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.358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtWWHYSIh7w
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?!’358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbTIfHBmGXq
"Hey Adam. You okay?"358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5zad3UgR1G
"I think so."358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7VGyaCOv6y
"Do you need something to use?"358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡySJKHHZnnW
"I don't think I know what to do."358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2HGg0gcsvH
I was always a fan of asking him if he was ready to start. Excitable people often are.358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxz3oIOyAiG
"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."358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnMh1IyIDf
"Okay."358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWXLX4GB5q5
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.358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcntPQNU6xx
"Did they bully you?"358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVx9Kdjgu9g
"No."358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHFXfS3ByP
"Did they say you can't come around?"358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbpuJyHsQSB
"Someone did."358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGSUzuyNKG
"What happened?"358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDnVj9YNXQw
"They… they want me to lead the world domination pact."358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVPQZBRbtQw
"What world domination pact?"358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKqH8EVyO6
"They think we should sell lemonade or something."358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPx8nEd9Ct
"Okay. Let's put that on the computer."358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlfLLXVYHpx
I have to admit, I love the touch notes app.358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjnsnuG6LGp
"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?"358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ91shm9teBE
"Yeah."358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDdkPznMqO
"What else happened?"358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0shJ59ktaH
"Someone's mom said that my mom said I was a bad person."358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRX2EPwYU0e
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?358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtF9WlIUBwW
"Yeah."358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6Nvs0hKKZ
"No, I didn't."358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAV4qKwF2FW
"They say that's why you adopted me."358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuwn65pV4u7
"Well, it could be okay. I would have brought you home anyway."358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXHv2QvPa0q
"Are you my mom now?"358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6IsEEeUkg0
"Yep," I would often say, as the word handler is a little hard to explain to a twelve-year-old.358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPyezF2Zkw
"You're… very pretty." I am a little glad I broke this habit. Replicants tend to crumble under pressure.358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzNG4xga2Q
"I know."358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9XjatmIm8F
"Should I …make lemonade?"358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8PY0apesz
"Yes, you should. I think you should. Exercise that big glory of yours."358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJoMtu83TJS
"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.358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdK8Dg7Zjq
"I like fish. They're good to eat."358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbl9b2KOWDa
"I think so too!"358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYcP3M1kpy
"Well, that settles it! Let's have fish."358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUbIH2hLGfh
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 talent358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBsyk7wiZu
