Your first draft is a very good start. How about throwing in some validation here? It seems to be missing a bit. Go back to my Validation Cheat Sheet for some ideas.
Hi H,
Thank You for your response. Wednesday night would work well for my schedule. I should be free after 8pm for a text/or phone call. Would that work for you?
Thank you for letting me know what was going on last week in regards to being out of contact. I know you've had alot of stress going on with therapy, work, your review and our situation. [Try to insert some validating comments showing that you get his situation.]I hope that you'd be willing to share some of your feelings with me.[This last line is a bit too much for H...feeling a bit pressure from reading it. Change this up to be more of a nonchalent as in, "I'm here if you wish to talk" because it shows him that he has a choice to do so or not.]
Please let me know about Wednesday - hope you're feeling better. [how about using some words to prop him up as in he can handle things...ya know?]
