Hi All, Boy, this part is really harder than I would have ever guessed, a true excercise in patience and self control. It's hard to force yourself to do nothing, to stay calm and friendly, especialy when they are acting more like themselves. Hard because sometimes things seem so normal, but you know they are not. He is still doing the come a little closer and then back off thing. For instance, he asked if he could come over on Thanksgiving and I said okay, he was very excited about it. But than he started to hesitate over the next few days, that morning he called to ask if I was cooking yet, then added that he might just stay home, so he spent the day alone. The next day he came over unexpectedly and started fixing things around the house and brought me a bottle of wine. I was succesfull in ignoring the previous days events and just enjoyed the day. It's like he wants to be here but just can't, like he's afraid or something. The good new is though, that when he comes closer, it's a bit closer than the time before and when he backs off it's not so much, like little circles heading in my direction. Yes, patience is hard but it is also I think the key.
