27th Anniversary of Disconnection

By Ida Camburn more
20 June 2006

Source: http://groups.google.com/group/alt.religion.scientology/msg/1d3b869afdc365a1

Time rolls around and the "Disconnection" 27th Anniversary is today the 20th of June. My son met me and a friend early in June of 1977 where we talked and he treated us to lunch. A few days later his first "affidavit" was issued. He made several changes on it as he wanted the cult to know he had tried (tho a feeble attempt) to communicate with me. The cult also listed his name as Bob rather than Ronald — my first thought was My God here they are having him terminate his relationship with his mother and they don't even know his name! His name was corrected in the second attempt and the affidavit was enclosed in a blue pamphlet titled "The Untruths of Ida Camburn" and mailed to Cult Awareness office.

As I look back over the twenty seven years I see great gains made to expose this evil criminal group which my son has chosen to embrace. Even after making trips to CW [Clearwater] to get his cancer treated (unsuccessfully of course) he still hangs on. This went on for two years prior to friends taking him to emergency where legitimate doctors operated — I believe eight transfusions were involved. After a trip a couple of years later to Clearwater and a sail on the Freewinds he came home and entered the hospital on deplaning where he was placed on dialysis. I am truly grateful for medical doctors who at the time saved his life. Apparently that OT8 status didn't do much for making his body healthy.

I doubt if we will ever cross paths again. He has me as a Suppressive person and there are no changes to see that will change. I will continue to do what I can to expose this group and their gains in our government.

My friendship goes to all the other disconnected parents who I know have broken hearts such as mine. I know of those who are recently "disconnected" and it is truly painful however, they as I have, will survive. Keep busy and be surrounded with true friends and other sps.

Ida Camburn

Babies are bits of star-dust
Blownby the hand of GOD
Blessed is the woman who
Has felt the pains of childbirth
For she has touched a star.