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.372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡntd3LvvZq1
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?!’372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZH2SDmHRUR
"Hey Adam. You okay?"372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefRFIC7xSt
"I think so."372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQUc7Ykewt
"Do you need something to use?"372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTVbhljaPqf
"I don't think I know what to do."372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxncNBCEaa
I was always a fan of asking him if he was ready to start. Excitable people often are.372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJYYCsuhZ3
"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."372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyuMEnSpvMt
"Okay."372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEXAmlpeKOA
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.372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMAMQ1Z16X
"Did they bully you?"372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDJ5qUyCpH
"No."372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ26AlqrotmF
"Did they say you can't come around?"372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡij2B2eXXIE
"Someone did."372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXx43Zzi0LO
"What happened?"372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFtic5hIaGt
"They… they want me to lead the world domination pact."372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvifrsomtY4
"What world domination pact?"372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF31v1hVigC
"They think we should sell lemonade or something."372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDGHnJqpXk
"Okay. Let's put that on the computer."372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWrAp8D9c4S
I have to admit, I love the touch notes app.372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPMy7KREb9l
"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?"372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH1gQJrey7v
"Yeah."372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiz8BmdkhjW
"What else happened?"372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6OQkfiw5D
"Someone's mom said that my mom said I was a bad person."372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0wNpmcfC6
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?372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8FBZcS5eiV
"Yeah."372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6I4Rohkp3e
"No, I didn't."372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAuMiHXgZdg
"They say that's why you adopted me."372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeNySJVHh4X
"Well, it could be okay. I would have brought you home anyway."372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSj9yEooErb
"Are you my mom now?"372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgp5BHULE0n
"Yep," I would often say, as the word handler is a little hard to explain to a twelve-year-old.372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1HQiGjNYZp
"You're… very pretty." I am a little glad I broke this habit. Replicants tend to crumble under pressure.372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa5eS9500Vo
"I know."372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU7p6y35U3F
"Should I …make lemonade?"372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzgXlqoSodu
"Yes, you should. I think you should. Exercise that big glory of yours."372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnd9cJwF949
"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.372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJpswPBBlR
"I like fish. They're good to eat."372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy9DtGOmRIC
"I think so too!"372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ZDtXkgT1c
"Well, that settles it! Let's have fish."372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysCyPePg57
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 talent372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQhPJbKENm2
