I have a sister in Long Island that has been a J.W. for some 35 years. When she became a J.W. she discontinued all communication with our family for 25 years because she said the the J.W.'s were her family. My mother made many attempts to contact her through her friends to no avail. She finally contacted my Mother after my Father died and has been in sporadic contact ever since, mostly when she needed money. She also doesn't celebrate birthdays. Once when she was at my house it happened to be my Mom's birthday, she asked me if I thought it would be weird if she has a piece of cake. I said why would I think it's weird? It's just cake. She said "we" don't celebrate birthdays. I lost a good sister to the J.W.'s and my Mother, who is a devout Catholic, lost a good daughter.
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