Glad your MIL is doing better. I hope Irene does no damage to your family. We live a few hours from the Gulf Coast, so when a really big one comes through, like Ivan, we get lots of high winds, trees down and flooding.
I think it's good that your H does thoughtful things for you and your S, but I don't know how much you can read into it anything positive for your M. Prayer and GAL do lots to help, but when will your H ever get to see any changes in you?
I think it's great you get out and socialize, that goes a long way towards a PMA. But, isn't there a public park to play tennis in for free? Sorry, I am such a cheapskate, that paying 40 bucks for a few games of tennis just slays me. Plus, we have places all over the place here to do all sorts of things free, so I'd know where to go if I didn't stink at tennis, which I do, so I envy you. But, I am good at basketball
I really hope you will consider having some sort of interaction with your H, besides texting, otherwise how can he see any changes in you? vc
