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.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhDWlK3Med
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?!’352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYXJ4cSJg5U
"Hey Adam. You okay?"352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOjjHC4U5m
"I think so."352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBTDeFtUb7r
"Do you need something to use?"352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMUEIb1RflO
"I don't think I know what to do."352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlHMETuydax
I was always a fan of asking him if he was ready to start. Excitable people often are.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPvldFVepbc
"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."352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbYxzWQYUWq
"Okay."352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdEz6GhxDeJ
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.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXOXDu9iDkQ
"Did they bully you?"352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi53jv9Cofo
"No."352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjLyospuGSH
"Did they say you can't come around?"352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmVgI11Rrw
"Someone did."352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvAU1yZ4hG8
"What happened?"352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO8UIuklmiZ
"They… they want me to lead the world domination pact."352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9jbG49ayu
"What world domination pact?"352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjBj6adqWq
"They think we should sell lemonade or something."352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQV305t0Gz
"Okay. Let's put that on the computer."352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN3AJSHUgIC
I have to admit, I love the touch notes app.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWJdGV0OBc
"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?"352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfOXdIzyuH
"Yeah."352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZwmxA1PgN
"What else happened?"352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPehfIh3JVn
"Someone's mom said that my mom said I was a bad person."352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxDr0VWVluv
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?352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2nqA1dLbW
"Yeah."352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhRqyof3iHw
"No, I didn't."352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX87XBtfJ5K
"They say that's why you adopted me."352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfARVqvWet
"Well, it could be okay. I would have brought you home anyway."352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAl64lUK7uE
"Are you my mom now?"352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS0n2w0NoGx
"Yep," I would often say, as the word handler is a little hard to explain to a twelve-year-old.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsIGxxVByRU
"You're… very pretty." I am a little glad I broke this habit. Replicants tend to crumble under pressure.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnLMkUlHl2
"I know."352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD4ygLcWWda
"Should I …make lemonade?"352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgra9x4aNUr
"Yes, you should. I think you should. Exercise that big glory of yours."352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfeDpbVeS0e
"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.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0kS6mXw9X
"I like fish. They're good to eat."352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIwMyGr1YIt
"I think so too!"352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6l7V1NJVS1
"Well, that settles it! Let's have fish."352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOBUGcAgFJQ
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 talent352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYksjfHJo2q
