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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgDEF73iYl
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?!’346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2AFeDmucnU
"Hey Adam. You okay?"346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQX1rAUD1Dg
"I think so."346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBER4CZbIbp
"Do you need something to use?"346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYASoybcBzG
"I don't think I know what to do."346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNXV9YEHLX
I was always a fan of asking him if he was ready to start. Excitable people often are.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgo0W1uWmRb
"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."346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFYBrHF7u0
"Okay."346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTxVi4d3IQN
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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9cvuWb7Wm2
"Did they bully you?"346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLme7YRTaib
"No."346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRSVtHgCKG6
"Did they say you can't come around?"346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9LEiZxP07a
"Someone did."346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7avXkVj1E
"What happened?"346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQ6bBvrIhf
"They… they want me to lead the world domination pact."346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9VUaXVTlHr
"What world domination pact?"346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbDAtbN8nD
"They think we should sell lemonade or something."346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2mlWxfE90S
"Okay. Let's put that on the computer."346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFS8YIXCS3j
I have to admit, I love the touch notes app.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNBJzpEmW4
"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?"346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5gv3BTvVs
"Yeah."346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywrYvj7sS7
"What else happened?"346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34TktcLZ6z
"Someone's mom said that my mom said I was a bad person."346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvkreWf0Jv
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?346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9597yeI5lY
"Yeah."346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGjbFo1z6V
"No, I didn't."346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjpHEVxDLU
"They say that's why you adopted me."346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE35ncNXbKc
"Well, it could be okay. I would have brought you home anyway."346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdrYvCUljBi
"Are you my mom now?"346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYW4trMeJo
"Yep," I would often say, as the word handler is a little hard to explain to a twelve-year-old.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxgkzN6gnFO
"You're… very pretty." I am a little glad I broke this habit. Replicants tend to crumble under pressure.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjk7d251Nz
"I know."346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlGZ9jJBmcK
"Should I …make lemonade?"346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZYC8NLQKL
"Yes, you should. I think you should. Exercise that big glory of yours."346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5nKUQUPrCd
"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.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCHZg5rFsC
"I like fish. They're good to eat."346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYafLA20eHz
"I think so too!"346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtFL3C2VOhb
"Well, that settles it! Let's have fish."346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR05klBib9R
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 talent346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQywCSTT0M4
