My Supports

Within my daily activity there are many people and things that are of suppot to me.

Family: My family is a major support.
My husband has been a constant support emotionally, relationship, stability and financially. My children are adults with their own lives, but I know that if I need any help I can call on them for support. My sisters and brother are also available for support in any area if I need it.

Professionally: My co-workers are supports at work. We work as a team in our classroom. Besides the people I work directly woth in the classroom I recieve support from the proncipal, office staff and human resourse staff.

Spiritually: My church family are a network of spiritual support that I depend on prehaps more than the other forementioned.
None living supports:
I think I depend more on my car than any other. My computer would be a close second.

One scenerio that sometimes crosses my mind is if I outlive everyone or for some reason end up alone. I see this with a man that has outlived his wife , children, siblings and friends. He often describes the world  unfamiliar and frieghtening. He gets very sad and cries. His only comfort is telling his stories of a live long gone to any one that will take time to listen. I think about this scnerio happening to me . I cannot imagine being without a child, sibling, or companion. The loss of support as I have come to know and live by would really decrease the quality of life for me. My hope is that I have planted seeds of support to others that will be my garden of support when I am old.

My Connection to Play

"Do not...keep children to their studies by complusion, but by play."
                                                                                     ~Plato

 " Children are never more serious than when they play."
                                                              ~MONTAIGNE, Essays

My mother was a great supporter of my play when I was young. I have two older sisters that were much taller than myself. When we played Hopscotch they would tray the pattern so big I could never make my jumps.  Of course they would always win. The days my mother was home early from work, she would draw the pattern so that I would have a chance to successful on some jumps. When my interest would change , like the time I wanted to be the best marble player. She never told me that it was a boy's game (like my sisters did), she just made me the best looking bag to hold my marbles.

The games we played as children (30 years ago)  can still be played today, like baby dolls, marbles and hopscotch, with much fun and imagination, if children are allowed outside to play them. I understand our society is very different today as it was when I was a child. All the neighborhood children gathered to play and knew automatically to go home when it was getting dark. There was always a mother around for all of us. Unfortunately, safety is a much bigger issue today than it was way-back then. More mothers are working and children have to stay inside with electrronic entertainments, like video games, internet and television.

I believe that when I was young we were allowed to run freely, explore and experiment. My favorite thing was to play school, which has followed me into adulthood. My understanding of the world I lived in prepared me with a solid understanding of the world I lived in for when I wnet to school. I was allowed to pretend, using my imagination. My brain developed my use of imagination, unlike the television thinking and telling me how to feel.