PL, thanks for writing. I'm actually a little nervous right now, because I don't know what's going to happen.

I want to believe that W has desired to end the A (I know that she used to) and this is something that she's been looking forward to as a means of accomplishing what her own willpower could not. I want to believe that she will now be ready to work on our marriage. I want to believe that this is the critical turning point that I've been praying for ...

I'm going to want to lose my patience and my distance when she comes back. I hope that I don't. I need to continue to take things slowly and work to build attraction in her. I need to be true to myself and my commitments, and I need to work at being the best father and husband that I can.

The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth." (Psalm 145:18)