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.348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69ig9PwVa2
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?!’348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOhFIKMIB9
"Hey Adam. You okay?"348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0WBLy7XVYG
"I think so."348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvueo5K3NS
"Do you need something to use?"348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1AqffsYqqb
"I don't think I know what to do."348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGdwwp3LNwR
I was always a fan of asking him if he was ready to start. Excitable people often are.348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzlcEvTCxwE
"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."348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1LudG0GEJ6
"Okay."348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeqYXSuJgR6
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.348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG1lBiZmwnU
"Did they bully you?"348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJFcYd3DNl
"No."348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6Hd2WuUgq
"Did they say you can't come around?"348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEqFlvuMtB4
"Someone did."348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqgi5BkvgO
"What happened?"348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3eOAPabo4
"They… they want me to lead the world domination pact."348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFSxTljKf4
"What world domination pact?"348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaj6Ds4FIiW
"They think we should sell lemonade or something."348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZl5YGFMVD
"Okay. Let's put that on the computer."348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ecE9KLen0
I have to admit, I love the touch notes app.348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQrit22Ywk
"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?"348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfpmFdFeHX
"Yeah."348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo4yUm6BSoM
"What else happened?"348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR8Q6BBOpPf
"Someone's mom said that my mom said I was a bad person."348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXhrZfAEUVh
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?348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fJgKWVLTM
"Yeah."348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1Ulmq0jY2
"No, I didn't."348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWDIznKXwS
"They say that's why you adopted me."348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjeZS4PXE6I
"Well, it could be okay. I would have brought you home anyway."348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPoSX3xyjR
"Are you my mom now?"348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjn2Va8zMe1
"Yep," I would often say, as the word handler is a little hard to explain to a twelve-year-old.348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH2H0HcLroM
"You're… very pretty." I am a little glad I broke this habit. Replicants tend to crumble under pressure.348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9kdyCm3ce
"I know."348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYTV7bIfbp9
"Should I …make lemonade?"348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0tnqkuQXeQ
"Yes, you should. I think you should. Exercise that big glory of yours."348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3tykG1laBA
"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.348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6AhYTCHs19
"I like fish. They're good to eat."348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMPrcU91MP
"I think so too!"348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxSiNVjKWD4
"Well, that settles it! Let's have fish."348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3422hG57MY
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 talent348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1WTULXuBuW
