I never thought about the types of supports that I relay on daily. For emotional support my first avenue is God. I start and end each day in prayer. If by chance I am running late and forget to leave the house before prayer I will cut the music off while I am driving and pray before I reach my destination. When I do reach out to others for help I know that my Grandmother and the majority of my family and my few selective friends will have my back. I think of my job as support. Yes, I teach because I love working with the children but I relay on my paycheck for support. I have been an employee with the board of education for 21 years. I can not picture me doing any other job. Even when I have attempted to do part time jobs for extra money, I still end up tutoring a child. No matter what I do I end up teaching. If for whatever reason I was not able to teach anymore I can not imagine what else I would do for a career.
Practical support- everything that I use daily, hook for my keys, my pocket books, car, cell phone, computer, etc. I am very absent minded and when I put my keys down I never know where I left them. That is why I have hooks in my kitchen and living room for my keys. When I forget to place my keys on the hook I panic. As a teacher I carry a lot of stuff to work everyday so I need purses! I love purses especially large purses and I enjoy buying purses. So every chance I can get I buy a purse and I change purses daily to coordinate with what I am wearing. My car is needed because I do not like taking the bus, plus I leave a lot of my school stuff in my car. We all know that we need technology.
I can not imagine loosing a limb or going totally blind. If I were to experience these situations then I would need a seeing eye dog and/or a prosthetic limb. I will have to get a home that is on one floor with little to no stairs and a ramp. My job is wheel chair accessible so I will not have to leave however, if I was blind I assume I would not be able to work with little kids again. I would have to learn braille. In the beginning I would think my life is over with because the things that I like to do I might not be able to do them anymore. Plus, so many people depend on me that I would find it hard to be dependent on others for help. Nevertheless, once I come to grips with the situation then I will find away to survive. I know that with the support of family and friends I would make the adjustment.
