Jazz,

It does seem like a long time but some of this time like in the early stages of year one he was still living at home and undercover. It was not until about 2004 that she came home and half of her stuff was gone and he had moved out.
He has been trying for some time to get back with her and it really heated up about this time last year when he filed for custody to keep her from going to Ca. She is taking him back with some reservations given the past 3-4 years but I think that it is promising to me, he is humbled. A man with no plan for his family is worse than an infidel (quoted from the Bible) so at least now he has a plan.

ACJ,
I agree. They have to cook. It is almost like baking a cake. Some cakes cannot rise at certain altitudes and others fall or pancake if you put too much of any ingredient in. Guess we have to know what type of MLCer we are dealing with in order to gauge if they will fully cook or "fall". Either way, it is our job to stay outside of the oven so that we don't get burned or spattered.