My Supports

Some factors in my daily life that provide support to me are my fiancé who provides emotional support. He is there to listen if I am having a rough day, provides encouragement, and is empathetic. He also provides physical support if I need help completing tasks around the house. Another emotional support I have is my mother. She also is there whenever I need her and always provides reassurance. She also provides physical support because we do family child care together. We are there to work together to complete a common task, which is providing quality child care and support to our day care families. My children also provide emotional support. You always can count on unconditional love from your children. Some other supports that I have are my job which provides my family with financial support. Without this financial support there would be a burden of making ends meet. I think that I would become more stressed because I would feel like I am not contributing equally. Some practical support I have in my life is my daily planner and my cell phone. I think these are practical supports because I can keep in contact with anyone throughout the day and I also know what is going on for the day so I don’t feel overwhelmed. My planner and cell phone help organize my life to make it run a little smoother.

I think that if I lost any of these supports then I wouldn’t feel whole. All the supports in my life complement each other and make us who we are. Life would be tougher if you didn’t receive emotional support from family and friends. Physical supports make life easier, but aren’t always necessary. We sometimes take for granted how good we have it. Monetary support is essential to be able to live life comfortably. I am very fortunate to have such a good job and not have to worry about where my money is going to come from to pay rent and utility bills.

The challenge that I imagined myself having was being paralyzed. If I were to become paralyzed I would require many supports both emotionally and physically. Having a disability such as being paralyzed would cause me to have to change things like being able to drive to work or transport the kids to their activities, being able to get up and down off the floor with the children at the daycare. Things that I do naturally everyday would change and I would need a lot of emotional support from my family and friends.