lone,

it is important that you are respecting her boundaries. Right now physical intimacy of any sort may be a very unwanted...so keeping your distance is important.

However, words of affection, appreciation, courtesy (simple pleases and thank yous) go a long way!!!

You can even ASK her if there's something you can do for her...like, "I'm heading to the store, is there anything I can pick up for you?"

Do something she WOULDN'T EXPECT...whether it's beating her to doing the dishes, running the vaccuum, dusting the furniture in the living room...anything that you normally did NOT do that you know would ease her burdens. Do them without expecting ANYTHING from her including acknowledgement that you did them.

Get the Five Love Languages book and try to figure out what her love language is and DO something that speaks to her in HER way NOT yours.
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