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.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgwuWjDDCle
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?!’317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOALzdBENIu
"Hey Adam. You okay?"317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBzspqwB51
"I think so."317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZbZ2F6vV3
"Do you need something to use?"317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfkgxbqKjxS
"I don't think I know what to do."317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNKo9PuHMw9
I was always a fan of asking him if he was ready to start. Excitable people often are.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXrgWJnikvo
"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."317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoHcXC5as0C
"Okay."317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVDGnyl6I8
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.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6kakMr1jxQ
"Did they bully you?"317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTgBSFmQ0hA
"No."317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnU1Nq8ENYB
"Did they say you can't come around?"317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ18lXE8FD7A
"Someone did."317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsdPakw7Hji
"What happened?"317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnG7YIM7bog
"They… they want me to lead the world domination pact."317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbuaJImaa9s
"What world domination pact?"317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnlBHHBLDd
"They think we should sell lemonade or something."317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATsA4JjJeG
"Okay. Let's put that on the computer."317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3E3Q2mZklz
I have to admit, I love the touch notes app.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPp6dwpBeKj
"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?"317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmOyxj31Ifv
"Yeah."317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr7qXfLac60
"What else happened?"317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKC53EZziSX
"Someone's mom said that my mom said I was a bad person."317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2DcPvuwFUg
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?317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPyY5wBIqWZ
"Yeah."317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9EJlvVVdsr
"No, I didn't."317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb0PzN5rMnw
"They say that's why you adopted me."317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2bhJ8Ca781
"Well, it could be okay. I would have brought you home anyway."317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHXIAQxqbJV
"Are you my mom now?"317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9kaE8IQxH
"Yep," I would often say, as the word handler is a little hard to explain to a twelve-year-old.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEaDbnKiJUM
"You're… very pretty." I am a little glad I broke this habit. Replicants tend to crumble under pressure.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrPPGaUpnY
"I know."317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyam8JKBlDk
"Should I …make lemonade?"317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrxaKrNQvH
"Yes, you should. I think you should. Exercise that big glory of yours."317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0E1gnYRa7W
"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.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBBqidWkIye
"I like fish. They're good to eat."317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJLhRPHNe6
"I think so too!"317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9RooNOeZ2
"Well, that settles it! Let's have fish."317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSZfQgRm8Lz
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 talent317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJT40zlwFE
