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He sees that side of me and reciprocates. He is loving back as well and when he sees me sad and depressed and when his father doesn't want to sit next to me on the couch at night, he comes and sits close to me and holds my hand and hugs me.

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Kids are amazing, aren't they! In the spring the relationship between my husband and I got really bad and I was depressed. My coping technique was to retreat inside myself and withdraw from the anger. Unfortunately I couldn't just withdraw from my husband, I withdrew from everyone leaving my kids directly in the line of fire. My 10 yr old was the one who kept reaching out to me trying to draw me back. I am not a person who likes physical contact much. However, some how my children have learned to be very open with their affection and my 10 yr old is very good at asking for what he needs. He would ask 'Mom I need a hug, will tickle me and tell me how much you love me today?' This was a game we used to play when he was little.

He really saved me from where I was. Just typing this made me cry a few happy tears...may be there is a heart inside after all.