I have direction and that makes me feel stronger. Sandi, thanks again for your insight and encouragement. I appreciate it more than you know.
I am pretty good at affirming h through our daughter. Things like, "are we so fortunate to be able to do these fun things because daddy work SO hard" or "isn't it nice to have a nice clean car? Daddy takes such good care of his girls." All in his presence but he needs more and that is my challenge. There are so many things about him I admire bur recently he completed a big project and we attended the party to celebrate the efforts of all those who worked on it. I was so proud and didn't hold back on telling him. I worked hard at being the "Hollywood wife" by remembering names, asking about their recent projects, etc but I LOVED talking h up and hearing others praise his talents. The whole night I was glowing because I was so proud and I felt honored to be with him at such a big event... Which I also shared with him and went on and on. He thanked me but I got he feeling it wasn't what he wanted to hear... Maybe because he couldn't get the [censored] talking I've done out of his head and it wasn't consistent... Probably, now that I type that out.
Anyway, yet another thing to explore and work on. Just pile it on because I'm up to the task!