My Supports

In my life I have many supports that keep me going each day.  First I have my family, Allen my husband, my children, and my father-in-law.  Also I am very close to my mother, brothers, sister, and my grandmother.  These people on a daily basis provide me with the supportive atmosphere to continue to try even in the worst of times.  This past year especially, we have really needed each other.  We have had 2 deaths in the family, cancer diagnoses, and job changes. Of course this is the year I decided to go back to school. Without these supports I wouldn’t be able to survive all of these struggles. They give encouraging words, wisdom, and affection as ways to support me. 

Second, I also have great friends.  I have been blessed to have friends that I have been through a lot with and they have been there for me during times of great struggle. My friends support me in much the same way that my family supports me.  If I need someone to talk to or vent with they are there to listen to me.  They help me to work through my problems.  When I need encouragement they are there to cheer me on to success. Without them life would be so much more difficult.  I would have nowhere to turn to when I needed a different perspective. 

Last, I have my church (this is a more recent addition).  I have found great comfort and encouragement in the church.  I have always been a very spiritual person, but I have a new value for fellowship.  They provide me with support that my family struggles with and I am limited on this type with my friends.  I need people that are walking the same direction with me to support me in my spiritual walk.  Without them I wouldn’t be able to continue to guide my children without this support.  I am so grateful for these supports because without them I wouldn’t be able to continue to strive for better in my life without these supports. 

If these supports were gone from my life I would be a very different person.  I would not have been able to try my best at perusing my education or even finish school without my support systems.  These helped me when I didn’t think I could go on anymore.  I have had my share for rough times like most so it has been great that I was able to succeed with so much.  I am the first to graduate from college in my family and now to be perusing a master’s degree is amazing. 

I chose the challenge of depression.  I chose this challenge because I don’t fully understand how someone can be so down that they can’t get up and move on.  I can only imagine that somewhere along the way they have a break down in their mind of their support systems.  Somewhere in their brain they believe that they aren’t worth supporting and they just can’t deal.  I would need support for…

• ·        My  housekeeping
• ·        Childcare
• ·        Job
• ·        Physically care

My family would help me with my home and children.  My friends would help me with my job responsibilities and my family.  My church would help me to overcome these difficult challenges that would come with this illness.

If I didn’t have these supports I can only imagine that my children would be taken from me because I wouldn’t be able to care for them.  I would lose my job and become homeless.  I wouldn’t be able to make myself follow through without my strength from the Lord and also from my church. 

I would probably just withdraw from society all together without my family and great friends.  It is hard to say what would happen next.  I think it would just continue to get worse.