Intermittently, I think I'll share conversations with Adam that I remember fondly and starkly. I think a little personal time would make a great break from the information tour that is my life with my son. Sometimes I’m actually reminded that I’m dealing with a sometimes unexpected element, but that remembrance could also be tinged with fondness. I really picked a winner when I got Adam. Today, I'll share a memory that I remember fondly as I share what life was like as I educated my son. Today I’ll be sharing a surprise.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgr7evvWqW7
The conversation started when I found Adam sitting quietly one day. Adam was a secretive child, but he was seldom quiet. He’d become quite rambunctious after a couple of years, and would often start mischief. So imagine my surprise when I found him and he looked sullen, and I was concerned immediately. I had to ask, ‘is someone mincing at my asset?!’334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1nqi0HFnfp
"Hey Adam. You okay?"334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrFJESYUUtu
"I think so."334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4nvnAY1R7e
"Do you need something to use?"334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd11y07kgou
"I don't think I know what to do."334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3q1FKKTWQ
I was always a fan of asking him if he was ready to start. Excitable people often are.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFuc1YyZsQ
"Well if you only leave it, it's only going to get worse. Do you want to talk about it? I'll put it on the big computer."334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF22VCKhEse
"Okay."334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFbHq7pGT6
He then told me a story that I don't have confidence I can quote. Apparently one of the parents had told their children about his mother. That child 'moved away' later.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2sCJpJA7rv
"Did they bully you?"334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtuz533L8Tt
"No."334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXPWpvw4HWJ
"Did they say you can't come around?"334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3u8SAeuE3p
"Someone did."334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFPPgQNCmP4
"What happened?"334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqo0tDXeEIe
"They… they want me to lead the world domination pact."334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOLpfPCOX3
"What world domination pact?"334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMBC3ON0mEh
"They think we should sell lemonade or something."334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0v4trt3Wd
"Okay. Let's put that on the computer."334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbJMHN4MYma
I have to admit, I love the touch notes app.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgYJaSBbCW
"So here’s the note: someone said you can't come with them, and here someone wants you to build a lemonade empire. That's two notes. Do you want to actually look at something else?"334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFLYg1hEOeP
"Yeah."334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPpcLkg76z4
"What else happened?"334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdTM7NyUoYg
"Someone's mom said that my mom said I was a bad person."334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEVmX7L8wBe
Oh no! Did I say that?" Sometimes the acting is a part of the job. Disappearing a parent could also be a part of the job. Wouldn’t you? Could you?334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoYJYUTihRB
"Yeah."334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuRFMhZYkkp
"No, I didn't."334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjUwCz3vADC
"They say that's why you adopted me."334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqqXI1KmdO
"Well, it could be okay. I would have brought you home anyway."334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKFQvNdil2P
"Are you my mom now?"334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZCYmEwkVv
"Yep," I would often say, as the word handler is a little hard to explain to a twelve-year-old.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4jhb0zVgdX
"You're… very pretty." I am a little glad I broke this habit. Replicants tend to crumble under pressure.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJKCFC6w9f
"I know."334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7SpdEOf22M
"Should I …make lemonade?"334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJ1dsxdr0B
"Yes, you should. I think you should. Exercise that big glory of yours."334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8mIAKpA5a
"Glory was the fish." This reference seems absurd, but it's how his biological mother explained her mentorship philosophy to him. She was a terrorist.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgb0NmnqR5C
"I like fish. They're good to eat."334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNVSLNUztR2
"I think so too!"334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8MnPEbdqly
"Well, that settles it! Let's have fish."334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmeXXLR8wdu
And after that we got breen. When we got home, we talked about the plan he would need to found his lemonade empire; and within twelve months, he had discovered the fashion industry could be more for him than he'd imagined before. That was fine by me: enchantment is a talent334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKGNfuesysD
