Wow. I am almost at a loss for words. I talked to W this evening abut her proposal to swap evenings during each of our custody stints. Amazingly, W is willing now to try a 7-7 parenting schedule under the stipulation we can take an evening during each other's week to alleviate the long period without them. She would like to "try" this arrangement.
I said that was very agreeable to me, of course. And though tonight was too short of notice for me as well as the fact that me being in a Bible Study class this particular evening wasn't really much in the way of quality time with our S's, I was willing to take our S's to get a haircut later this week and then to take them swimming. W thought that was a good idea (yeah, since I will pick up the tab for the haircuts. )
It's a start. For the first time in over 11 months now, W is willing to take a step in my direction for a change. Miracle of miracles, we actually have a chance at detente.
I will try to follow up on this in more detail with W. I am not getting my hopes up too much -- I am still very wary and very sensitive to all the hurt I have had to endure. But this is the first real positive sign I've seen that we might be able to call a cease-fire. For my S's I am very encouraged.
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