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.342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnzFCtBiPVC
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?!’342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFTvpwmYE0
"Hey Adam. You okay?"342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡokUiQBtrEz
"I think so."342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3WhReFFG0
"Do you need something to use?"342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx0XYCtz8Or
"I don't think I know what to do."342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRB3VMjl3uI
I was always a fan of asking him if he was ready to start. Excitable people often are.342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvbIcK1Zsr
"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."342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgZvpwQTAq
"Okay."342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡatDlfXrBEJ
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.342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhpCrJmVTva
"Did they bully you?"342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEWw3PYRB7H
"No."342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNVBhkTgdS
"Did they say you can't come around?"342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL1JsUNIrwQ
"Someone did."342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY71OYS1me4
"What happened?"342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6YXuzzdoSw
"They… they want me to lead the world domination pact."342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAta5brRnlb
"What world domination pact?"342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzF3c0pSZQS
"They think we should sell lemonade or something."342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvr5Tb9CLE
"Okay. Let's put that on the computer."342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo4cm8H7f2e
I have to admit, I love the touch notes app.342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvR9eaXpLuk
"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?"342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLLrDm0NRi
"Yeah."342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡARRjU4uvU4
"What else happened?"342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQlFvd5ycZD
"Someone's mom said that my mom said I was a bad person."342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwBuifRJJsi
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?342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMePPODuos
"Yeah."342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Vm8qBOiJw
"No, I didn't."342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgD0MUnEhS
"They say that's why you adopted me."342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbj01FBTDmc
"Well, it could be okay. I would have brought you home anyway."342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKz3wxky2yC
"Are you my mom now?"342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqfaeI3jE8k
"Yep," I would often say, as the word handler is a little hard to explain to a twelve-year-old.342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgY6wGHeQU
"You're… very pretty." I am a little glad I broke this habit. Replicants tend to crumble under pressure.342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcnvJKo4DIN
"I know."342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZ0As3NwFa
"Should I …make lemonade?"342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7EmSiKm6OI
"Yes, you should. I think you should. Exercise that big glory of yours."342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUOCgXZjQ3
"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.342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqrgKaaa0X
"I like fish. They're good to eat."342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1YkbIOoaMx
"I think so too!"342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSAhSMZEEJ8
"Well, that settles it! Let's have fish."342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF70LUl0y4e
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 talent342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSMuFmDc9BD
