Is is so difficult not to press when we seem to be getting along fairly well. I've been working hard at being supportive, and I think it is paying off. But I'm so afraid that the niceness won't last... and I am really just kidding myself about my zero expectations. Once it turns south again I wil be as devastated as ever. But it is so nice to see the increased responses and longer conversations. There has been more "we" and "us" in the conversations - not about the future but about more mundane topics. But that hasn't happened it a long time. I will be visiting the family soon and it will be a very important time. Have to be cool...