Some of you might remember that I did not want to speak to my SD (it's been since Christmas) because frankly I felt nothing good would come of it. I was still running way too hot. I didn't do what the entire family asked of me, which was to basically to try to fix everything for my SD and DH. I just could not do it. Until she is able to show her father respect and he is able to speak clearly to her I just did not want to get involved.

After the Christmas events I let him know he can't bring her to our house. At first SD was fine without coming over since she is the one who said I'm not going around Patsy. What she didn't realized until a few months later is that I didn't want her around either. To be honest SD and I were much closer than she was with DH. She had no idea I would not be happy to have her back over.

When she realized she wasn't in control of the situation any longer she went crazy and it got to a point where both SD and DH thought I would come back and clean up their mess for them. NOT THIS TIME. I told DH I am out of it until they work on their own relationship and when theirs gets better I may or may not step back in, but until then do not mention a word about SD and I getting together.

Guess what it is actually working! For once they are not focusing on me and they are actually bonding again. It finally came out DH admitted to SD that they expected me to fix all of this like I did in the past. DH told SD that I stepped out for the right reasons not out of spite or anger but so they would work together. This made me so happy to hear this. Not happy enough to come back into the picture, but still it is progress. I got a text from SD this morning that she understands why I am doing what I am doing and that her and Dad are really working on their relationship. This is the first text I have responded to it was a simple GOOD, KEEP AT IT.

With the family weddings coming up and her due to have her baby in August it makes me happy to report some things are starting to come together.