My most needed support most mornings is coffee. You may laugh at this but I have a 14 month
son who had never slept through the night.
He is up three, four, seven times a night. He is now getting his molars and now it’s
worse. I have learned to function on very
little sleep. I start my coffee before I
get in the shower and pour my big travel mug right before I walk out the door
45 minutes later. Without I do not think
I could function and make it through the day.
I did not really drink coffee much before I had my son. I never had a problem with my daughter.
My emotional supports through the day are my family. I get hugs and kisses from my daughter and
son when I get them up and when I leave for work. I get good morning and good by kisses from my
husband as well. He also tells me to
have a good day and to have a safe drive to work. On my way to work I usually talk to my mom every
morning. In the afternoon I pick my children
up from our home care provider and I am usually greeted with smiles, hugs, and excitement. When we get home the kids go play and I make
dinner. Then my husband gets home and we
talk about our day and sit down as a family to have dinner. We talk and listen to each other whenever we
need each other. He is my main emotional
support. Life would be very difficult
without having these three involved.
At work I have several people in my department that are
there to help support me to complete my job functions. I have my supervisor who helps guide me, my
office partner that helps me locate files and information, our secretary that
helps me reserve rooms for training, and several others in the department that
help me with other tasks. I also have selected
individuals at agencies that we work closely with that are there to help me as
well when I need guidance or direction with finding trainers or scheduling training.
The Other main support I have in my day is my I-Phone. It is my alarm clock to get up in the morning
without it I would never get up. I use
various apps in it for email, Facebook, internet, even Walden’s site to do homework. I also use apps to keep my grocery list, to
do list, appointment calendar, set birthday reminders, set my DVR to record a
show or movie. It is a very much needed
support night when my children do not
want to go to sleep and I can go on You Tube and play the Pajanimals song Lullaby
and it calms them right down. If I play
it a few times they generally will be asleep in no time.
The challenge I chose to imagine
would be not having my family. I am 32
and I have never once lived alone. I cannot
imagine not having someone to wake up with in the morning, come home to or have
them come home to me in the evening, or say good night to before bed, even if it’s
just a roommate. I think I would need a
great deal of extended family support and friend support. I would need something in my life to keep my
occupied and not be bored pondering the “what ifs”. I would defiantly need a close group of
friends to ensure a healthy social life.
I also believe I would become a workaholic and be there long hours
writing and finding training.
I think supports I would have if I didn't have my family would be that I am actively involved with my church. I would probably become more involved and
volunteer more in the community. My
other supports would be that I love doing crafts such as scrapbooking, sewing,
and DIY projects. I would have a very
creative house and have awesome Christmas presents for my friends and
family.
I cannot imagine my life without
my husband and kids now. Life would be
very boring but I am not sure how that would be, now that I do not have to
worry about it. I would have lived my
life never knowing how it would be without them and imagining myself with
having a husband and children someday.
