Came home tonight to find a card from H: "The past year has surely been anything but peaceful and I can acknowledge my role in that, and on this holiday, say I'm sorry.
As you said, I hope we can both find some additional peace and happiness in the coming year. Perhaps you can find some sweetness in the beginning of the year [at this new restaurant that he knows I've wanted to try, and is very hard to get a reservation. It's a GC and he booked a reservation.] "I will take D that night, and hope you have an enjoyable evening."
I'm speechless. Help. It's a big, expensive, super thoughtful gesture. But he's obviously not asking me on a date (he specifically said he will take our D that night). Thoughts??