CM: Wow, it has been some time to see an Email pop up from this site. Certainly good to hear the dancing is going well. :-) Life has progressed on my end, am remarried and God can bring healing to brokenness, although the scars do remain(as you well know on the eve of your 8th).

Just commented to my wife the other day about this site and how every day there seems to be new members (as evidenced by HPoirot above) that come facing the same questions - ? When will I feel normal again? How long does it take to detach? How long should I wait? etc.

Unfortunately, as you and I are veterans to these horrible events, we know all too well there are no quick fixes and each one of us has our own unique journey to go through. And saying "eventually things do get better" is in most times 99% correct, but of literally no help in the struggle for someone deep in the immediate emotional turmoil of a loved one walking away...

To those new to this site: Engage yourself, make connections(lots of good ones here) and do as much diligent introspection as possible (of course hobbies like dance are awesome too ;-) ) - those things should keep you busy enough so you are not distracted by all of the crazy antics of your spouse gone astray.

God bless CM, Keep on dancin!!!

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