Stephen tries to reassure the young man, "Well, if Mom loves Dad, and you believe Dad truly loves Mom ---then I'm sure he loves you too. And with the kind of special young man I've been talking to for the past few minutes, I can't imagine it would take long. You just have to spend time together. I've been separated from my family for quite some time. We've just recently got back together ---and it was quite easy. But we were separated under different circumstances, so I'm not going to say it's always easy. Some things take time. But time is usually in our favor. Time often allows the best of things to heal."

Samuel looks directly at Stephen, "I'll give it a try.  My circumstances aren't really that different from what you described."