VirusHead - Mutating bits of contagious discourse, because language is a virus.

My birthday was yesterday and Oh! I love birthdays now. I love holidays. I love celebration and joy.
Every celebration heals my soul, even now. After all this time, there’s a small part of me that is making up for all those missed celebrations of my JW childhood.
I am sorry that I have not been posting [...]

Here’s a turnaround. I’m asking readers for your viewpoint and advice.
Something very upsetting happened last night and I’m trying to understand where things broke down, how I should evaluate the whole thing, and what - if anything - I should do about it.
Background: We’ve been friendly with a family in the neighborhood for a [...]

Ok, I think I’ve got my photos ready to go here…. They’ll stand in for a travelogue. I’ll just make a couple of notes here and there. More than anything else, I think I most enjoyed meeting and talking with all of the people we encountered at various places. I don’t really have the energy [...]

This is more like it…
Beauty in My Friend’s Death by Paula Gordon at The Huffington Post
Elizabeth Fox-Genovese is how the world knew her, a scholar and intellectual. It was Betsey I knew. Our friendship was a practice in an unfashionable truth — people need not agree to be steadfast, life-long, dear friends.
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Over the [...]

I fear I have lost a dear friend, who was a JW in her youth, it was not her choice, but her mother’s. I have tried to be open and loving towards her, but just recently she has entered into an adulterous relationship, while she is still living with her ex husband and their [...]

“Ask a Former JW” Mailbox:
Hi, I like this girl, I won’t name her, she is a JW. She recently graduated from High School as #2 in her class. I am a grade below her. Anyways, she took an secretary position at the school instead of going to college. And she has a sister who [...]

This testimony letter gives a glimpse into some of the recurring issues. Thanks for sending and giving your permission to post, Angela!
I was raised by parents who converted to Jehovah’s Witnesses (from the Catholic religion) when I was five years old (I am now 32). My father is an elder and he and my mother [...]