My Supports

"We deceive ourselves when we fancy that only weakness needs support. Strength needs it far more."

-Anne Sophie Swetchine

The success I have reached in my personal and career lives are based wholly in the support of three main systems:

My Faith in God: My faith in a higher power has defiantly given me the intrinsic strength and guidance I needed to get where I am today and see a clear path on where I want to be in the future. I know that by being able to separate myself from negativity and base my life on positives and helping others I can be nothing but successful.

My Family: My family is a HUGE support system. From my parents and siblings to now my husband and in-laws, everyone has been nothing but supportive in my life and with my career/educational goals. It is hard to put into words how much each person within my family is valued in my support system.

 

My Friends: My friends are also great supporters. These are the people that listen rather then give advise all the time. Sometime I just want to be listened to with out judgement or an intervention type conversation, and my friends are where I turn for that. I have a small group of maybe 5 friends, each with a different purpose: the relationship friend, the go out and relax with friend, the call when I need to just vent friend, and the one that will always willing babysit friend.

These are the main support groups in my life and without them I would have not gotten where I am today. It is hard just not being able to have one day without communication with any other these three groups, I know I could not successfully function without them hold me up and pushing me forward.

I remember when I was pregnant with my son last year and I defiantly needed my support system there. I went into preterm labor and was forced to be hospitalized for two weeks before giving birth at 34 weeks pregnant. My entire family was there every step of the way, my mom stayed with my in the hospital while my husband had to go to work, my sisters came to visit and made a mini salon in my room so I could still feel beautiful, friends came to just give hugs and support, and I defiantly prayed for  the health of my child and our new little family. That was a difficult time in my life and it impacted not just my life, but the lives of everyone who really loves me. I defiantly realized how important support was and how much I appreciated it. I know that with out having that huge support system during that time specifically, I would have not been able to handle the stress and fear alone.

My Connections to Play

Always jump in the puddles! Always Skip alongside the flowers. The only fights worth fighting are pillow and food varieties. - Terri Guillemets

Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold.- Joseph Chitton Pearce

When growing up I loved the play ground at my Elementary. I vowed that I would build and have one for my children in my back yard. My son just turned one and already has a small swing set and mini slide from Little Tikes. I think it is AWESOME!

The other most amazing item I used during play as a child would defiantly have to be Barbie! I absolutely looooooved my Barbies, I think I had around 50 different dolls.

Growing up my parents were extreme outdoors type people, they still are with the grandkids. We were always outside planting gardens, hunting and fishing, painting the house, and/or doing just about anything fun and engaging. My whole family from grandparents to cousins, everyone was and still is extremely active and defiantly support the idea of getting active and playing outside instead of watching TV or playing video games inside.

Play is extremely different today then it was when I was a child. Even though I am only 26 it seems play is worlds apart. Today’s child is focus on computers, video games, and electronics. There are some awesome techonolgy advancements that offer amazing learning activities, but I feel children still need to get active and get outside. 

When I was a child play and being outside were important and part of daily life. I know now as a parent I want my son to play and be extremely active and atheletic. I feel it is important for all children to learn and develop socially, emotionally, cognitively, and physically; play is the main technique to foster all of those developments.