Tell you what, here is some advice. Help her plan this, find a babysitter or call the one you usually use. Do something helpful that is different from what you normally do. Find something to do on your vacation as an 'idea' and present it to her.
Your changes...make them stick.
Good for you on the talking. Is it MLC. I do not know. Its not in my area of knowledge for what she did, to open up like that, without a whole lot of time and pain before hand.
Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn. My God, do you learn. - C.S. Lewis
Life is usually all about how you handle Plan B. - Jack3Beans
Listen without defending; Speak without offending - FaithinAK
