FMV, My body is getting stronger, my mind is getting sharper, and my light is shining brighter.
Wonderful to hear CL. I can appreciate how difficult it must be to live with a worrier. I'm one, so I know how hard it is on my H.
I love that you're working on being more expressive - I think that as you model this for her and lead the way, I bet she'll become more expressive herself. That's the best antidote for worriers - to learn how to verbalize concerns before they get a chance to grow and get distorted inside their hearts. My friend really put it well the other day. She said: "Sometimes the act of making yourself heard reduces the insecurity. Harboring and feeding it makes it grow."
But, as I know only too well, it takes a long time to learn the tools to turn 'worries into words'. In the meantime, there can be a lot of blow-ups. I put my H through that a lot too. Since I've been learning how to speak up it happens a lot less often. I hope you and your W are finding the same. So good for you! Glad to hear of the positive changes!
I cannot complain for not receiving from others, that which I've never asked them for.