Or woman if that's your preference, but in this case I'll stick with man.
When you get home from two nights on the road to a small boy having an epic meltdown and a wife in tears at 3am and you are exhausted yourself, it takes a real man to remove and entertain the small boy so your wife can get an hour or two of sleep, even when you desperately need it too.
When you want to spend loads of time with your children but have a mortgage and other financial commitments, and your wife is limited in the amount of work she can do whilst juggling young children... it takes a real man to leave for four to six nights every single week knowing what you're missing out on.
When your wife unexpectedly turns into a freak some time after the birth of your first child, it takes a real man to not only address your own pre-conceived ideas, but to support her wholeheartedly and even go so far as to advocate for full term breastfeeding and homebirth to other people. To other men. Even other truckies. Yep.
When a diagnosis changes plans for your future and that of your family, it takes a real man to hold it together as your wife falls apart and then support her as she rebuilds herself.
When your own foundations are shaky and life has dealt you a number of blows that even years later can rock you to the core, it takes a real man to ask for help.
When you supported your partner through her last year of University in the expectation that she'd actually use her degree to teach for more than a few years, only to find that she will run businesses and work from home with varying degrees of success... it takes a real man to sing her praises every step of the way and tell her she is amazing even when she feels a failure. Especially then.
I am so blessed to have a real man in my life.
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