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.280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6F8Q5n0Ge
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?!’280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYgXutSxNY
"Hey Adam. You okay?"280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBKiB1ceeN
"I think so."280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtSC4uSeoXb
"Do you need something to use?"280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAvWZ9uGhb
"I don't think I know what to do."280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡapmUy2hckE
I was always a fan of asking him if he was ready to start. Excitable people often are.280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAkS1zYafiw
"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."280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbNj5Cxps6V
"Okay."280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUCbex0Msu
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.280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡej7qsuyzNL
"Did they bully you?"280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjft46ivea3
"No."280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsl3X9QzhnQ
"Did they say you can't come around?"280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGkp6afElN6
"Someone did."280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9iV0sTsj0p
"What happened?"280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6WhqZ570q
"They… they want me to lead the world domination pact."280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBpth3vfgA
"What world domination pact?"280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKhWpMjmyH
"They think we should sell lemonade or something."280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrNuVkUMXT
"Okay. Let's put that on the computer."280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxgnVZv6oe
I have to admit, I love the touch notes app.280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlJRV6jp9F9
"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?"280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7V0GJ0cisu
"Yeah."280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡabhBwagxik
"What else happened?"280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv7hgVz8ztg
"Someone's mom said that my mom said I was a bad person."280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmIjD6jPKR2
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?280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcocuweii1p
"Yeah."280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhy3KwjkCo2
"No, I didn't."280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdtvYaTyAOA
"They say that's why you adopted me."280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6faGDrHBuH
"Well, it could be okay. I would have brought you home anyway."280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfis6zsSiaS
"Are you my mom now?"280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKj7Ud16MwP
"Yep," I would often say, as the word handler is a little hard to explain to a twelve-year-old.280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCJkDhy18e
"You're… very pretty." I am a little glad I broke this habit. Replicants tend to crumble under pressure.280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxrTdjyFP47
"I know."280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqFVuo6IyEU
"Should I …make lemonade?"280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7rFKPoLLN
"Yes, you should. I think you should. Exercise that big glory of yours."280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3m8z8uRne6
"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.280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcfZ4bjHrl
"I like fish. They're good to eat."280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevGJsFCb8d
"I think so too!"280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFjkitC7jeY
"Well, that settles it! Let's have fish."280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0AKkdkkJ0T
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 talent280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWXeYW2H3B2
