Staying focused on the good stuff - 08/21/02 05:12 PM
The toughest thing about starting a new thread is coming up with a name that suits and giving enough context It was tie for me to start a new one.
I made a great habit over the last 4 months of this rebuilding process, of writing all the good baby steps in a journal. This has done wonders for my PMA, and my patience level, because of that little recap each night.
Well, I have a new challenge in my life - wrist problems with my right hand, and I shouldn't be writing (or typing that much). My PMA has been slipping a bit, even. I really don't things off track with H.
We're now 4 months into rebuilding... Still living separated (will be 2 yrs next month). He's a much more relaxed and happier man these days, by his own admission. I see more evidence of healing. Last night he said he'd felt he turned a corner. We're not talking about moving back in anytime soon (which is difficult for me). He does say, though, that it is the next step he's working up to and that this feels like "limbo" to him too.
For now, I'm really trying to enjoy the time we spend together - those couple of dinner/ sleepovers per week. We've been having fun with that, and talking more comfortably as friends. I'm grateful for it, actually.
Sometimes things seem to be going well enough that I get the jitters
As my good friend JJ says, "Progress, not perfection" ;D
LeeP
I made a great habit over the last 4 months of this rebuilding process, of writing all the good baby steps in a journal. This has done wonders for my PMA, and my patience level, because of that little recap each night.
Well, I have a new challenge in my life - wrist problems with my right hand, and I shouldn't be writing (or typing that much). My PMA has been slipping a bit, even. I really don't things off track with H.
We're now 4 months into rebuilding... Still living separated (will be 2 yrs next month). He's a much more relaxed and happier man these days, by his own admission. I see more evidence of healing. Last night he said he'd felt he turned a corner. We're not talking about moving back in anytime soon (which is difficult for me). He does say, though, that it is the next step he's working up to and that this feels like "limbo" to him too.
For now, I'm really trying to enjoy the time we spend together - those couple of dinner/ sleepovers per week. We've been having fun with that, and talking more comfortably as friends. I'm grateful for it, actually.
Sometimes things seem to be going well enough that I get the jitters
As my good friend JJ says, "Progress, not perfection" ;D
LeeP