Thanks everyone. I do think we're making steps in the right direction, especially thinking back how things were a couple of months ago. I feel like I've given him a few get out of jail free cards during my frustrated moments, but he hasn't taken them. So whatever he's thinking, I hope it's positive.
Rick, I don't know if he'll go to Retrouvaille. I had asked him about it after my big blow up at him in February, I think. At the time, he said that he wasn't sure if he could commit due to his work schedule and possible travel on weekends. I haven't brought it up since then. I do think we will need third party help to really make any progress, whether it's MC or Retrouvaille, or something similar.
We still have issues to work out...like our different parenting styles, which seems to be a sore spot, and I know it will not go away, so we'll need to find out ways to make it work.
We also have communication issues. I will work on my communication skills, and I need to be careful to not give up. I tend to react to how my communication is received. If I see it failing, I'm tempted to stop and throw in the towel. So I need to prepare myself to negative reactions and just let them bounce off of me.
A lot of work and an uncertain future lay ahead. I'm still taking it one day at a time.
