Thanks to all of your encouraging thoughts, prayers, supportive comments, mojo, juju, 
whatever you sent my way - 
the young Anakin & I had a pleasant encounter today. This is how it ended:

This is progress, people. That signature alone is done in the best handwriting I've seen from him. 
(Don't tell, but I think I might just bring him a generous handful of mints if when the Cowboys win this week).