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.391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEX3xaouvVn
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?!’391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0CEFrlUl6X
"Hey Adam. You okay?"391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyceEjtdmS0
"I think so."391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡef36htobXx
"Do you need something to use?"391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHJOdrI1xR
"I don't think I know what to do."391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtObkciOCB
I was always a fan of asking him if he was ready to start. Excitable people often are.391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPjWLxeKKpB
"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."391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU7rzn3WMnc
"Okay."391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVdQK5UFxhX
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.391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizDgS9HsgA
"Did they bully you?"391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLlANXVqEP
"No."391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8i3P6trx1A
"Did they say you can't come around?"391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHxYP3pIeP
"Someone did."391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFKIMxOsLsV
"What happened?"391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJTwTjR1i0
"They… they want me to lead the world domination pact."391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBzUTz0KXqn
"What world domination pact?"391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9bXOqPYPx
"They think we should sell lemonade or something."391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5s20FiVd6
"Okay. Let's put that on the computer."391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZ17isANrj
I have to admit, I love the touch notes app.391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx0soEV3pol
"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?"391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZjJbLK3g5P
"Yeah."391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfEck2TDSfg
"What else happened?"391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Vg5KNvw0l
"Someone's mom said that my mom said I was a bad person."391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJqiAtycHs
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?391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡles0PZwHPi
"Yeah."391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgiCS5TfVpP
"No, I didn't."391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAXyizZcqP
"They say that's why you adopted me."391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaf0pB3y9Rn
"Well, it could be okay. I would have brought you home anyway."391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeiwJEBH1mV
"Are you my mom now?"391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl2J1UZqcOg
"Yep," I would often say, as the word handler is a little hard to explain to a twelve-year-old.391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhAmTthjddR
"You're… very pretty." I am a little glad I broke this habit. Replicants tend to crumble under pressure.391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5305nxbXyj
"I know."391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrvp5zyLbAj
"Should I …make lemonade?"391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8kkPdh80oH
"Yes, you should. I think you should. Exercise that big glory of yours."391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2iy9QiMccW
"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.391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qqaQaXFfN
"I like fish. They're good to eat."391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUARdUR2OcH
"I think so too!"391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlu29pLYeV
"Well, that settles it! Let's have fish."391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNqGSrkB9s
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 talent391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeaLsXKBl8s
