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.230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFqcNG9MPHk
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?!’230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFw8MAEDHE
"Hey Adam. You okay?"230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxhHAk67pFl
"I think so."230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuINVAhJ131
"Do you need something to use?"230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ900ELWB9hb
"I don't think I know what to do."230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTM7WhqOXmg
I was always a fan of asking him if he was ready to start. Excitable people often are.230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gs38rOwiC
"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."230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRuSRXrFvE1
"Okay."230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61wjALF1z0
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.230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5BSA6o1XQ
"Did they bully you?"230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUft4BIGTQ
"No."230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyfI99kZ7Hc
"Did they say you can't come around?"230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1M1p6WI6S
"Someone did."230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZfl2Ns9aX
"What happened?"230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmiuRxCBLkN
"They… they want me to lead the world domination pact."230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMiisoMSmai
"What world domination pact?"230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrd7UknofuP
"They think we should sell lemonade or something."230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9MzFRSatX
"Okay. Let's put that on the computer."230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GDYNztU7b
I have to admit, I love the touch notes app.230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUdlJeyVVJP
"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?"230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn4V3U4mli2
"Yeah."230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGM0KRai6yx
"What else happened?"230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOFXiR428D
"Someone's mom said that my mom said I was a bad person."230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7ooTxVGsh
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?230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2VWkIxJLns
"Yeah."230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4dm6WHNH2R
"No, I didn't."230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd569Uy7rQ6
"They say that's why you adopted me."230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8lox0jGS43
"Well, it could be okay. I would have brought you home anyway."230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXZ5IAzpcy
"Are you my mom now?"230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0OVKRMIeic
"Yep," I would often say, as the word handler is a little hard to explain to a twelve-year-old.230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrp6WCiSbUz
"You're… very pretty." I am a little glad I broke this habit. Replicants tend to crumble under pressure.230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMvTym4t7Fe
"I know."230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFBgASD5lYL
"Should I …make lemonade?"230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTU5OxfeD6D
"Yes, you should. I think you should. Exercise that big glory of yours."230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLmbsHKlas
"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.230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFzCovBKbi
"I like fish. They're good to eat."230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqE5QLxPyHW
"I think so too!"230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQmbesbTBcE
"Well, that settles it! Let's have fish."230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLHqAlvenJF
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 talent230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn3Lj7PuC92
