Written by Derek Coward on September 6, 2010
A Short Conversation
PostsStephen: Why is the fan blocking the downstairs entrance? Me: Ask your mother. And why can’t you say ‘door’ like any other kid? Stephen: Because I’m your kid. Me (shrugging): Can’t argue with you there. My father, somewhere in another plane of reality or reincarnated as a small child, is laughing. He might not know
Written by Derek Coward on May 30, 2010
Stephen’s Goofy Dance
VideoThis video was originally posted to YouTube, but for some reason, YouTube decided to strip out all of the sound. As you can tell, there is no music in the background (at one time, they were allowing videos to be posted but they removed all of the music from there, even incidental music that had
Written by Derek Coward on May 30, 2010
Stephen Is Happy I Am Home Early
VideoThis video was originally posted to YouTube, but for some reason, YouTube decided to strip out all of the sound. As you can tell, there is no music in the background (at one time, they were allowing videos to be posted but they removed all of the music from there, even incidental music that had
Written by Derek Coward on May 26, 2010
Quick Thought About Toys
PostsImage by Image Editor via Flickr When we were kids, my mother would buy me and my brother educational toys. Not just games that helped us with reading and writing, but things like erector sets, rock tumblers, chemistry sets, this thing that taught us about electricity and circuitry, magnets, etc. Plus, we always seemed to
Written by Derek Coward on May 12, 2010
Stephen After The Fall
VideoStephen had taken a slight fall on the stairs at home. This is the post fall interview. I’m pretty sure he was about four at the time. [kaltura-widget uiconfid=”534″ entryid=”0_549e6id5″ width=”400″ height=”330″ addpermission=”-1″ editpermission=”-1″ /]
Written by Derek Coward on March 30, 2010
Now This Is More Like It
NewsI was putting some of Stephen’s things away when I noticed that he got a new batch of flash cards. Since I have been very disappointed in the level of his previous words, I didn’t expect much from these. I was very surprised and pleased to see: thousand difficult I’ve describe you’ll separate according throughout
Written by Derek Coward on October 24, 2009
Huge Disconnect Coming
NewsI get the bad feeling that a huge disconnect is coming between what Stephen knows and what the education system says he should know. This week’s reading words from his first grade class are (in no particular order): day red by eat here say car play He was bored with these words before I was
Written by Derek Coward on August 17, 2009
Happy Birthday, Stephen
BirthdayChances are really good that he will never see this post or even this blog, but a lot of the things that I do and say about him aren’t for his ears, they are to proclaim my love for him to the rest of the world. He is my youngest, but I have never