They spend evenings together after home games, and Friday nights Steve can attend Stephen's football games. Tyler's games are on Saturday mornings, when his dad is usually in meetings or travelling to NFL road games. To resolve this, Steve brought blank VHS tapes to the high school athletic department at the beginning of the school year, and the coach has the games taped. During the week, Tyler and his Dad watch the games together in the evening. Gayle relates to wives in today's society whose husbands' or fathers' professions keep them away for extended periods of time.
Truckers take cross-country trips and leave for weeks.
Doctors get called for emergencies and have to leave in the middle of birthday parties. In today's society, it is incredible how many working hours husbands and dads are gone. I understand a lot of what the women are going through. There are hard times, but there are great things that happen, too. For us, the kids have gotten unbelievable things in return.