MY SUPPORTS

I am fortunate to have many supports in my daily environment that are supportive to me. First and foremost my husband. He supports me and our family financially, I am blessed to be a stay at home mom. My husband is also my emotional support. We have our ups and downs, you are bound to after almost 17 years of marriage, but we have overcome the difficult times and cherished the good times together. We work as a team and face the days together.

 I come from a big family and we all live around each other. My mom and dad, sister, brothers, and sister-in-laws supports me on a daily bases, I know that they are a phone call away and will come help in a quick minute if I need them to. My kids support me too. They help me with some simple chores around the house. But more importantly they remind me to stop and have fun. That the day to day tasks can always wait till tomorrow because the time with them is so short and should be treasured.

  I am the PTA president at my son’s elementary school. We always have something going on and I have the support of the teachers and staff at the school, the parents and families, and our wonderful community. Without the supports from the school and community I would not be able to do my job as the PTA president.

The benefits of my supports is that it makes my days easier. I don’t have to get through the days all alone. With bad days, to me, is easier to get through them with help and good days it is fun to share them with others. I can honestly say the impact on my life without my supports would be extreme. I am so used to having them around I do not know what I would do without them.

A challenge I have chosen to imagine is if my husband had to transfer to a new state for his job and we knew nobody in this new city. I would luckily still have the support of my husband and children on a daily basis. I know my family would still support me from afar. It would be difficult to start over in a new place but we would begin to get involved within the new community and build our daily supports back up. The potential benefits from these supports is that they make daily living easier. My husband and I love each other but we also need our alone time and date nights without the kids.  Finding new friends to hang out and to talk with. Finding supports we trust to watch the kids. Finding places and children my children can play with and have fun being kids. Life can get lonely without supports.