Perhaps a Morbid Subject

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I had been in touch with an ex-JW in Iowa for about 10 years.

I was able to send him some information - tapes, books, photo

copies that helped him break ever further away from the WTS.

We became great friends.  All at once, the regular phone calls

stopped.  I just didn't hear from him anymore.  I am assuming

he died. 

 

Many ex-JWs are in situations where they are not in close

geographical locations to another ex-JW friend.  Linda and

I are in touch by phone several times a week and we have

mutual friends so if anything ever happened to either of us,

the other one would inform all internet friends if something

should happen.

 

I've been thinking of this for a couple of years, but just didn't

say anything about it.  It came home to roost when today on

another list, someone said, "Where is ____?  We haven't

heard from her for awhile."  She may be sick or she may be

dead and we'll never know unless a family member or friend

tells the rest of the list.

 

So this is my point.  We need to give someone close to us a

list of our mail lists' owners' email addresses so that if, God

forbid, anything happens to one of us, someone can inform

that person's friends on that list as well as remove the name.

An ex-JW friend in TX gave  a friend of his a list of internet friends' email addresses so we can all be informed if something happens to him.

 

One more thing - if you are a list owner, you need to have a

co-owner.  It's almost impossible to run a list effectively if

you are a moderator and the owner dies or just abandons the

list.

 

Emily

 

 

[Betty Chapin]

Hi Emily,
I am from Iowa and I might have known your friend or maybe of him.
I agree with you that if someone doesn't let people know when we die
the people on the lists will always wonder. I had a lady in Canada that
had cancer and so I assume she died to. Its hard though because they
really become your friend. I had talked to her a long time. I don't think
here in Iowa we have any meet-ups because no one wants to start one.
I had heard they were going to start one in Iowa City and I put my name
on the list but haven't heard anything.


 

Betty Tiffany

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From: eh...@rica.net
To: eh...@rica.net
Subject: Perhaps a Morbid Subject
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:11:59 -0500