"My Supports"

My family and colleagues offer support to me on a daily basis. My Granddaughter  Javon  is an encouraging factor in my life. I depend on her to make me feel better when I am stressed ,sad ,or sick. My scheduler and cell phone is used daily to guide me through the day, because if I don’t write things down , I am lost!

The benefits of these supports is that it keeps me on track, and organized in order to have a productive day. It would be very difficult  to exist without these supports ,as I have come to rely on them all. My Granddaughter , date book and cell. When she goes to college in August of 2012, I will miss her terribly!

When I left my datebook at work on day and was unable to get it until the next day, I was stressed and got very little sleep that night. On time when  my cell was not working and I could not get it to the shop, it was terrible because I did  not have not one person’s phone number written down anywhere , and in the age of the cell phone, I don’t have any memorized either. That was a trying time for me until I was able to get the repair done. I now have a back- up, and old fashion address book!

This week as we were learning about children with disabilities I thought I would imagine being a disabled person and how difficult to be disabled at my age from birth. It was hard to imagine as I have the ability to be able to walk without assistance or any type of assistance.I can drive a car, able to speak clearly and hear. I do believe my family would be helpful and especially my granddaughter. The benefit of this support is that I would be uplifted and encouraged to improve if there was a chance of it. If I did not have these supports I would be a very lonely person. If I were a disabled person, I would have to be placed in a home and depend on strangers to care for me, which would be hard.