Thanks Sam. I guess you were right in saying that there was hope in my situation. I felt you would understand, as your xH's behaviors or personality sounded very similar to mine, and also your personality is probably similar to mine (I wanted to take a charge, thinking that I would fix things for both of us, etc.).

Do I want to take him back? Absolutely. I truly believe having the original family together is the best and I still have a lot of feelings for him left.

Am I scared? Absolutely. I do not EVER want to see S3 crying b/c his father leaves him. So I want to be cautious. But this requires a fine balance, and I do not know how to approach this.

He sent me an email this morning:
"Hoping$Miracles – I would like to give our relationship a second chance for S3’s sake and also because I do still have feelings for you I realize. Also, I know I have issues in my life but I am willing to work through them together.

Are you willing to give this a second chance?"

What is the best way to answer, letting him know that my door is open but we really need to "work" on our M? I do not want to make it sound like I lay down "conditions", but I do want us to go to MC and church together, for example.