stopdog -- you are right in that this needs to be addressed, again.

tigergirl -- thank you for your response. I like how you were able to collapse it all into I was trying to reach out in a time of extreme need and nothing else. I don't think he's being deliberate by not contacting me -- except perhaps to stick to his boundaries. It sounds like I need to parse out even more what he means by "I'll respond as I am able."