My Supports!

  On a daily basis I need the support of the director and my colleagues, the parents, and the children. The support my colleagues and director give is their professionalism, their encouragement, and their smiles.  The children give me their support of trust, and hugs, and their parents support me by trusting I will care for their children as if they were my own.  Listening is a support from others that you would not miss unless it was gone. I need to have a listening ear at work from my colleagues, the children and their families. Team work is done by listening to each other, and when the offer of encouragement, ideas, and help is offered the benefits are able to make a great difference.  My director is the support of being our advocate, getting supplies, fixing bathrooms, light , and computers and any of the little to large things we need throughout the day. She does not do the actual work, but she puts my requests into the hands that do the work, if she forgot, or thought I could wait, it would be hard to do my job.
     My family offers me support by loving and caring for me, they are also great listeners, I offer the same.  My sisters and I talk everyday sometimes more than once. My brothers too, give me support, just by loving and caring about me. Without my family I would be half of whom I am.  We celebrate each other and their children accomplishments, we lend a helping hand, we care and share knowledge with the next generation. My only living parent is my Mother and we live together. Mom gives me support by believing the best of me always, which I try to live up to. She supports me by loving me, and allowing me to take care of her. I cook most of our meals, take her to doctor appointments, tell her about my day and she listens. Some days I am all talked out, and my family understands and support me, knowing I talk all day at work. My family supports me with humor, we laugh together often, share meals, and they visit.  My nieces and nephews are my supporters, they support me with their love, they think of me and call, and the are always happy to see me. The support of my family makes me feel valued.
  My spiritual support is the most important in my life without it I would cease to exist and that support comes from God.  His endless care, knowing that He loves me, He will never leave or forsake me, He gives me the energy,health, and desire to do all I do.
  The support my friends and family give me allows me to continue going to school, they understand that my time is limited. They understand that sometimes I am totally exhausted and will shut down , they support me through the autoimmune disease of Lupus.
  The people who support me are indispensable, I need their support for different things and I do not want to be without it. It would be a dismal life if I did not have the support of my family, friends, and colleagues holding me up, encouraging and loving me I would not be the person I am. Something crucial would be missing in my life

"My Connections to Play"

 I am not sure if my parents used play time as a reward, or a break time for themselves. But it was the best times for me, going to school, and playing were the best things in my childhood.  I remember playing with marbles, jump ropes, hopscotch, and running playing hide and seek. If I was 4 or 5, then sliding the slide board, swinging, and playing with my dolls was the gist of playtime. I remember as I got older the things I did as a child playing became a part of my life now.  I use to make doll clothes from old pillowcases and comb her hair, make up stories to tell, play school always had to be the teacher. Today I am a teacher, I can sew without ever having training, create patterns, upholster furniture and cars. I write poetry and lyrics, and short stories.  All the talent I have started as a child playing games. In fact, I never realized the connection until I started to write this post. Playing is very important, a child discovers the things that they are capable of doing. Play was supported by buying bikes, skates, toys to cook with, coloring books, each item was used to do develop.  I remember the freedom of being outside, I could do lots of things, and what I could not do I would imagine.

 “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” -George Bernard Shaw

“If you want to be creative, stay in part a child, with the creativity and invention that characterizes children before they are deformed by adult society.” -Jean Piaget