Ah, jigsaw puzzles. They are a fun time, slowly piecing together an emerging picture. Hmmm. Kind of metaphorical of our lives.
It seems your pieces are falling into place rather nicely. You and H reaching an agreement through directly talking to one another is somewhat rare; having him see it through to actual finalization is even rarer. I hope he doesn’t do an 11th hour runaway.
I like your view of this; H’s actions and choices are out of your control. A lot could happen in 12 weeks, and almost nothing could as well. Shrug, oh well, his journey.
Your journey is proceeding well, keep moving forward. Good decision not to place the house on the market without the paperwork from H. And really well done restraining yourself after H’s speech - “well if you just told me what you need we could have sorted this”. Lol. Blasting him would have done little. May have felt good, but accomplished little. Lots of wisdom demonstrated there Fox.
I suppose you could look at this point in life as almost being completed this puzzle and getting ready to start another. Or perhaps it is just a part of the bigger grand puzzle being revealed slowly, piece by piece.
Personally, I like the single puzzle of life analogy. Ever new piece, and bit more of the whole unknown picture and future, a bit more history, a bit more experience, a bit more knowledge, and a bit more wisdom.
You and daughter are living a lovely new life. You got this!
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Feelings are fleeting. Be better, not bitter. Love the person, forgive the sin.
