial), I was baptized, confirmed, and received my first Holy Communion.
This Board has meant a lot to me. I will miss the interactions and especially the newbies when it becomes archive only. It helped me bridge the gap from XJW to Ex-XJW (if you know what I mean).
Pax,
Ruth