Life can be a challenge in which we as people have to find ways to deal with things and handle things appropriately. There are times when we are faced with things that we feel that we just cannot go on and just want to give up. Even though life is not easy we are able to get through it daily with the use of different types of support and support systems. Without support, I don't think I would have been able to get across some of the bumps in the roads that I have experienced. My support system is my everything and I don't know what I would do without them.
My Mother
My daily schedule is very busy and without the people that make up my emotional support system, I think I would have went crazy by now. The first person that is very supportive is my mother. My mother is not only a parent but a friend, listener, provider, and wonderful grandmother. Being a mother of two young daughters have me on the go at all times in which I am having to take them to and from their daily activities such as dance class, baseball practice, and girl scout meetings. My mother always steps in and helps with the girls in which she takes care of one of the and I handle the other. She often comes over and helps prepare dinner as well as listen to my daily mishaps that I may have experienced. I feel that my mothers' support is the reason I am the strong person I am today. She often motivates me when I want to give up and also she makes sure that I am taking care of myself both physically and emotionally. I feel that without the support of my mother I don't know where I would be today. I don't think that I would be able to function sanely and do all the things that needed to be done daily. I cherish every day that my mother is in my life and wish that I could have her by my side forever because life without her would be like taking away my sunshine.
My Children
I am blessed to have two beautiful little girls, Nya & Jada, who bring me great joy! These little girls are two of my biggest supporters. They make sure that their mother's day is always bright in which they make sure I am always smiling and in a good mood. When they see that mommy is having a bad they will step in and do things that always turn my frown into a smile such as wanting to help clean, cook, and do laundry. Being the mother of these two little girls provide me the sense of having something worth living for. They are the reasons I work so hard to provide them with the best of things in which we make sure that we are all taken care of. I couldn't imagine a day without these little girls and just the thought of them not being there makes me emotional. If they were not in my life I don't think I would be the professional, hardworking, and dedicated woman I am today.
Physical Disability
The challenge that I chose to imagine to have that I do not currently have it the inability to walk and beinf confined to a wheelchair. This type of challenge would be very difficult to me in which I would basically need someone on call that could always assist me with different situations and daily activities. I would want to have a support system that would allow me to independent and not be to the point where they wanted to do everything for me. I would have to make sure that I had someone to drive me from place to place so that I go do some of the things I could possibly do alone. In this situation, I definitely feel that my mother and daughters would definitely be supportive in which they would assist me with things that I could not do due to my disability such as getting thing from high places, driving the girls to and from their activities, and just emotional support such as being my motivators. Regardless of the disability, my support system would made sure that I continued living life to the fullest and that my disability would not be viewed as a disability but a obstacle that I am facing. If I did not have them, being confined to a wheelchair and trying to take care of my children would be very hard. I would basically have to find someone to help me which may be a person that would not provide the actual support and love that I needed like my mother and my daughters. If they weren't there I probably would just give up and live a life full of depression and low self-esteem.
