Thanks for the pep, Prairie Girl...yes, the "drought" was very long (7 years....) and definitely thinks were not going well before she had the A (which does appear to be over - am thankful she's starting to make some efforts as previously I think she was still in the fog/getting over the A and wasn't "present" yet).
Am going to continue to push for MC...Mr. Bond, she has expressed remorse over the A to me (and I know regrets it happening now, in hindsight, but we honestly haven't spoken directly about the A in a while, just in the margins).
Will keep these at "top of mind" as we continue the journey...I want to thank the many DBers that have helped me get to this point - didn't honestly see this being where it is now a few months ago (not that I'm counting my chickens yet)...does feel a little bit like a "second honeymoon" right now (but definitely some "elephants" in the room - she'd really like for us to just move forward and leave the past in the past, but I know ultimately I can't just do that)...my IC/our eventual MC is helping me through my piece, but I feel I need to relive it a little bit to really get "over" it...
