I am blessed to wake up each morning with a supportive husband by my side. This morning he helped me make the bed, he cooked me breakfast, we read scripture together, and we had a great conversation. He is filled with great advice that helps me with my struggles at work and calms me down and comforts me when I feel emotionally burdened to my limits. Throughout the week he is happy to help with grocery shopping including clipping coupons, cleaning the house including doing laundry, and he works hard to provide financial support to the family even when he works jobs he doesn't love. Truly he feeds my body and soul and I am grateful each day for him. I look at how full my schedule can be with work, school, and family and know that his support is what keeps me emotionally, physically, and spiritually healthy.
I have spent much time pondering what it would be like to not have use of one or both of my hands as I struggled with carpal tunnel in the past. I worried about what life would look like for six weeks if I had to get surgery and not use my hand. I would have trouble dressing myself, doing regular household chores, and completing my work. Schooling and work both require lots of typing, something that would be difficult to have anyone else do for me. While I know Roger would be able to help me with many things around the house, the reality is that I would need lots of physical support throughout the day that he would not be able to provide for me. Perhaps some adaptive technology and understanding from my boss and professors would grant me endurance through that trial. I know I would need additional emotional support more than anything. I am very independent. I like to do things on my own and have them done a certain way. I am not as patient with tasks as I am with children, so I feel I would become frustrated easily and begin to annoy myself and others. Something as simple as temporarily not having use of one hand would be very difficult to me, but I know I would have the continued support of my husband in any way he could.
