Let's see, physical contact (long hugs), texting, asking about the boys...seems like some positive changes and forward movement (though never as quickly as we would like)...
Keep going with what you're doing, a dig deep for that patience and calmness, you can do this!
T^2
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