I read on Stalks' thread where she questions whether it's worth it. Someone told her that it was a healthy place to be. I found this profound.
The post was something about now you know you don't NEED your spouse. Now you can focus on WANTING to be w your spouse.
Look at it this way.
Sage decided he didn't need me. Circumstances blew his fantasy apart and he found me ready and willing to go the distance to bring our R to a healthy place. He stayed for the wrong reasons (money, home, yada yada yada). Back in the spring he realized that he wanted to stay for THE right reason. He realized he WANTED to stay.
Now we're cleaning up the mess and fixing it yada yada yada.
Matilda, I swear there is some rhyme and reason to what we're going through in these situations that revolve around this 'thing called love'.