What if number 2: what if I never went to the group home

The fact of the matter is that the group home saved my life I learned many independent living skills at a young age that served me well as well as communicating with others and working on social skills and knowledge of various types of activities I might be a bit late on learning those tools but I certainly learned them well enough to have a headstart on self-directed services and to almost immediately be the poster child of it I went to the group home so that I could be independent like my sisters and so that I could eventually work and do everything well if I didn't go my brain would turn to mush, no college graduate, no self advocacy, no council vice chair, no self-directed services,no freedom because I would probably be in the treatment center or locked up, no living downtown and being a great part of many communities, my friends would be radically different, my general career path wouldn't be available because I would be a criminal, and I would likely not find what I truly appreciate in life this is the starkest and bluntest of these blogs because without the group home I wouldn't be anywhere near where I am right now it truly was dedicated to changing my life and the rest of my life was so radiant and compassionate which was a trait I learned a long time ago by the past program boss who ended up being like a second mom to me and who is still in my life today I still get together with the guys once a month and I will check with the current supervisor of that home after tools for life I am inspired to give back and help others reach their goals there because some have dreams of something else that is bigger than what the home can provide them and whose to say that they can't you never know what people need unless you try I was needing 24/7 care until last decade at the home and I am doing really well with the minimal support I am getting at home regardless of what I can do now and having what it takes there is a notion that if I was never in the group home none of this would have happened stay tuned for my next blog what if I ended up deciding to can southminster Presbyterian Church