Blog posts tagged with Simon

Greetings, Exalted Ones. Allow me to introduce myself: I’m Simon Edwards, Life Scout of Boy Scout Troop 175. For my Eagle Scout Project I’m plannin...

One of the awesome things Simon has been into the last few years is Boy Scouts. He started later than many of the boys in his troop but it has real...

My son was diagnosed with autism at age 2.5. Sitting here 12 or so years later we've all learned so much (and continue to learn) about life and com...

Last Thursday Simon finished 8th grade. As I thought of all the different angles and lenses through which I could tell you this story, the one I ca...

Yesterday Simon turned 14. I started to write up a post about him and me and us and this life and then I started going through all the photos. Oh t...

When Simon finished his first horse session at RideAble today he asked me this question, "Do you think this will be a powerful memory?" "Of course ...

Last week, Simon turned 13. THIRTEEN. For real. This kid. I've been sharing his stories in this space since he was 2 years old. I've shared stories...

As I was eating lunch today I was thinking about how smooth back to school was for my kids this year. Almost too smooth - like when is it going to ...

NOTE BEFORE READING | This post includes holiday spoilers for kids. A couple weeks ago (before Easter) Chris had "the talk" with Simon about some o...

Last week Chris and I attended Simon's IEP / 3-year eligibility meeting at his middle school. For those of you that don't know an IEP is an Individ...

On January 21st we celebrated Simon's 12th birthday with a small family gathering and the next morning I woke him up at 3:30am and told him we were...

1. You are two months into 6th grade and you seem to be enjoying the adventure. 2. For school day breakfast you like to have either a bagel & c...

1. What is your favorite thing right now?Being home from school with Mom and Katie. 2. You seem to be really into Batman right now. What do you lov...

On Monday Simon finished 5th grade. Go Simon go! Around here that means he's done with Elementary School and will transition to Middle School in th...

He's saying (age 11, end of 5th grade): Dude. What's going on Mom? What's up? This is awkward. I wish I had a bat cave. Hey. I love you Mom. She's ...

I was picking up and putting away last night when I opened this little red notebook of Simon's and found this story. I don't know when he wrote it ...

Two weeks ago Chris initiated the creation of a new chart for Simon. I'm pretty sure the catalyst was a conversation we had while sitting in the dr...

About this time last year we adopted a one-year-old cat from our local Humane Society (you can read that story here). George has been the most awes...