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.248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIVLX8Vbit
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?!’248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMe48Ks6Dwe
"Hey Adam. You okay?"248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9c51ViyU8
"I think so."248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1GiWxN9aZ
"Do you need something to use?"248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvSmcVvYJ8
"I don't think I know what to do."248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO0zhXwYFlh
I was always a fan of asking him if he was ready to start. Excitable people often are.248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwk3VLB1uyX
"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."248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtFBRqH6RQE
"Okay."248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwgRG6fTNem
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.248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk9wVwIJYst
"Did they bully you?"248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ35VZS9jqfl
"No."248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcA1Dv0fwhK
"Did they say you can't come around?"248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG5th12YNtg
"Someone did."248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJ7nit547g
"What happened?"248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGld7Rg695W
"They… they want me to lead the world domination pact."248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYYrpmHiOPD
"What world domination pact?"248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiiUG6926J5
"They think we should sell lemonade or something."248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrJvWPnCiP
"Okay. Let's put that on the computer."248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzR8MsDnuwp
I have to admit, I love the touch notes app.248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0KxC1Uc1Kz
"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?"248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9b3DILmt3v
"Yeah."248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRZ9D1wrSfh
"What else happened?"248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQOgwFHtVfO
"Someone's mom said that my mom said I was a bad person."248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYrYNP6dyO4
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?248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡih2Cz5EzeI
"Yeah."248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHq7O6pWIn7
"No, I didn't."248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKEVXYVqd4P
"They say that's why you adopted me."248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1CdJv1TuAc
"Well, it could be okay. I would have brought you home anyway."248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEwOE91Qw9D
"Are you my mom now?"248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡicWJPXhlh5
"Yep," I would often say, as the word handler is a little hard to explain to a twelve-year-old.248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2lhsHdQd6F
"You're… very pretty." I am a little glad I broke this habit. Replicants tend to crumble under pressure.248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTnltnwRXOR
"I know."248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8an02BbIA
"Should I …make lemonade?"248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9AXfNPBwC1
"Yes, you should. I think you should. Exercise that big glory of yours."248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ZTaAOpYSF
"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.248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgKV94qboqh
"I like fish. They're good to eat."248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc96gqc0KuH
"I think so too!"248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUKoO7aLQbM
"Well, that settles it! Let's have fish."248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLuJLr9ItxN
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 talent248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGwqSo7isSK
