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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZjp8xJxX9u
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?!’345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhODgcsfZ8d
"Hey Adam. You okay?"345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWLOftrMEG
"I think so."345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNisIn4qCeN
"Do you need something to use?"345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSqpOYhcuE
"I don't think I know what to do."345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9HqIKR1S0
I was always a fan of asking him if he was ready to start. Excitable people often are.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM4evZQrtkR
"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."345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ThEg3djxk
"Okay."345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbnMREJNiS
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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtif0Bx0lf9
"Did they bully you?"345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNI4WWkbABs
"No."345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy7xqvZjlSH
"Did they say you can't come around?"345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡclpGbHwQad
"Someone did."345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSk9Uh9An5
"What happened?"345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwm9lMNFQp
"They… they want me to lead the world domination pact."345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhvFFAkI2L
"What world domination pact?"345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwBlF0GvVfK
"They think we should sell lemonade or something."345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMf3A5OcQ2G
"Okay. Let's put that on the computer."345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWppKp8ZDK
I have to admit, I love the touch notes app.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuk88tCy5Uk
"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?"345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvlWmjuiJtB
"Yeah."345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFlWUyJaNo
"What else happened?"345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwwzdAsq6L
"Someone's mom said that my mom said I was a bad person."345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwDoefq8OE
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?345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQRENGSSksm
"Yeah."345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYBBZtc3SUv
"No, I didn't."345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9IMR0HJiH0
"They say that's why you adopted me."345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxf9h94tiE
"Well, it could be okay. I would have brought you home anyway."345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO2JWGssRcQ
"Are you my mom now?"345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT7tM4Tu7vh
"Yep," I would often say, as the word handler is a little hard to explain to a twelve-year-old.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpYFsdrVYt
"You're… very pretty." I am a little glad I broke this habit. Replicants tend to crumble under pressure.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoC9ZtTV2IV
"I know."345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fI9EWer2V
"Should I …make lemonade?"345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dDCNViuZg
"Yes, you should. I think you should. Exercise that big glory of yours."345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4mI05zRDh
"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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeXQWPXbkCn
"I like fish. They're good to eat."345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4yg2wCXKGd
"I think so too!"345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDAdhPJPHt
"Well, that settles it! Let's have fish."345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYEHYN9p8BW
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 talent345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjowp4J8R0B
