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.422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdzdaxeCNe
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?!’422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7efmrv4qO
"Hey Adam. You okay?"422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0z4hfnWydc
"I think so."422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOryLCDdwc0
"Do you need something to use?"422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIbDitgncYf
"I don't think I know what to do."422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE31X5bwhsq
I was always a fan of asking him if he was ready to start. Excitable people often are.422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOKdXBAFOZ0
"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."422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGd6NCGPRT
"Okay."422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSaxEzu6FL
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.422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYIWxpmMQX
"Did they bully you?"422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjLjRcBS1Q4
"No."422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd1C3ij2g5L
"Did they say you can't come around?"422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9XFsG2wsG
"Someone did."422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gpaRN4mn3
"What happened?"422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV0WS68D79h
"They… they want me to lead the world domination pact."422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9sB0sD5oMH
"What world domination pact?"422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdIsE2rieO
"They think we should sell lemonade or something."422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2UbbdxvjS
"Okay. Let's put that on the computer."422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVvbzJL1uA
I have to admit, I love the touch notes app.422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaUYRyAGIrZ
"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?"422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0m29KNl18
"Yeah."422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwYhhU7kyOF
"What else happened?"422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuhb2EYsrns
"Someone's mom said that my mom said I was a bad person."422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0FYTCNzdd
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?422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGJh7l6GDq
"Yeah."422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5YQ5UmwUH
"No, I didn't."422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDzz8PtEkhX
"They say that's why you adopted me."422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJy3poGOhPW
"Well, it could be okay. I would have brought you home anyway."422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdwsE9x1Tox
"Are you my mom now?"422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSdoyhrAvAp
"Yep," I would often say, as the word handler is a little hard to explain to a twelve-year-old.422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6j1LWtma7P
"You're… very pretty." I am a little glad I broke this habit. Replicants tend to crumble under pressure.422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67oOj3U7Wj
"I know."422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqUQoFXAdi
"Should I …make lemonade?"422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnFV8a4cHu
"Yes, you should. I think you should. Exercise that big glory of yours."422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52vCgJClJD
"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.422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkLp9rzjYL3
"I like fish. They're good to eat."422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6grV1NAO4
"I think so too!"422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3zLJrYBbWm
"Well, that settles it! Let's have fish."422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoOdVLHBP1m
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 talent422Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxpNY5x4JLt
