Merrill and Roberta Simon and Family

WARNING: Not for the weak!!! I have had to face reality, we really are a family that is full of special needs, and we are all okay with it. Let me explain a little bit better. Last night the kitchen/dinning room is beyond busy. Dinner is being served, kids are eating, children are talking, life is going at full speed. Then it happens, Jericho starts throwing up. I am talking projectile vomiting, right across the floor. Bless his heart, he was throwing up faster than we could get it cleaned up. His PCA was running back and forth to the kitchen sink and I was rinsing out the towel as fast as I could. Now, here is when reality set in....the children kept eating, some were asking for seconds, LisaMarie was scheduling a play date, Micah was wanting more to drink. No one even seemed the least bit bothered by the fact that Jericho was throwing up. They were walking around him and it, they just kept on keeping on. I knew then that this family is really different. Funny thing, I am okay with

Our oldest Michael and our youngest, Maverick. Total age span, 30 years.

You know, my daddy always talked about how fast life was going. I just thought he was a bit nuts, but you know, I think that I have to agree with him. It seems like the first half of this year has flown bye. As a family we have been going nonstop. We have had a lot of fun, but it has just been crazy busy. The most wonderful of times happened June 4th at 7PM. We were seated at Dayton High School for what was the start of Jeremy's graduation. There was the Simon Family, beaming with pride as we watched our very first graduation. Oh, we have many adult children, just none that have graduated from High School. Each of our children have faced obstacles that many children do not. We understand that and we love them for who they are, not because of the road they have traveled. Now, back to Jeremy. As he walked into the arena with all of his classmates, I am sure that he heard his family cheering as loud as we could. His smile was a mile wide. About a fourth of the way through the ceremo