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.288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcA0DuGdxcr
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?!’288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeW3Tzks9BR
"Hey Adam. You okay?"288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkFc1KEOQD7
"I think so."288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEavbz4uK0O
"Do you need something to use?"288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSKml9LNMuw
"I don't think I know what to do."288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi7FaNxZGSi
I was always a fan of asking him if he was ready to start. Excitable people often are.288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9WClfnhxL3
"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."288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXn8cZqzQX
"Okay."288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7JwFUCHYC
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.288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSCars0eKP
"Did they bully you?"288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXLrKT6lmJY
"No."288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpAuf6P4eG
"Did they say you can't come around?"288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPaAIM865z
"Someone did."288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lFStsSjUi
"What happened?"288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2dJXiIMlf
"They… they want me to lead the world domination pact."288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlBPbydJl6I
"What world domination pact?"288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQMd9Rc77P
"They think we should sell lemonade or something."288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQINmQnHc0c
"Okay. Let's put that on the computer."288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxAD3l9pikb
I have to admit, I love the touch notes app.288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ExFPi6w1t
"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?"288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKHgNTOdI6v
"Yeah."288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIh1Q2GpbrQ
"What else happened?"288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5c5riY0ntx
"Someone's mom said that my mom said I was a bad person."288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vbWWVdQVN
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?288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXPlJcm5XCJ
"Yeah."288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYcIhSNh8z
"No, I didn't."288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8vbDAbSK4e
"They say that's why you adopted me."288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYND0msMKCg
"Well, it could be okay. I would have brought you home anyway."288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiRUkGElVuD
"Are you my mom now?"288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjVkXMTcLi
"Yep," I would often say, as the word handler is a little hard to explain to a twelve-year-old.288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUeOXJ5GVS0
"You're… very pretty." I am a little glad I broke this habit. Replicants tend to crumble under pressure.288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvC6hN2Z6Yz
"I know."288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO9EvsA1pYz
"Should I …make lemonade?"288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4al8cWgXUL
"Yes, you should. I think you should. Exercise that big glory of yours."288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtBE7c9qEri
"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.288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS6MxZihR9u
"I like fish. They're good to eat."288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90TY6arRKQ
"I think so too!"288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡapYUdITuaw
"Well, that settles it! Let's have fish."288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZPjEA7s9u
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 talent288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ10dp9wFmXB
