Hard to say mako. I know that must have been tough to hear that she was "transitioning". Not sure what that means but my WAW basically said the same thing tonight when she said that she needed to do some things "on her own". If you respond to the e-mail I would not recommend anything long. Your first initial thought of a thank you may even be sufficient. Most e-mails that have much detail about the R end up sending the wrong message. Just my thoughts based on my experience in the last two months. We have had horrible e-mail exchange on the R and I would go into the C office and tell him all about it. He basically said "don't do that any more". Good luck. Looks like a long path and journey. I hope she thinks about it while you give her space.
ME-30 WAW-28 T-12yrs M-5yrs no kids Bomb 10/1/07 S-10/1/07