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.356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnO9IbPXFED
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?!’356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCsisMZI31
"Hey Adam. You okay?"356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78rHDXXoYL
"I think so."356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhYkBq08hY7
"Do you need something to use?"356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsni7eJiZAj
"I don't think I know what to do."356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXgnzRKCDm
I was always a fan of asking him if he was ready to start. Excitable people often are.356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRVuQ1AQxir
"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."356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDMj4qBCUTT
"Okay."356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDFDV0i8nl
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.356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmiGJh6SPP
"Did they bully you?"356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8SJFyjrty
"No."356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡejYvOsXVLq
"Did they say you can't come around?"356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSglymz2D5b
"Someone did."356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2RmJeE5JcU
"What happened?"356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPIYcx6L6e0
"They… they want me to lead the world domination pact."356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gvVvbag2E
"What world domination pact?"356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRPSNZOgYYq
"They think we should sell lemonade or something."356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1Lj9MISFT
"Okay. Let's put that on the computer."356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxF4UNI2USd
I have to admit, I love the touch notes app.356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs15WuYw4zj
"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?"356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHOxTTpYW0
"Yeah."356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA8QkrmmnzZ
"What else happened?"356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTU48dR6JcE
"Someone's mom said that my mom said I was a bad person."356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMfGgTMIfd
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?356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Dydf6ewqE
"Yeah."356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2oRzjiaW1
"No, I didn't."356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7XwuXoiri8
"They say that's why you adopted me."356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRUUM6opIQ
"Well, it could be okay. I would have brought you home anyway."356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcen2ad0XCl
"Are you my mom now?"356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKkBOobe5j
"Yep," I would often say, as the word handler is a little hard to explain to a twelve-year-old.356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWuKSdw6DML
"You're… very pretty." I am a little glad I broke this habit. Replicants tend to crumble under pressure.356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxjnksQOqJM
"I know."356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDu62xVjGwm
"Should I …make lemonade?"356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYy0dMoosIa
"Yes, you should. I think you should. Exercise that big glory of yours."356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPa6BqtSra
"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.356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBzhherKyg
"I like fish. They're good to eat."356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDNgJeR1Fl
"I think so too!"356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NQxFI15r0
"Well, that settles it! Let's have fish."356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡft8i2qIBom
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 talent356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlF8hlFHaza
