"My Supports"

“My Supports” The supports I have around me are my family: husband, daughter and son. These are my immediate supports because these people help me stay focused, give me the support needed to continue my education and do the job that I love. My husband has been by my side for over thirty years and supported me in whatever I wanted to do, we have always helped each other achieve our dreams of education (while in the Air Force it was his dream to obtain his Bachelors and become an Officer) and when it was my turn to continue my education (after our children graduated high school) I returned to school and obtained my Associates degree at the same time my daughter graduated from George Mason University with her Bachelors degree. My daughter supports me by being there for me to bounce ideas off of and help me understand how to put my thoughts onto paper when I need it. She is there for me when I am having a rough day and I am there for her as well. My son supports me by being my computer wizard and helping me to learn new things for my education and job. He is always just a phone call away for me to ask how I do this. All of these people support me through my goal of getting healthy and fit again-by cooking me healthy meals, going on walks or bike rides with me. My challenge would be to move to another country again and have to leave my support system behind and start over. Even though I have lived overseas many times, I always had my family with me and now my children have their own families so I would not have those supports with me. I would have to build new relationships with new co-workers and neighbors and for me this would be hard because I am really an introvert and do not make friends easily. I would have my husband with me so that would be a big support to keep me grounded and able to start over, I would be linked to my children by email, skype and the phone. The other challenge with the move would be learning the language in order to do my job-this would be an intense learning experience, but again with my husband and new co-workers it would get done. If I did not have my supports, I feel I would have a harder time at succeeding in my new job and home. I would need to find a way to take them with me while I build a new support system to help me succeed.