Thanks SD! I appreciate it, it was a hard won list.
As soon as I post something here on my sitch, seems something changes or new info arrives...lol
Tonight talking with W on the phone, she let out that she is trying to learn how to talk/communicate with me differently, not dump all her issues onto me all the time, as been our mode for a long time. She sees that it is an old habit that she wants to change. And thinking back over the week, there has been a more nice or pleasant tone in general about her when she interacts with me that I've noticed...
As MWD says, look for the small things when you think things are not progressing...
In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. - Albert Camus
Uncertainty is the very condition which impels people to unfold their powers.-Eric Fromm