Dear blkhwkdwn1:

I don’t know the answers but I have clues- if I had her work and personal schedule, as you described it, and witnessed that one time you joined her for errands, well… I don’t think I could keep such a schedule for long. She is very, very busy” she has a teenage daughter she drives around and a sister with a baby she is involved with and that job and what else? Shopping, cleaning, preparing food, paying bills, trying to avoid wheat, That is a lot of busi-ness, lots of things-to-do; less times for thinking.

You are doing way more thinking than she is doing, being less busy. I do wish that she did have more time with you, I really do. From reading the correspondence with her that you posted here, though, she does seem to like you and care for you!

anita