Thanks, jb. You always have the right words and advice.
It feels like turning a battleship 180 degrees in a sea of molasses - it's painfully slow but it is moving in a different direction.
Those times of despair are becoming less frequent, though. They hits me hardest when I am home alone in the evening, so I am trying to get out of the house more often and just do something.
H 56 W 48 D27,S21 SS25 SS22 Severely autistic M(#2 for both) 9 1/2 yrs. "I've never loved you" 3/7/2011 Separated 8/7/2011 BITS