A friend sent this to me today. I found it up-lifting and hope you do too : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YU0aNAHXP0 . It is entitled The Invisible Woman, but for the men on the board it could just as easily be The Invisible Man.
The part about getting up at 4:00 am & baking pies, and pressing linens, is crazy (at least for me), but the general message I found very comforting...