The main source of stress for me in all this is that since she went to her mom's the personal emailing she has stopped emailing me with any replies/conversations. She has in the past gone a week or so and apologied before answering and conversing once more, but for about the past month all she's done email-wise is apologise and say that she will get to writing replies.
tbh, that's not a good sign. Both SEB and I have been in the position where they vanished for a week, and it ultimately spelled bad news. hope its not the same in your case.