Thanks AnitaSues, I am definitely aiming at *something.* What, we'll have to find out.
I have been emailing back and forth with MIL all day. H does not know I talk to her about our sitch. But, before finding DB, she was my only release. She is so helpful in coming up with suggestions like giving me recipes from H's childhood to make him feel comforted (he's very food oriented) or telling me places they used to go hiking. Things from his past that will make him feel happy. Or helping me with insight into his LL from the past, etc. She thinks he is absolutely crazy and constantly tells me I have made so many positive changes in the lives of him and his children. It's so nice to be supported by family.