Well, I haven't been posting too much to my thread because 1.) I have been trying to stand on my own two feet and use what I have learned here, and 2.) I know things in situations like mine can change at the drop of a hat.
That said, slow, steady progress has been made over the last several weeks - but I am not pushing it. I am adhering to the "hand-feed-the-squirrel" model. It has required a lot of impulse control and restraint on my part - but trial and error over these years has taught me a lot about that.
We have had some good talks...have hung out as a family here and there (at her request) and have reflected about the time she spent back at the house last spring. It's been pretty good. In a totally new move for us, we have even sat together by ourselves in a chapel at church and prayed about a few things.
And, in a move I did not see coming, she wants to come on vacay with me and S to Disney. Again, cautious optimism - but things are moving. I am not forcing them at all - but time is running its course I think. We'll see what happens.
