Several examples spring to mind:

When my family was a one-car family for several years, my wife, Carole, would load the girls into the car to drop me off at Sac State where I was finishing my degree, feed them while I was in class, pick me up and take me to our Roseville rehearsal, run any necessary errands and put the girls into their pjs while I sang, then drive everyone home before the car turned back into a pumpkin.

Monica's husband, Doug, is routinely faced with such challenges as cleaning the food off his 2-year-old's hands and face before the dog does and reassuring the preschooler that what she's eating is just a different color, shape, and flavor of macaroni & cheese, all while struggling to remember the exact time and location for soccer practice pick-up and extolling the virtues of a personal hygiene for the two older kids. Boy, is he glad when Monica gets home!

Gina, Grant's wife, has her own special set of circumstances. Ever since Grant joined RSVP, in Grant's own words, "she does resent having to take care of the dog by herself every Monday."

I don't have anecdotal evidence of every situation experienced by each spouse, but without ever singing a note in any concert, Doug Adams, Doug Crumley, Steve Walker, Scott Peifer, Naomi Cambridge, Gwen Rosander, Elizabeth Davis, Carole Rains, and Gina Mulligan have contributed tremendously to the success of RSVP.

These priceless contributions in support of the efforts of the singers are the perfect example of how we must all share the burden so that we can all share the joy.