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.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡud1HNjD0L7
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?!’279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwTMuIe8t1q
"Hey Adam. You okay?"279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUulHCHJUZf
"I think so."279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ncwwLoG6N
"Do you need something to use?"279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5SryWs5Uys
"I don't think I know what to do."279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡehesb8UiC5
I was always a fan of asking him if he was ready to start. Excitable people often are.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡljujf0ws3I
"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."279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExPyeoybMv
"Okay."279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj361jgqGeU
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.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzIW0E2RlXx
"Did they bully you?"279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVXem8NV1c
"No."279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm38s3yI1L3
"Did they say you can't come around?"279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtcoszEGuH
"Someone did."279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEmQhka2lw9
"What happened?"279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcG46rlEwYw
"They… they want me to lead the world domination pact."279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoVa6e9FYgl
"What world domination pact?"279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMnAxxqbYK
"They think we should sell lemonade or something."279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43Ug8rY5Iz
"Okay. Let's put that on the computer."279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM0FHWQUQBD
I have to admit, I love the touch notes app.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlu9TpV2Re8
"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?"279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRRtbATbEUA
"Yeah."279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWe20qZ0UrP
"What else happened?"279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqyXFfEVYTI
"Someone's mom said that my mom said I was a bad person."279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJpJhPxpT6
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?279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBnQZfU5cEL
"Yeah."279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKPPPv2Onh
"No, I didn't."279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPEknEfZKgH
"They say that's why you adopted me."279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR38zBvJ2l8
"Well, it could be okay. I would have brought you home anyway."279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3U581Yf1mI
"Are you my mom now?"279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8oMKbdXty
"Yep," I would often say, as the word handler is a little hard to explain to a twelve-year-old.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2iihNiIhIA
"You're… very pretty." I am a little glad I broke this habit. Replicants tend to crumble under pressure.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZQPDjwe2Tk
"I know."279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡechklFVkR6
"Should I …make lemonade?"279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8zXw826XK
"Yes, you should. I think you should. Exercise that big glory of yours."279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAKeZiMa9h7
"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.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9qnakGfNn
"I like fish. They're good to eat."279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlDKGff49Cr
"I think so too!"279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2aosddMwK
"Well, that settles it! Let's have fish."279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9qmAetvbq
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 talent279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjKzNS3fHRB
