"My Supports."

Support can be many things. It can be about monetary, about having physical,

emotional support; it takes on many different ways.

My God is my biggest supporter. He is there every day in every way. My God is with me at my highest high, and my lowest low. My parents did their part when I was younger, they supported me in all of my activities my brothers and I participated in from football to cheerleading. As I grew older, they were still there for me as I marched in my high school band (colorguard/flag team) and drove a school bus.

My family has always been big supporters of education, so their support was phenomenal.

My sister, Dilly is byfar the biggest and best supporter next to God that anyone could have. She is there for me period. She was and still is taking care of me, our home, everything and she asks for nothing in return. Her support for me with all of my medical issues has growed to be amazing. I can not stop to think if she or My God would ust walk away. Where would I be, where would I go? I have been there once. It is that dsrk cold clampy place at the bottom of the bottom when I would not want my enemy to go. I was in ICU for 12 days on a respirator not knowing anything. I had my family with me for pray and support. God was there too.

The benefits are I am here, right now, today. I was a smoker; I celebrate everyday a new day that I no long smoke. It has been 2 years, 1 month and 23 days. I have breathing issues, I have some nerve problems in my right foot, but through all of the support I have and still receive from my God and family, and friends keep me here, safe and happy.

My Connections to Play."

The two quotes that I feel summarize what play represent for me in my childhood are:

“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” Plato
“The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground.”  G. K. Chesterton

The next are a few pictures of the different ways I used to play growing up.

   

Growing up we did just that, played. I was outside early in the morning to play with my friends. We rode our bikes around the neighborhood. We went to the school and played on the playground swinging, climbing on the monkey bars, running around chasing one another. We might start a game of kick ball or red light green light. We played until we got tired and hungry. Home we go to eat and then back out.

The supported we got was from the parents watching after us, making sure we were ok by letting us play but checking on us every now and then. There was no one that I can remember just constantly bothering us. As I said, my friends and I played outside.

Play today is so different from the play in which I engaged as a child. A thing that is call play is not play it is entertainment. The children do not have to move much to be said they are playing. Watching videos and playing computer games does not mean one is playing. To me that is being lazy. Where is the fun, the freedom to laugh and explore. The children and the parents know nothing about that.

 My hope for young is now with regard to play is to go outside and discover the world. Explore the places you dare not go. They are waiting for you to see all the good things that God had put on this earth. Yes we must be careful in which my friends and I were we went exploring, but we had so much fun learning about each other, sharing our thoughts and ideas, not just making friendships, but sealing the deal on them as well. Some of these relationships turn in to great adult friendships as well. I am in contact and still friends with people I grew up with.