I thanked H for getting the truck fixed and said that I feel much more comfortable driving to MI knowing that there isn't anything wrong. The exchange was pretty uneventful, he knowingly, but not jerkishly, rolled his eyes and said "it was absolutely nothing, just like I thought" and he smirked. I just said "Well, better to be safe than sorry" and I mentioned the time we were driving back from MI and our alternator went out on our car and we got stranded and had to have the car towed to a shop we had no idea about.....just said that would be a nightmare, with the kids.
Tonight I was telling S4 goodnight and he said something hurtful like "get out of my bed so Daddy can come now". I told him that wasn't a nice thing to tell mommy and I left his room. Walked into the living room and told H what S4 said. H went down to S4's room and said something that made S4 cry and then he came out and apologized to me. H came over and told S4 that the way he's feeling right now is the way he made Mommy feel. It's not nice to hurt people's feelings like that.
WOOOOOWWWWW. After S4 got back to bed, I hugged H and told him thank you and he said "thank you for what?" and I said "for helping S4 to understand that he really did hurt my feelings."
This is a HUGE step in the right direction. I'm so impressed.
"Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you."
