When I think about my supports, it brings to mind so many different things and people. I must first begin with who I believe is my biggest support and the one who helps me get through so many things in my life and that is God!! He is where I get my strength to go on even when I want to give in. Next I have to give thanks for family. My mother and children without whom I would not be where I am. Their continued support and encouragement is why I am currently pursuing my educational goals. I am a single parent and it gives me so much joy to hear my children say how much I inspire them to never give up and to realize that they can have whatever they desire because of what I am doing. We have undergone some really tough times to get to this point. Some of them would make most people give up, but I realized that it made me stronger and more resilient.
The people I work with are a great support system for me because when it comes to team work, I feel that we invented the word. We have so many different programs operating within our agency, but because we work as one, the programs are seamless. We help when and where we are needed in order to get the job done. It is because of our Executive Director who doesn't mind getting in there and doing whatever it takes whether it's in the classroom or board room and sometimes in the bathroom. She has not only been supportive but also my mentor. I know her as my Supervisor, friend and Pastor. This is what helps me daily when things get overwhelming and I feel as though I cannot do anymore, she lets me know that I can because there's still so much left to do. I work with children with special needs and their families. I work long hours, travel quite often, spend a lot of time doing community work, attending meetings and going to school. When I'm not doing this, I spend a lot of time in church and working with those who need my services there. My friends, co-workers and family constantly tell me that they don't understand how I can do so much but without their constant support and encouragement, I couldn't and I often let them know this. If it were not for prayer, love and the overwhelming support of those close to me, I don't know where I would be.
We must all realize that knowing that someone is there for you and cares, makes a difference in your life, but just as they are giving and supportive of you, you also must be just as generous with others. I learned that a word, gesture, lending a hand or just being there can make all the difference in the world to a person no matter what state of mind they are in. It helps to know that you're not alone and that someone believes in you.
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Saturday, February 2, 2013
My Connections to Play
It is in playing, and only in playing, that the individual child or adult
is able to be creative and to use the whole personality, and it is only in
being creative that the individual discovers the self.
D.W. Winnicott
British pediatrician
1896–1971
British pediatrician
1896–1971
You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of
conversation.
Plato
Greek philosopher
427–347 BC
Greek philosopher
427–347 BC
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