I like hearing how your house is even in a small way bringing the two of you together right to to COMMUNICATE.
I think you were finally able to put the house in perspective. There are never any guarantees, but I think your wife feels less burdened, and you sound like you are now just fine with letting the house go.
I also like the picnic/castle story as a reminder to MYSELF. As much as I want to work on things right now (since I have a divorce in process!), I have to let her be the one who is ready to talk about it. We have communicated a couple of times this week just about some routine things, but nothing about the R. I dish out this advice all the time, and now I get to hear the word again from myself FOR myself....patience.
