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.423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVGCUyBNk4
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?!’423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv87fqvVRTI
"Hey Adam. You okay?"423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwhW6RUIkNU
"I think so."423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl8WRdey4r5
"Do you need something to use?"423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5Er7Vn0Lr
"I don't think I know what to do."423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcbbjzAhxoF
I was always a fan of asking him if he was ready to start. Excitable people often are.423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfO84KkKwt
"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."423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiR0wOKrEy5
"Okay."423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmU7PbBpJG
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.423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPCb8l5JkAn
"Did they bully you?"423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFgDFo3Ihs
"No."423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6aaO26bdG
"Did they say you can't come around?"423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJHcUqrUpH
"Someone did."423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklEtz9C5xL
"What happened?"423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGwbaeMAF1S
"They… they want me to lead the world domination pact."423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUI0C408LgH
"What world domination pact?"423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg3vPfSUBfx
"They think we should sell lemonade or something."423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbJ1tH2qigW
"Okay. Let's put that on the computer."423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVo9ipFA36Q
I have to admit, I love the touch notes app.423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xtxduuqMh
"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?"423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdwXIYBZwck
"Yeah."423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdE2cO3xJXA
"What else happened?"423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu23xKWupMq
"Someone's mom said that my mom said I was a bad person."423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbW6pkoYOGT
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?423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl9UKPgrXxl
"Yeah."423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtqfP9GHRd
"No, I didn't."423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbUOlmtYKj6
"They say that's why you adopted me."423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGR3wlXv0Q
"Well, it could be okay. I would have brought you home anyway."423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOl4ilxdtPe
"Are you my mom now?"423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY7dGbxkLzL
"Yep," I would often say, as the word handler is a little hard to explain to a twelve-year-old.423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnE5WdrpceA
"You're… very pretty." I am a little glad I broke this habit. Replicants tend to crumble under pressure.423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlu4NbTW72y
"I know."423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRfeBjsm95b
"Should I …make lemonade?"423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwguOTGjajo
"Yes, you should. I think you should. Exercise that big glory of yours."423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkPXstQU4X4
"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.423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9Zvv1dB7x
"I like fish. They're good to eat."423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSzFY639x6h
"I think so too!"423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFqnMJV7iCS
"Well, that settles it! Let's have fish."423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhk3SlDuLo
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 talent423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHQrZV9rb2
