Harboring Hope Drawing

Whoever came up with the title for this program must’ve known firsthand the feeling of betrayal from an affair because on some days, harboring the smallest, slightest sense of hope is an extremely hard thing to do. I’ve been almost a year and a half past D-day and feel like some days, even some weeks, are almost as bad as during the initial stages of all this mess. I’m trying and trying, but it seems like circles rather than forward progress is what I’m making. We have an EMS weekend scheduled for November but I’m thinking that maybe an individual Harboring Hope program is maybe what I need personally to get me out of my own crazy circle of success and setbacks. I can’t seem to effectively nor appropriately accept all of my spouse’s reconciliation attempts. It is causing him to continually feel rejected no matter what he does. I truly still love him and we both want to put back the pieces to what we once had, but just don’t seem to have the “know how” to do it effectively. As much as we both have very good intentions, I think we are continuing to hurt more than help each other. I’m desperate for some insight and help as to a plan or course of action (something other than the “time will heal” advice) that will set us on the path to true recovery.