Billy's Farm Of Hopes & Dreams

11/03/2026

I didn't start the race searching for a finish line. I started searching for myself.

Today, I'm sharing the first in a series of short videos featuring excerpts from my audiobook, You've Already Won.

This isn't simply a story about cycling 852 kilometers across the South African desert.

It's about the invisible weight so many of us carry. Anxiety. Addiction. Caregiving. Grief. The pressure to succeed. And the quiet belief that somehow, we're never quite enough.

For years, I carried that weight myself.

Then, in South Africa, a stranger said three words that changed the way I saw my entire life.

"You've already won."

Over the coming weeks, I'll be sharing pieces of my story, narrated in my own voice.

My hope is that someone watching recognizes a little of themselves in these words.

Every net dollar earned from my book goes toward building Billy's Farm of Hopes & Dreams, a nonprofit sanctuary for people with special needs and the caregivers who never get an off switch.

If this message resonates with you, please share it. You never know who might need to hear it today.

You've Already Won — Available in paperback and audiobook.

10/31/2026

Three exciting conversations. One important mission.

This week's Billy's Farm of Hopes & Dreams newsletter shares some wonderful progress, including upcoming speaking opportunities, an interview with All Home Care Matters, encouraging words from the Colin Farrell Foundation, and another $1,100 in donations.

I'm also scheduling complimentary speaking engagements for the remainder of 2026 and throughout 2027.

If your organization could benefit from a conversation about caregiving, resilience, mental health, and the invisible struggles we carry, I'd love to connect.

Please read, share, and help us reach someone who needs our message.

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10/28/2026

🎧 50 COMPLIMENTARY AUDIOBOOKS. ONE SIMPLE ACT OF KINDNESS. ❤️

I’m giving the first 50 people who share or repost this post a complimentary Spotify copy of my audiobook, You’ve Already Won, narrated by me.

Here’s how:

1. Share or repost this post.
2. Send me a DM once you’ve shared it.
3. I’ll send you your complimentary audiobook code!

This isn’t just a book about cycling. It’s about love, caregiving, mental health, recovery, resilience, and finding hope when life feels overwhelming.

❤️ Every penny of net proceeds from my book goes to Billy’s Farm of Hopes & Dreams, our 501(c)(3) nonprofit working to create a completely free sanctuary for children and adults with disabilities and the families who care for them.

🌿 Learn more: https://billysfarmsofhope.org/

I’m not asking you to buy anything. Just help me spread a little hope.

You never know who might need to hear these words today:

YOU’VE ALREADY WON. ❤️

10/18/2026

Simon Dyson · Audiobook

10/15/2026

I need your help. ❤️

Ive written a book called Youve Already Won, but this journey has never been just about selling books.

It's about building Billys Farm of Hopes amp; Dreams, a place where hundreds of special-needs children, adults, and their caregivers can experience joy, peace, nature, and a little respite, completely free of charge.

Every net dollar from my book and audiobook sales will go toward bringing this dream to life.

But I cannot do this alone.

I'm asking you to take a moment to watch this video.

If you can, please buy the book or listen to the audiobook. If you've already purchased it, thank you from the bottom of my heart.

And whether you buy it or not, please SHARE this post. REPOST it. Tell someone about it.

You never know who might see it, whose heart it might touch, or who might be able to help us make this dream a reality.

Every purchase matters. Every share matters. Every single person who helps us spread the word matters.

Together, we can build something extraordinary for families who need it.❤️

Learn about Billys Farm of Hopes amp; Dreams: https://lnkd.in/e-Kkjcsa

📖 Buy Youve Already Won on Amazon: https://a.co/d/029NtPTL

Thank you for believing in this dream.
Love Always, Billy & Simon❤️

10/07/2026

TWO massive milestones today. 🏆🫏

We hit 50 Amazon reviews unlocking Amazon's automatic recommendation algorithm.

Huge Thank You to those that have bought the book and posted a Review!!

AND You've Already Won is now available as a Kindle eBook!

