You're off to a good start smile And we don't mind how long stories get so long as they're good -- the better they are, the longer we like them -- so don't worry about it. <g>

You've got a good handle on young Lois, I think -- I especially appreciated this bit:
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The Kents and the Georges seemed to be genuinely nice people. After all, they had adopted Alisha- Ms. Taylor- and Clark and the two seemed to really love their parents, even though Alisha laughingly told her dad that she was never coming home again if he didn’t stop asking her to bring him son-in-law. Well, then again. Maybe they weren’t so nice. Don George had a great daughter yet he still wanted a son. Just like her dad.
Very poignant, how she interprets the teasing.

PJ