I have daily supports both at home and at work. I see my husband and my mom as home supports. My husband helps out around the house with the cleaning and cooking. He is very active in our children's lives and we work together to run a happy household. My mom is also a huge support for my family. I work early in the morning and my mom provides transportation for my girls when my husband cannot. She will take my girls to appointments when we need help and she will also take the girls to the library or out to eat while we are working. I love my husband and I would be wreck without him. If something happened to him I would of course do my best to take care of my children and provide for them however I think it would be very difficult.
My work supports are my boss and my co-workers. I feel my boss is my "go to" person when I have questions or concerns. She has many years of experience in the early childhood field and I value her expertise. My co-workers are supports because they are the people I work closely with on assessing children, creating curriculum, and bouncing ideas off of. I know that our program needs to have a director and a number of staff so I will always have someone to work with which I think is comforting. I would feel lost if I were the only person running the show.
There are a number of challenges I could face in the future including hearing loss which a several of my family members have faced. I would want my husband to continue to support me by listening to my concerns and understanding my feelings. I would see my doctor as a support because he or she would be able to answer my questions and give me options. I would also see technology as a support such as closed caption on the television, hearing aids to help me hear, and the computer to help me stay current on research related to my challenge. The computer and phone would allow me to communicate effectively as well. The benefits of my husbands support is to make me feel loved regardless of a challenge. The benefits of the doctor is health and the benefits of technology is to keep current. Without these supports I would feel less hopeful and probably sad.
Josie Zbaeren
Hi Jo, your family sounds as if it's a mechanism that works in unison with love and careing being the parts that keep it everything moving in the right directions. You are truly blessed. It sounds like if you ever have any health issues or any of life's challenges you will already have the right formula for getting through it. -krystalr.
ReplyDeleteHello Josie,
ReplyDeleteIt is funny that you mention hearing.Sometimes I drive my family crazy with the can you turn that down? I always joke that I will be deaf when I get older, and my children say no you will have normal hearing then. There have been many support systems pointed out to, since we stated this support blog. Who knew that we depended on so many people as back up. Just think if we lose our hearing we can listen to anything. Be like the penguins of Madagascar, just smile and wave!!!