My Supports

Factors within my daily environment that are supportive to me are my husband and my children. My husband is supportive to me in everything I do.  he is supportive with my job, school and my future goals. I decided to go back to school and get a se4cond maters to help me promote within my job. It hasn't been easy coming back to school. I have had many challenges before and since I have started and many times I have said to myself and to my husband that maybe going back to school was a bad idea. I'm still here because when I'm down and struggling my family is there to support me and cheer me and to do whatever they can to make things easier for me. My husband and I are also supportive for each other when it comes to exercise. We work out together, set fitness goals and then support each other and push each other to achieve them. 

My co-workers are supportive in every way in our classroom. We are a good team, we know each other well and help each other out. When one of us is sick, tired or stressed we step in to help with the children and help take a load off. We support each other with goals and ideas for our classroom which has been a positive impact for our children. My military/church family is one of a kind. They are supportive to me and my family in every way possible. I can't explain how this family shows love and support for me and my family spiritually, mentally, physically and emotionally. The benefits to these supports is that no matter what I'm going through, good or bad I have a great support system and I know I nor my family will never have to go through anything alone and will never be alone. With out these supports it would be difficult because in my family if we don't support each other then our marriage would struggle and so would our family. At work if we don't support each other and help each other then there will be friction and it would uncomfortable to work with each other and the ones who will suffer are the children.  If we would not have me the people we have the past two years which are my military/church family, I'm not sure I would be where I am today. My family went through a difficult time a year ago and we didn't know where to turn or what to do. With out the support we have we would have been lost and may have handled the situation differently and could have mad it it worse with long term effects on all of us. If these supports were gone my life would be turned upside down and i would feel alone and lost.

The challenge I chose is being a single mom. I chose this because I have friends and family who are single moms and I see so many single parents at my job. It is hard to raise kids, work and go to school when you are married and have help and so I know it is so much harder doing it alone. If I was a single mom I would need all the support I could get. Emotionally I would need friends and family to remind me that everything is going to be okay and that no matter how hard things get I will get through it. Practically I would need financial support from former husband and I would need help with everyday things from chores, kids, school and work. Physically I would need the emotional support so that I could keep going physically. The single moms I know are such strong women and they do an awesome job each and everyday. Times get tough and those gloomy days sometimes seem to never go away but having a strong support team always makes everything so much easier and reminds them that they are not alone they are special and deserve to have the best.