Help! I've been struggling for 2 years and don't

[Eunicetiger]

Ok, more positives-- W sent me a txt asking if I was ok today around lunchtime. Apparently she got a few calls from her friend in my regards. She asked if I talked to friend. It was only via txt (3) and wasn't much. Just about how the W could tell all the changes I have been making and is grateful.

I hope this will eventually translate into her coming home, but I know I have to have patience -- one thing I've never been good at. It's as if W is fine with talking and chatting as long as it's light, but when kids mention stuff about going home, she changes. I am on week 3 of not mentioning coming home, so now she only hears it from external sources (not me).

I asked this question last week but never got a response. I put my ring back on last week after not wearing it for a few months. I feel I'm making a committment to my marriage and should wear it. Is that an outward sign of pursuing or am I being nitpicky?