How to tell Jehovah's witness parents/family about law school?

There’s nothing wrong with wanting to contact your family to update them on your life. You said it’s been years since you’ve spoken to them and that it wasn’t exactly on good terms. People can change over the course of years, and the strong feelings any person might have had towards you could fade or lessen with the passing of time.

Ultimately no one can tell you that you should or shouldn’t contact them because that is only something you can decide. No one has the right to make that decision for you. You know your family better than anyone else does and you know best how they may or may not react.

Should you decide to call, it would be best that you do so honestly and without a harsh or angry attitude. Be honest. If you miss them, tell them how you feel. It doesn’t have to be a big deal, just keep a level head. In any situation, people react to the tone, vibe or attitude that you give out.

If you are sincere in your motive to contact your family in a peaceful manner, and to put the friction you experienced behind you, everything should go reasonably well.

If you notice any sort of negativity on the side of your family, remember: you absolutely do not have to react to it.

If nothing else, your goal should be to develop some sort of peaceful state with your family so that your last thought of them will no longer be that of a negative conflict.

If you’re really nervous about it, prayer might help. Since this was a religious based parting, a short prayer about your worries that you might not be received kindly might help to reduce your level of anxiety about the situation.

When Jacob and Esau were to meet again, several years after their great conflict -Jacob prayed because he was afraid that Esau would still be angry and would kill him. Genesis chapters 32 and 33 contain the prayer and the outcome for Jacob. Turns out that The reunion was a very pleasant one. They actually hugged and cried when they saw each other.

I’m not saying that things with your family will turn out that way exactly, but prayer might give you the boost or confidence you might need to contact them.

If you choose not to contact them, no one person can judge you for that choice. Its your decision if you feel it’s one you can live happily with.

Its important to remember that although you had a disagreement with your family, they do still love you. I’ve had large disagreements with my own family, and though it may seem like they would hate or disown you that is never usually the case. You don’t seem like you hate your family, and I’m sure they don’t hate you either.

You never know. They might think of you more often than you’d think.