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.319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9YuzwctPx
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?!’319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYM3V44bTga
"Hey Adam. You okay?"319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLpkdbCTjYh
"I think so."319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLiMG9gwqW9
"Do you need something to use?"319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjEwUJvi5wG
"I don't think I know what to do."319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb0WQVVHOkI
I was always a fan of asking him if he was ready to start. Excitable people often are.319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPScbHZdf9P
"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."319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiVjKwI3eGF
"Okay."319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXDEEMqO8Ch
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.319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYMWFNErAPM
"Did they bully you?"319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWnCPHUV0L
"No."319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdWs0oIzpia
"Did they say you can't come around?"319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMqyTJgcF5r
"Someone did."319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGX9yVebEt
"What happened?"319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZrx6nFAf8
"They… they want me to lead the world domination pact."319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGyHOUenUzu
"What world domination pact?"319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡirktO1y9DS
"They think we should sell lemonade or something."319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmCV5U4iyG
"Okay. Let's put that on the computer."319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVq7maNHNrr
I have to admit, I love the touch notes app.319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8PrIkT2idk
"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?"319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXsAY343EDG
"Yeah."319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhB64S6iu8
"What else happened?"319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWbegc84u3
"Someone's mom said that my mom said I was a bad person."319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5NDqd3Gag
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?319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE60XPFfcgi
"Yeah."319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZxFgIo3yB
"No, I didn't."319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNu2SrHhbNC
"They say that's why you adopted me."319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH63NLf2BOP
"Well, it could be okay. I would have brought you home anyway."319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPNUFuwubcD
"Are you my mom now?"319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVRuklOIlk
"Yep," I would often say, as the word handler is a little hard to explain to a twelve-year-old.319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡROngVfyzVR
"You're… very pretty." I am a little glad I broke this habit. Replicants tend to crumble under pressure.319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2p5AC3Mc3F
"I know."319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡof2FWOTSqu
"Should I …make lemonade?"319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSKycJoOrF
"Yes, you should. I think you should. Exercise that big glory of yours."319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhA1NwTzK0H
"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.319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1nFZGfEMFL
"I like fish. They're good to eat."319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKyI9dpc1Q
"I think so too!"319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJmUsXNiCl
"Well, that settles it! Let's have fish."319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz125gxklKd
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 talent319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPUoXb9NOW
