Well. In the past week my wife has iniated contact three times. Last night she even called me. That's only the third time in six months she's called me. (on a humoreous note, every call I've been somewhere away from home. Twice living in a tent at an exercise)

Our conversation went well, mostly just catching up, but no displays of affection on either side.

So I guess this is good, as my goal was to get her to iniate contact and to have her call me. Baby steps. Can I even take this as a sign there is hope?

Where do I go from here? She has about 40 days left before she leaves Afghanistan.