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.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqICKNAuMPn
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?!’350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCU0OgFPfz
"Hey Adam. You okay?"350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkZOcYqORYP
"I think so."350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK9fvsbeGnk
"Do you need something to use?"350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4A70jVuxi
"I don't think I know what to do."350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00JBKMFbEo
I was always a fan of asking him if he was ready to start. Excitable people often are.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTt79Pi8ie
"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."350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2FfvA0dMsm
"Okay."350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZwVp40NWRJ
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.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzF0Xt1mmBu
"Did they bully you?"350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡooP2OhA7be
"No."350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhKXQqyrhbB
"Did they say you can't come around?"350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptKcQuv44z
"Someone did."350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxjNEoHaKE6
"What happened?"350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDE71mtJ0l
"They… they want me to lead the world domination pact."350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHkcwR4FD3
"What world domination pact?"350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZiQiE2RwQ
"They think we should sell lemonade or something."350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx89QkqbGPP
"Okay. Let's put that on the computer."350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZj2tXavKvI
I have to admit, I love the touch notes app.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4oAsWH7nKT
"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?"350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyaCcPGSFg
"Yeah."350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDYE8lGd1sI
"What else happened?"350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2EybUrNtd1
"Someone's mom said that my mom said I was a bad person."350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRblb8ZbB5N
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?350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7djHaAPwL
"Yeah."350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQeDPcHAVj
"No, I didn't."350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyllw09D56Q
"They say that's why you adopted me."350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCvjBNXL3d
"Well, it could be okay. I would have brought you home anyway."350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfXJsmQHLcl
"Are you my mom now?"350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJobj13CF2
"Yep," I would often say, as the word handler is a little hard to explain to a twelve-year-old.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuUVMTVZC7G
"You're… very pretty." I am a little glad I broke this habit. Replicants tend to crumble under pressure.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHoQu018CsS
"I know."350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Vab5jYF92
"Should I …make lemonade?"350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHMAtE4dwAl
"Yes, you should. I think you should. Exercise that big glory of yours."350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp39gbjJv1w
"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.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMUrZpo6Gf
"I like fish. They're good to eat."350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgkLFggaN7l
"I think so too!"350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUP4RRsvkM
"Well, that settles it! Let's have fish."350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp4O2phDN2U
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 talent350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7vUPfYiUSp
