My Supports

I like to think of myself as a very independent person because I enjoy doing most things on my own. I don't even remotely like the thought that I may even burden anyone with even the smallest things. When I think about what my supports are and what they consist of I would have to say that my main supports consist of my core people. This includes a few really close friends and my dad. These are the people that have really helped me to hold it together and they really know me at heart so I am able to trust and depend on them in a very unique way that I can't even think about doing with any other group of people.They are truly the people that I need the most. I think that without these people in my life I don't think I would have had as much motivation as I have had to get where I am currently and still be a responsible, respectful, and very caring individual. I think that I would feel very lost without any one of these people because it is the combination of all these people that creates a kind of network of support and care that I have needed and not been able to find elsewhere. I often spend time talking to my dad or talking to friends about things that are happening in my life that I need help with and while it sounds so minute, it really is both necessary and important to me to be able to have someone who knows me really hear what it is that I'm saying and give me solid advice or just words of encouragement and not only that but offer a prayer on my behalf and to have me be able to do the same for them. I think that if I didn't have that there would be so much opportunity for negative things to enter into my life and deter me from having success in the future. Part of the reason why I am still able to continue this long journey in education is because I have the support of these people and if I didn't then I don't know that I would have the motivation to continue on this path and move forward with this process.

While I am not yet a parent but will be in a few months I have been imagining all of the things that could go right and wrong. I am thinking about a scenario where one parent is completely void of having any knowledge about the child and how that might make the child feel and ultimately also the other parent who is active in the child's life. I think that there would definitely have to be another emotional support for both the other parent and the child. For the parent, I think that emotional support would be dealing with the guilt that they may be carrying for not having the other parent in the picture and for the child I would think that as they got older they might have some residual resentment about a parent being absent and need support with those feelings.

Supports, no matter the type or variation, are important for everyone. They are what encourages us to move forward and to try new things and to build on the people that we are and who we hope to become in the future.