Hello there Rosie and welcome :-)

I am so glad that you found this site, and even more happy that you got up the courage to post!!  Even though we may no longer believe the jw's have 'the truth' I can still remember how hard it was to actually say how I felt when I first posted, and actually pressing the send button took ages lol!!

my reinstating period took a year as the elders werent convinced of
my being sorry for what i had done,

Yep!!  they still don't 'get it' do they??!!  They tell us all our lives that only Jehovah can read hearts and minds, and then some small-minded and nosey old elders 'judge' others in the cong as to how 'repentant' they are, it just makes me so angry smiley: mad

I am glad though that their lack of compassion eventually drove you away, seems there are a lot of us here who were initially inactive because of treatment at the hands of the 'loving' cong, rather than the complete pack of lies we were raised with..........but at least once we are brave enough to actually question their doctrines, it is all too easy to see that this is in no way 'the truth'

Sounds like at least your mum is okay with you, even if you are no longer an active jw!!  That is a positive, as you will have seen from some of the other members who are being shunned by family!!

Good to have you here, and look forward to knowing you better smiley: smile

Hugs
Sam xx