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.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4UlLyLeDcQ
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?!’316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYJNOlVnJl
"Hey Adam. You okay?"316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzfStJJfJ3X
"I think so."316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTCzgL5uPwN
"Do you need something to use?"316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaeZ8u1fclG
"I don't think I know what to do."316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3RpwtNGGnP
I was always a fan of asking him if he was ready to start. Excitable people often are.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSr1VMMWcz2
"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."316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkaCKMxPfTU
"Okay."316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSSsfEtVW5
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.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtOP43rsHV
"Did they bully you?"316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qkeSRR5Fc
"No."316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtoxTZlb5Mb
"Did they say you can't come around?"316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4iuh2nn3Uy
"Someone did."316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ870EfkR9LC
"What happened?"316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglHS7cJt5u
"They… they want me to lead the world domination pact."316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡemEwrjFMGu
"What world domination pact?"316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXQlSh0KrN
"They think we should sell lemonade or something."316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQbZtp2kGz
"Okay. Let's put that on the computer."316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZgkaBFWOb
I have to admit, I love the touch notes app.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmCX1xRtwtr
"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?"316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhO38PCfstT
"Yeah."316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPa8v5W7na
"What else happened?"316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7I4IVyqtwj
"Someone's mom said that my mom said I was a bad person."316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4fLA0Ax3S
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?316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzt0XkQMSJu
"Yeah."316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXg2PmX0bc3
"No, I didn't."316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7xi3DSTSHx
"They say that's why you adopted me."316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlO3yAC68sn
"Well, it could be okay. I would have brought you home anyway."316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3M9WIDZ8b
"Are you my mom now?"316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZROH9phCO2
"Yep," I would often say, as the word handler is a little hard to explain to a twelve-year-old.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9N0MFpFsXy
"You're… very pretty." I am a little glad I broke this habit. Replicants tend to crumble under pressure.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaa3eMIbqog
"I know."316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMvzTBxh1I
"Should I …make lemonade?"316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUqsXu5H68M
"Yes, you should. I think you should. Exercise that big glory of yours."316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJEFIYOQsx
"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.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ33zFLBYI0q
"I like fish. They're good to eat."316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡplhp8QGwjy
"I think so too!"316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPJiOgcAuM
"Well, that settles it! Let's have fish."316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcoWyzWqUbP
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 talent316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo10fX9AoLr