Three ways to read the book that is building Billy's Farm:

📚 Paperback: https://a.co/d/0jix6F1m

📱 Kindle eBook: https://a.co/d/02BVrm5i

🌐 www.billysfarmsofhope.org

Every penny from every format funds Billy's Farm of Hopes and Dreams, a registered 501(c)(3) charity for special needs adults, children, and the caregivers who never clock out. Not one penny to me. Ever.

Today feels like the beginning of something. 🫏

"The name is not a tagline. It is a promise."

Billy’s Farm of Hopes and Dreams is a nonprofit sanctuary for special needs children, adults, and caregivers — a place to breathe, heal, and belong.

09/29/2026

31 Amazon reviews and counting. 🫏

We need 50 to unlock Amazon's automatic recommendation algorithm. That's the moment Amazon starts putting this book in front of new readers without us having to do a thing.

Absolutely no pressure. But if you have read You've Already Won and it moved you, resonated with you, or stayed with you. Please help us get there.

Here is why it matters beyond the number.

Every penny from every sale goes directly to Billy's Farm of Hopes and Dreams a registered 501(c)(3) charity building a free farm sanctuary for special needs adults, children, and the caregivers who never clock out. All donations are tax deductible. Not one penny to me. Ever.

We need 168,000 books sold to make this farm a reality. Amazon recommending this book automatically to new readers is how we get there without having to knock on every door ourselves.

If you have read it, please leave a review. Even two sentences. Even just a star rating.

If you haven't read it yet, please consider buying a copy today.

And either way, please share this post with one person who might need to hear that they have already won.

🛒 https://a.co/d/0jix6F1m

🌐 www.billysfarmsofhope.org

"The name is not a tagline. It is a promise." 🫏

Love Always,
Billy and Simon

09/20/2026

Billy has been off school for five weeks.

This is why the farm has to exist.

Dear Friends and Family of Billy's Farm of Hopes and Dreams,

It has been a few weeks since my last newsletter and I want to start by saying thank you for your patience and your continued support. Life with Billy does not pause and neither does this mission — even when the newsletters do.

Five Weeks

Billy has been off school for the last five weeks of summer. I want to be honest with you about what that means in practice.

We are up at 3am every morning. In bed by 5 or 5.30pm at the latest. Every single day. No structure for Billy. No respite. Just love and exhaustion in equal measure around the clock.

I did not need a reminder of why Billy's Farm has to exist. But I got one anyway. A powerful one. Five weeks long.

Because here is what I know with absolute certainty after this summer. Every special needs adult needs purpose in their lives. Structure. Meaningful activity. Somewhere to belong and something to contribute. Without it everything deteriorates. For them and for the people who love them.

And every caregiver needs a break. Even just a few hours. Even just an afternoon walking a donkey in a field. A moment to put the watch down and breathe and remember that they are a person as well as a caregiver.

That is the farm. That is why it has to be built. Not as a nice idea. As an absolute necessity.

What Has Been Happening

While the newsletters paused the mission did not. Here is what has been happening:

The Rock Magazine — Plymouth's community magazine delivered to 21,000 homes — published a full-page feature on Billy's Farm and You've Already Won this month. Building A People's Sanctuary. Written by Ben Bolstrum. Pages 14 and 15. You can read the full article online here: https://issuu.com/journeymanpub/docs/the_rock_-_september_2026

The Sober Curator — one of the world's top 10 recovery blogs with 17,000 newsletter subscribers — featured my story as their Sober Spotlight. The headline of their newsletter on September 14th read Simon Dyson's 852K Munga Ride. 17,000 people in the recovery community now know Billy's name and know this farm is being built.

The book launched September 8th and has already fluctuated from pre sale number 1 on launch day up to number 5 in recent days.

We received a further $200 in donations this week. Every single dollar matters and every donor is a part of this farm being built. Thank you.

And on Tuesday September 23rd I will be at Plymouth District Library from 6pm to 7.30pm for the official book launch event. Elephant Ear Books will be selling copies and I would love to see as many of you there as possible.

The Most Important Ask Right Now — Amazon Reviews

I cannot stress this enough. We currently have 12 Amazon reviews. We need 50 to unlock Amazon's automatic recommendation algorithm — the moment Amazon starts putting this book in front of new readers automatically at no cost.

