I got a little glimpse into that a couple years ago, when a back injury had me laid up in bed for a couple months. I eventually had surgery that fixed me, so in hindsight it's easy to see that my inability to do anything for my family was temporary, but at the time it was no sure thing that I'd ever be back to full strength. And the thing I remember most was that feeling of inadequacy, watching my pregnant wife not only doing every single thing that our kids needed and keeping the house running, but also waiting on me hand and foot. The day I got on a plane to go have my surgery, it was her birthday and she was 8.75 months pregnant, but she never uttered a single complaint.

The thing I had to remember was that SHE joined the same partnership that I did when we got married. They say marriage isn't a 50/50 split, it's a 100/100 split where each partner is giving their all to the marriage. I think part of that is because there are times when one of us can't give the full 100%, and when we go through periods where it's 100/50 or 100/0, our kids and our households don't suffer because of it.

I barely know you, Mike, but I've known Briana forever, and you are a blessed man. Remember that your 100% is whatever you can give right now, and it is enough. Even if it's all emotional/spiritual and not so much physical, that is enough.

(Disclaimer: I know our situations aren't very comparable because mine ended up being temporary, but I learned a lot in the relatively short time when I didn't KNOW it was temporary.)