Yeah, I dropped the ball in terms of listening. She threw several boulder-sized accusations at me, and this distracted me from my basic listening skills. I've improved to the point of not escalating with her, but there may have been less need to defend if she could have heard me listening to her more.
W insisted that increased time for me and S5 was "not about me. Quit making it out that you're doing me favors. I miss S5 so much when he's not here." That last part made me think of one of the last posts regarding her having alone time to be lonely and think about her sitch more.
