When I think about support what immediately comes to mind is my family and those that are close to me. These are the people that know me personally and have an experience of working with me when I’m at my lowest meaning (failure) or at my highest peak of success. These people know what to say and how to say it when it comes to encouraging me to make the right choices. I say on a daily basis I need the emotional support to make sound and safe decisions. Besides my parents and my siblings I believe at the present time the person that I receive emotional support from is my husband. He is there for me when I struggle or have a need. I know this may sound cheesy but till this day I always call my husband my “rock.” I know we have only been married for 5 years but it seems like forever. We have struggled through rough and tough times and yet he is one solid person I know that will not judge me and supports every attempt at a goal that makes me happy. This is a great benefit of having a supporting husband.
When I was a military spouse (now retired spouse) one of the tough times that I needed emotional support and he showed it tremendously was when I was pregnant with my daughter. I was an emotional wreck and I struggled to finish college. Going to college online seemed to be just rumors around the internet. I immediately went from a full time student to a part-time student and (no joke) went to school until the week I gave birth. Finals week happened to be the week before I gave birth. It was because of him that he supported my goal of finishing school. He was the only one pushing me and saying to me “honey I believe you can do it, never quit!” While some of the members of my family just figured I would be a college dropout and turn into a stay at home mom. A stay at home mom was really not on my top priority list but if it was my last and final option I would have stayed home. I was angry during the struggle but I persevered. Without my husband I think I would have just quit school and would not be furthering my education as I write this blog assignment. Graduating college was one of my greatest accomplishments and a major impact in my life. I can’t imagine what my educational path would look like without the support of my husband.
As far as the other supports practical and monetary sometimes it seems as If I am on my own, I need to have a goal in order to accomplish a task not to mention that our household grew in size within the past year. Yes my husband provides and works hard to pay all the necessary bills and sometimes we try not to rely on the jobs we have because it seems the economy is unstable.
I now imagine myself homeless and without a job or any of the support systems. The challenge for me of not have a home is meeting the other important daily needs such as food and water to survive. Without the basics means of supports: social interaction which is emotional support, education which seems like monetary support and obtaining adequate food, water, and shelter I would not be alive.
