My Supports

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.