The Whirlwind Wrote:
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> For my part, I happen to have been in treatment
> with LYDIA WEST, and consequently we were
> basically roommates for about a year. She used to
> come hang out with me, and would sleep on my couch
> in my apartment, after I graduated from
> MeadowHaven. Once we went to a water park
> together and played on the water slides like a
> couple of little kids. When we were in
> Meadowhaven together, I got to sit and talk with
> her, and so pretty much was able to informally
> interview her in an unstructured way, at great
> length. We used to talk for hours and hours about
> our experiences as former members of abusive
> groups. She used to be a close friend of mine,
> though we have not spoken in almost ten years and
> I would not know where to find her today.
>
> There is no possible way that anybody could
> identify the birth name of LYDIA WEST, and locate
> her today, based on what I have written of her
> here. She is highly protective of her privacy,
> and she has never done a single formal, recorded
> interview with an academic, media outlet,
> historian, or anybody else. She is very private,
> and I have respected her boundaries. There is no
> way anybody could identify and then find her, with
> the information I have provided here. That would
> be impossible, and I am certain of this.
>
> I do not know it for a fact, but I've been told
> that she is living with dementia and is in an
> assisted living facility today, and she probably
> would not remember me anyway. That makes me sad.
> I love her, and I miss her a lot.
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"Something Somebody Stole" by Ray Connolly (Kenaz of Hodiah) is a very good book which is by a former member of the COG/Family. I met him when I was a resident of MeadowHaven, and he's a very nice man. I once asked him if he knew anything about the McKay group, and he told me that the name "Dave McKay" rang a bell with him, but that he really knew nothing about the group (which at the time was called "the Jesus Christians.")[
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Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 01/09/2022 04:35AM by The Whirlwind.