FreeFall

This week was very difficult for our family. Our teenage daughter got into some pretty bad trouble at school. It brought heart breaking consequences to a good girl who made some bad choices, costing her things she had worked very hard for.

My main emotion has been sorrow for my daughter. It's a tough life lesson I know she will learn and bounce back from-but it's hard for us to see the pain she's in. She is deeply remorseful and wishes she could "rewind" to a week ago.

I had to go to the school to drop off something the other day. I ran into the main teacher involved in the situation. My stomach clenched into knots as I awaited the thrashing I thought was comming.

He walked me outside to my car and was so matter of fact about what had happened. He even related how he had done something similar when he was a teenager. He said how everyone involved wants her back in her activities next year and cares for her. They hope she can put it behind her. I actually felt healed after talking to him. (I know that expression might make some of you gag, but none the less- I really did feel healed)

Friends at school have made sure to have lunch with my daughter and everyone seems to be rooting for her.

I realized later that I had been expecting us to be treated as if we had been labeled MARK AND AVOID.

Anyone else find themselves surprised when there isn't an over reaction to something you or your kids have done? When people actually empathize with you?

Yeah, I definitely still have that end of the world thinking from the Way at times. They actually discouraged empathy. Pretty sick, imo.

-FreeFall

Hey luna_woods,

Welcome. I was raised on the same songs. They're pretty darn catchy. I'll find myself humming them every now and then as well.

-FreeFall

Thanks guys.

Thanks for the invite, but it is my dream to make the Way, rewrite their books.

With the help of a lot people, I been laying out some sold reasonings of word,

I think it would be dishonest on my part to take these reasonings some place

else? Maybe these reasonings don't have a leg to stand on, but maybe they do;

but Christine Hayes is the Way's wake up call, if they dare rewrite their books,

what they need has already been reasoned out in the Cafe? If you know anyone

researching the word on them other forums, invite them here to help us reason

the word, thanks.

lol. funny stuff.

Hey all,

I'm glad I'm here, and I hope I don't come off as rude, but do you all know of other forums as well as greesespot for ex-way people or ex-cult folks to chat about stuff like we do here?

Thanks,

FreeFall

Hi all,

I don't really have anyone to share my experiences with, so thanks for giving an ear.

Going backwards,

Much of my immediate family is in offshoots of some kind. One of them is pretty isolated and seems to have lost a bit of his sanity being faithful to the Word. He only goes to meetings once a month. Another two others run "fellowships." They tell me about how great it is that their new people are speaking in tongues. I cringe inside but smile and pretend to share their joy. The only other one is into more new age religion and knows its all nuts. She got hooked on painkillers after breaking away at fifteen.

I left a couple years back, but things have been tough. I was raised to be a hardcore believer - homeschooled and all - and shied away from "the world" as best I could. I wish I had watched more TV though, it would be nice to be more in tune with pop culture now. I moved a lot after I left my parents house. I did splinter-group training, and though I'm now glad that I never "spread the Word" all that well, I hate how rude and insensitive I was for those years. I wish I could live without knowing that others probably took at least some of my "teachings" to heart and were worse off for it.

Ah, life goes on, I suppose. Mines not so simple as I wish it was though.

I'm still a social missfit, but I'm glad I can still chat with my old "believer" friends, and the real world makes more sense as the months go bye. Workaholism seems to help me keep my mind of things, at least for now.

Glad you all are here, let me know if you want to chat.

-FreeFall