My insomnia counselor wants me to spend some time thinking and writing about independence, since it is a value that is important to me. Probably the most important. <\/p>\n
Independence is why I have been working on getting a service dog for someone else: http:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/Servicedog4jadzia<\/a> \u2013 she also has a Facebook page at https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ServiceDog4Jadzia<\/a><\/p>\n I have always tried to keep a certain level of financial independence. I worked in high school, and had very high paying jobs. I put myself through college, through scholarships and working in the summer for Kelly Girl (yes back in the day), and did exceptionally well financially.<\/p>\n Every course I took in high school, especially electives were aimed at getting financial independence, and my major was picked partly for that reason. Plus I really like computers.<\/p>\n I continue to keep my skills honed and ready to go so I can change jobs, locations, etc. whenever I want. I don\u2019t very often. Even my career choice is aimed at given me some independence \u2013 pension and insurance.<\/p>\n As a teacher I hope to give my students that same guarantee of independence. I\u2019m constantly telling students where they go to continue learn more and make money, especially the web mastering students, and I am constantly urging them to go to college. Anyway they can.<\/p>\n One thing I would like to do is give Jadzia some independence. I haven\u2019t met her, but she\u2019s worked hard. She graduated from high school and has done work as a model before her health went south. <\/p>\n Service dogs give independence, and I am constantly working towards giving others independence with service dogs. That\u2019s why I challenge people who restrict access and I teach other people \u201cthe rules\u201d, as a Home Depot employee told me today. I found that very amusing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My insomnia counselor wants me to spend some time thinking and writing about independence, since it is a value that is important to me. Probably the most important. Independence is why I have been working on getting a service dog for someone else: http:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/Servicedog4jadzia \u2013 she also has a Facebook page at https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ServiceDog4Jadzia I have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}