Then she reaches out and holds my hand. Keeps talking about me 'fixing it like I always do'. She talked about something else but I don't remember because I was enjoyning her holding my hand!

WOW...that is huge baby step Frank..."fix it like you always do" I would love it if she was thinking that had double meaning which it sounds like it does...good for you...maybe I'm being too optimistic but sounds like a nice baby step.