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.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzkTHc81DNY
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?!’318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ70nRbjpF6
"Hey Adam. You okay?"318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJ7HYm4Qui
"I think so."318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4DFgZwBwDL
"Do you need something to use?"318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmGpWnrJ5n
"I don't think I know what to do."318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMHIGOjgyx
I was always a fan of asking him if he was ready to start. Excitable people often are.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0Xm6BTVSS
"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."318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv7EQ13fsa0
"Okay."318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzcYOp6hR4
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.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc8Ku1O7e3Q
"Did they bully you?"318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeAZpentXtI
"No."318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnXUUsgAyQz
"Did they say you can't come around?"318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64tdhnYtSI
"Someone did."318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnGO12eHyuE
"What happened?"318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwfJxKU5jil
"They… they want me to lead the world domination pact."318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMkrOG6HiNw
"What world domination pact?"318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77Fam5r1pa
"They think we should sell lemonade or something."318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMkW6s4Rxl
"Okay. Let's put that on the computer."318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3jqArgZAf
I have to admit, I love the touch notes app.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy56vDs2IpH
"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?"318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8UwGNcuqI0
"Yeah."318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfVJr4ILtE
"What else happened?"318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY8t1zr2quH
"Someone's mom said that my mom said I was a bad person."318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfAnLFvGq3
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?318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeyZ07GL4Jv
"Yeah."318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdpZzUqMUrw
"No, I didn't."318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV0KzqaauL3
"They say that's why you adopted me."318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpzn79rTs5I
"Well, it could be okay. I would have brought you home anyway."318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5v0GKnHK4
"Are you my mom now?"318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYAR9H11Kv9
"Yep," I would often say, as the word handler is a little hard to explain to a twelve-year-old.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG5O0618IYb
"You're… very pretty." I am a little glad I broke this habit. Replicants tend to crumble under pressure.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVduFNIAlA5
"I know."318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEKe6haLOmE
"Should I …make lemonade?"318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKeLxITL5l
"Yes, you should. I think you should. Exercise that big glory of yours."318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5RyUtYbjkQ
"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.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBOwiV1ntSe
"I like fish. They're good to eat."318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvmop7DnkR
"I think so too!"318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRB0yFNSe4t
"Well, that settles it! Let's have fish."318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkbypBIO42
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 talent318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxTivX6ueX
