This is better advice than one might think.
Maybe as a divorced man I have no right to be giving advice on this thread, but here it is anyway:
After any fight, any tragedy, any drama of any kind...being able to honestly say, "I'm still here for you, and I love you just as much, if not more than before." THAT can take a fella far.
but as Lt. Geordi LaForge used to say, "You don't have to take my word for it." {scene cuts to kid, holding a book}