Although she has posted once here herself (Ange 2.0), I would like to introduce everyone to my sister Ange. Up until a week ago, I had not spoken to her for 5+ years after I DA'd. We are both 3rd generation with hard core parents (just hard core attitudes, not hard core JW activity). When I left, she urged me to "come to my senses and return to Jehovah." Since that time, she has had a wonderful boy who is bright, loving and curious. As a dedicated mother, she began to be disturbed by what she was required to teach him.
It's one thing to swallow the tripe yourself. It's entirely another to have to pass it on to another generation that is the center of your life. If you recall, that was exactly what prompted me to take a hard look at my beliefs after 34 years.We are both from the Chicago area and hopefully she will be meeting many of you at the local Metups for support and encouragement.
Just a word to all those with family still trapped: Don't give up hope. I sat here year after year reading many of your wonderful experiences of family escaping the cult and thought it would never happen to me. But it did and now I have my baby sister out and a wonderful nephew I had never met.
Life is a funny old dog.
Matt