Dealing with Devastation

[giftd]

So today I sent her the pictures of the baby rabbits to update her like she asked. She replied asking how the ferret was doing from the surgery 2 days ago. I sent a photo of the incision site. She asked a question and I answered straight to the point. A good interaction that she had essentially asked for.

Tonight getting home I get a message from her asking what book it was I was reading when she came over on Wednesday (not DB). I talked to my friend and decided to tell her about "I love you but... I'm not in love with you" by Andrew G. Marshall. The book is overall positive and helped explain to me what she might be feeling more in depth with that statement and how to help get the feeling back along with "exercises" and stories from his counseling sessions. I told her with the title that if she reads it she should read it all the way through even if she doesn't like the exercises. She replied with "when have I ever skipped hw".

I am pretty excited about this interaction. She initiated it. When I last spoke with her father he had talked to her right after she left and she had mentioned that while her feelings hadn't changed she noticed positive changes with me. I feel like asking for the book stemmed from that, but I'm probably reading too much into it. I'm letting this good feeling sink in for a bit longer before I temper my expectations to where they should be. Just feels good to feel like I have a real win for once.