To hit our farm funding goal we need to sell 168,000 copies. That number only becomes possible when Amazon is working for us rather than waiting for us.

If this book moved you. If it resonated. If it made you think about someone you love or recognize something in yourself — please post a review. And please recommend it to one other person.

Every review is a starfish thrown back into the sea.

All proceeds go directly to the charity. Every donation is tax deductible through our 501(c)(3). Not one penny to me. Ever.

Here is the direct link to leave your review: 🛒 https://a.co/d/0jix6F1m

Scroll down to Customer Reviews and click Write a Customer Review. Even two or three sentences from the heart makes an enormous difference.

Thank You

To every person who has bought the book, donated, shared a post, attended an event, or simply believed in this mission through the summer — thank you. From the bottom of my heart and from Billy's.

The farm is coming. One donkey Friday at a time. 🫏

With all my love and gratitude, Simon Dyson

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"The name is not a tagline. It is a promise."

You've Already Won

09/15/2026

Plymouth. This one is for you. 🫏

The Rock Magazine — delivered to 21,000 homes across our community this month — has featured Billy's Farm of Hopes and Dreams and my memoir You've Already Won in a full page spread.

Building A People's Sanctuary.

I moved to Northville 26 years ago. I have been part of this community through the best and hardest moments of my life. My son Billy has attended Cooke School in Northville for 17 years. And now Plymouth is the place I call home.

This farm is being built for this community. For the families here who are quietly carrying something nobody else can see. For the special needs adults who need somewhere to belong when school ends. For the caregivers who need somewhere to breathe.

To Kurt Kuban, Ben Bolstrum and the entire Rock Magazine team — thank you. You gave this mission a home in the community it is being built for.

To everyone who picks up their copy of The Rock this month — please read it. Please share it. And if it moves you please buy the book. Every penny funds the farm.

No forms. No fees. No qualifications. Just love and open gates.

🌐 www.billysfarmsofhope.org

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https://issuu.com/journeymanpub/docs/the_rock_-_september_2026

"The name is not a tagline. It is a promise." 🫏

07/21/2026

Tomorrow is July 22nd. Three years sober.

In those three years I quit the corporate world. Not because I wanted to. Because I was dying trying to conform to a model of life that was impossible to achieve and would never offer me anything real. A conventional retirement was never going to happen. I was just too blind to see it.

In three years I started a small insurance agency called I Care,because Billy and I do. I trained for 18 months, rode 8,000 miles, and competed in the toughest endurance event on earth. The Munga, 1,150km over 5 days through the Karoo desert in South Africa. I spoke in front of 700 people at the Purpose Summit. I wrote a book about my life’s journey. I formed Billy’s Farm of Hopes and Dreams, received IRS approval as a 501(c)(3), and every penny from the book goes to the farm.

The farm will be a free sanctuary in South Michigan. Donkeys, chickens, open land, and a gate that is always open. For special needs adults and children. For the caregivers who never clock out. Free. Always.

Someone asked me recently what has been my greatest lesson since getting sober. There are two.

The first is my relationship with my children. Harry, Mia, and Billy. Whom I love dearly.

The second is the other gift I have been given. The gift of purpose. My God given purpose for the rest of my life is to give continually to others. To other caregivers. To give them hope. To give them the opportunity to dream again. I will spend the rest of my life making sure no caregiver ever feels the way I did during my darkest days.

I stopped applying for grants recently. Because they all ask the same question. And it is the wrong question. How many people are you going to serve?

I don’t want to lie. And we only ever get turned down.

Because the truth is, we only need to save the life of one person. And everything will have been worth it. All the pain. All of it.

It reminds me of a story. A gentleman is walking along a beach after the tide has gone out. Thousands of starfish washed up on the sand. They will all perish when the sun comes up. In the distance he sees a little girl throwing them back into the sea one by one. He walks over and asks her why she is doing this there are thousands, it is impossible to save them all. She picks up another one, throws it into the water, turns to him and says, saved that one.

I intend to build this farm. Every penny I have, every penny raised through donations, book sales, and speaking engagements is going to make it happen.

I will build it. And they will come.

I will save one life.

Happy third birthday to me. 🫏

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“The name is not a tagline. It is a promise.”