My Support System fall into several classification : Family, Friends, & Colleagues.
My husband is my rock, my best friend and is highly supportive of everything I want to do in life, it is because of his support and love that I was able to accomplish graduating with my Bachelor's degree while raising our three children, through three deployments. He has sacrificed by his time and reenlisting multiple times in the military to help support my dreams.
My sister, there are sometimes no words to express the encouragement that she has been able to give me. Not only is she my love, she is my sister. She is also an educator( BONUS!!!) Whenever I am frustrated just as my husband will do she also will pick me up dust me off and tell me yes I can. She is always there to lend an ear , or come visit just make sure I know I have her love and support.
My Parents and My Brothers, wow! what can I say about that I have prayers and encouragement that abound. I can pick up a phone and call just to say"Hi" on a day that I may not feel my best. On a day that I feel like giving in to all the pressures of the world and each will tell me how proud they are, how I can do this and make me feel OK. Without knowing that's what I needed to hear they say it.
My friends are not merely friends they are family to me, they each have given me support on my journey. My colleagues are quickly become friends to me, indispensable parts of my life from which I am not able to do my job with. I am encouraged through and by. We give each other support and provide far more time and energy , outside of what is seen outside it being merely just a job. So I can say they are not just my colleagues but my friends as well.
IF I DIDN'T HAVE.....
I am the oldest of 6 children 3 girls and 3 boys, in 2005 my youngest sister passed away. So in this scenario I am writing from truth. My sister Tiffany was 18 years old, and had just a few days before graduated from High School. Up until that point in her life, she, our sister Latoya, and my sister we always called our parents three angels. Their three girls we were close, even though I was married and already raising a family I visited often, and my sisters came to visit me often. Tiffany spent her Spring Break as a senior not with her friends but with my family. We were sisters in every sense of the word, her death devastated our whole family. It ripped a piece of our hearts away that we can not replace. Her support for me to go to college while raising kids, with a husband that was at war at the time was huge. So her loss took the breath, from me literally, from me and Latoya. Some days I only functioned for my children. Until a day came that I remembered that I could honor her through all the living that I was left here to continue to live.
If I could imagine or have any other support, it would be to have my husband here all the time, yet I know that the sacrifices he makes are for a greater good. So I don't want to be selfish. Truly, I know I am blessed with a great support system that helps me and holds me up whenever I need it the most. I can not , and could not have done anything that I have accomplished thus far on my own. If I did not have them in place. I would be struggling to work still on every dream. So I am always thankful and forever grateful to the Almighty for placing every person in my life. :)
My husband is my rock, my best friend and is highly supportive of everything I want to do in life, it is because of his support and love that I was able to accomplish graduating with my Bachelor's degree while raising our three children, through three deployments. He has sacrificed by his time and reenlisting multiple times in the military to help support my dreams.
My sister, there are sometimes no words to express the encouragement that she has been able to give me. Not only is she my love, she is my sister. She is also an educator( BONUS!!!) Whenever I am frustrated just as my husband will do she also will pick me up dust me off and tell me yes I can. She is always there to lend an ear , or come visit just make sure I know I have her love and support.
My Parents and My Brothers, wow! what can I say about that I have prayers and encouragement that abound. I can pick up a phone and call just to say"Hi" on a day that I may not feel my best. On a day that I feel like giving in to all the pressures of the world and each will tell me how proud they are, how I can do this and make me feel OK. Without knowing that's what I needed to hear they say it.
My friends are not merely friends they are family to me, they each have given me support on my journey. My colleagues are quickly become friends to me, indispensable parts of my life from which I am not able to do my job with. I am encouraged through and by. We give each other support and provide far more time and energy , outside of what is seen outside it being merely just a job. So I can say they are not just my colleagues but my friends as well.
IF I DIDN'T HAVE.....
I am the oldest of 6 children 3 girls and 3 boys, in 2005 my youngest sister passed away. So in this scenario I am writing from truth. My sister Tiffany was 18 years old, and had just a few days before graduated from High School. Up until that point in her life, she, our sister Latoya, and my sister we always called our parents three angels. Their three girls we were close, even though I was married and already raising a family I visited often, and my sisters came to visit me often. Tiffany spent her Spring Break as a senior not with her friends but with my family. We were sisters in every sense of the word, her death devastated our whole family. It ripped a piece of our hearts away that we can not replace. Her support for me to go to college while raising kids, with a husband that was at war at the time was huge. So her loss took the breath, from me literally, from me and Latoya. Some days I only functioned for my children. Until a day came that I remembered that I could honor her through all the living that I was left here to continue to live.
If I could imagine or have any other support, it would be to have my husband here all the time, yet I know that the sacrifices he makes are for a greater good. So I don't want to be selfish. Truly, I know I am blessed with a great support system that helps me and holds me up whenever I need it the most. I can not , and could not have done anything that I have accomplished thus far on my own. If I did not have them in place. I would be struggling to work still on every dream. So I am always thankful and forever grateful to the Almighty for placing every person in my life. :)
Hello Tara,
ReplyDeleteWOW! you are so blessed to have such a strong foundation of support to depend on. I am so sorry to hear about your sister but I know what you are going through. I lost my brother 10 years ago and even though it was some years ago it is still an everyday struggle. He was my only sibling and I have a hard time trusting anyone the way that I trusted him. But I put all my trust in the LORD who strengthens me and gets me through every challenge. I know that in time it will get easier just keep trusting in the LORD and he will get you through.
Tara,
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to hear of your loss. You have a great story to tell your children and you will be a great encouragement to others who want to give up. The children who you will teach will be very blessed. Your story is very touching and personal. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you both for your support. I do move on in prayer daily. I am always looking to be encouraged and to be an encouragement to others. I have always been thankful the love and supprt that I have been blessed with. I dont know where I would be without them each.
ReplyDeleteTara,
ReplyDeleteGreat post!!! I'm truly sorry to hear about your lost. I love how you and family support one another especially during hard times.
Alisha