Good advice. I didn't over react to the gift. I simply thanked her for it and said that it was nice of her to do that. Wife called me at work a couple of times today to talk about kid stuff, but thats fine. In the past she wouldn't call me at all so that is another positive sign.
I reciprocated by taking off work early today to pick up the kids after school so that she could stay late at work. She seemed to be very appreciative of that. OM is away on vacation so I wasn't concerned that anything was going on.
Focus for the rest of the week is to be upbeat, positive and helpful. OM is away until next week so I want to take advantage of the situation. I need to continue demonstrating to my family that I am a changed person and that the other version of me will never come back.
My kids have bought into the new me. Just to need to get the wife on board.
