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.247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ73px4a7E4r
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?!’247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAAWi4IoHE
"Hey Adam. You okay?"247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDukaJMSIY
"I think so."247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZl4fWKBUhh
"Do you need something to use?"247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXhUSLsGk9h
"I don't think I know what to do."247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmPk5feIRQW
I was always a fan of asking him if he was ready to start. Excitable people often are.247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29PhqPBUmd
"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."247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQRRVx1bbU
"Okay."247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjExUHTB9z0
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.247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbPr6IeuvIk
"Did they bully you?"247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYAmfGvZFe0
"No."247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzPD2tzKUQZ
"Did they say you can't come around?"247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqeYdjwf0D7
"Someone did."247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuicsuN8pym
"What happened?"247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2kQOddhPTO
"They… they want me to lead the world domination pact."247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GsWcQ66zV
"What world domination pact?"247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPCw2TQISOB
"They think we should sell lemonade or something."247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyVeIfTOPU
"Okay. Let's put that on the computer."247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkTM6N6r5B
I have to admit, I love the touch notes app.247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2VfPvcxEP
"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?"247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNsUwK4i7q
"Yeah."247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡziywblBbS9
"What else happened?"247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmrXU0uir71
"Someone's mom said that my mom said I was a bad person."247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuF20HxH8Ql
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?247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5mTPs5Vw5P
"Yeah."247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpKLY97wQp
"No, I didn't."247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaUpcCZ4Vld
"They say that's why you adopted me."247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO0gshJgUog
"Well, it could be okay. I would have brought you home anyway."247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPsY4LP1hjs
"Are you my mom now?"247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqWMFDBGJba
"Yep," I would often say, as the word handler is a little hard to explain to a twelve-year-old.247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtOCmZ28Bqb
"You're… very pretty." I am a little glad I broke this habit. Replicants tend to crumble under pressure.247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEueyv2nK7T
"I know."247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK7O9CqE3Ce
"Should I …make lemonade?"247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaussUIpFqx
"Yes, you should. I think you should. Exercise that big glory of yours."247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF4d9sZKuwv
"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.247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2ctVS3nFB
"I like fish. They're good to eat."247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfnpoOZQ4XB
"I think so too!"247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNKeMZhKJ83
"Well, that settles it! Let's have fish."247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWam5B7TldS
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 talent247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡldqBjNKBLg
