5 weeks remain til next chapter starts

[istherehope]

Also here's my draft email if anyone has thoughts. As background, one of H's main issues is that he felt like he couldn't talk to me. Also, Jody had suggested praising his efforts at self-help:

Thanks for letting me know how you are doing. I'm glad you feel like you can talk to me more now. This is really important to me. You seem to have so much more energy and enthusiasm now than even a few weeks ago. Whatever you are doing is definitely working!

Don't feel guilty about taking this time for yourself. I've taken a page from your book and decided to take this time apart to work on myself too. I saw that there were a lot of things I needed to change, things that would be damaging both to the relationship and to myself.

I'm definitely converting for me. You led me to Judaism and have been teaching me a lot about it, which is great, but the final decision was for myself.

3 countries each, so now you won't have one up on me anymore ;). Looking forward to that painting! I have 2 up in my room already.

ITH

Any thoughts? I'm ignoring the being alone comments, pointing out that he can now talk to me, praising his efforts, showing I've learned from him, and trying to sound happy and upbeat, even though I am anything but.

ITH