You're right I am incredibly proud of H - he is such fun and good natured...little fazes him and he's so keen to get stuck into life...
Also I see so much of me in him!
I wouldn't say that the rope is lying coiled on the ground, but my grip of it is getting weaker and weaker.
After feeling guilty for so long about what has happened I'm now starting to get much more perspective on things and my realisation has been that I'm not by a long chalk fully responsible.
I still feel for H though - he didn't sign up for this hand in life and I think that he wishes things were very different...I hate offering him second best. I know that I have to be careful not to over-compensate - I do my utmost not to...I just do my best to be my best.