Well, this is it. We go to MC in about an hour and we've decided that this is going to be our last scheduled MC session. We started in July going weekly, then eased into bi-weekly by the end of August. Went once in Sept, have this one today, and now we've decided not to schedule any more for the near future.

We think we're ready to fly on our own, in God's hands of course.

And, of course, if anything comes up, we can always go back.

But at this point we both feel like we are where we need to be right now, we've got the skills and the plan to make it happen, we have faith in God, and we are starting to trust each other and truly love each other again. Starting to.

That said, we don't want or plan to stay here forever. While we both think we're where we need to be right now, we don't want to stagnate (nobody should). But we are getting more comfortable with each other.

We still have issues to work out. But we are getting so good at recognizing that and working together like we haven't in over 10 years that I can't see this not working as long as we continue to choose to make it work.

And my wife told me she's happy and excited about our future together and with our children. That was even better than hearing her say ILY.

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. -- Inigo Montoya, 'The Princess Bride'