Missed you! Glad to see you got your computer problems fixed.
Your post was great because this is something I have been seeing as well. Way back, I posted something about how us LBS's somehow rise above and we hopefully make enduring changes in ourselves - by design as the LBS. And yet, at the same time, our WAS's don't necessarily make the same leap. However, with time, they do but it is important for us to really understand their limitations and I have found a lot of hope working through things together.
This weekend we're going to move house and plop ourselves into the new.
Turns out in a couple weeks, I need to have surgery to correct what was done incorrectly back in March. Just great. How wild it is to hear that W wanted to move and get settled so that I could be comfortable. This month is our 13th anniversary, 15 years together. It also represents a year of DR/DB. How far we have come. And the journey goes on to your point. It is a good thing....
Never sacrifice the great for the good. Sometimes the beauty of grace is that it makes life not fair.