I'll suggest, not to get your hopes up on that piecing part.
In my shoes alone, and only from my experience, I only considered myself piecing AFTER I looked back upon time.
And thought, "Huh, guess I have been piecing awhile."
I didn't even want to call it that because I didn't want to jinx it.
When she is committed to working on your relationship and you are too...then... I'd call it piecing, but only to myself. Even doing so gives hope room to grow, and that creature should be chained and used only when you need it.
Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn. My God, do you learn. - C.S. Lewis
Life is usually all about how you handle Plan B. - Jack3Beans
Listen without defending; Speak without offending - FaithinAK
