SA,

Thanks for the words of encouragement. Going down to the yacht club is a very good idea. At the end of the month, they have an open house that I am going to attend. It's gonna be great! I also have my boating certificate on its way, so I can rent power boats this summer. The kids will absolutely LOVE it!

Yes, I have read 5LL's. My wife's languages are Physical Touch and Quality Time. I recently started applying doses of Physical Touch. The Quality Time is harder to initiate. It seems because of our drift apart we experience large amounts of silence between us which I find uncomfortable. I don't want her to detect that in me. I will be looking for opportunities for us to have these times again. We used to have them.

I continue to get what I consider baby steps. The apology was actually a big one. She usually doesn't apologize with words. She just adjusts her behavior.

Just got to make sure I keep the steps coming along.