Hello Friends,

I didn't think I'd be posting again but an amazing thing happened in that I heard from my friend after 3 months of silence! I figured everything was over because that is such a long time with no contact, but I took a chance on Friday and texted a simple birthday greeting. Today I received an email out of the blue apologizing for everything. He went through a real bad time with deep depression and reoccuring PTSD. And just as I learned from several of you here he said he pushed me away because he didn't want to hurt me.

So - I want to respond, but now I'm almost afraid to. I want him to know how glad I am to hear from him, but not knowing what stage of recovery from this last episode, I don't know how much to say at this point.

Any suggestions?