I'm enjoying this very much. Very well written.
My mother was a foster parent to her sister in the same way Lois plans. It's interesting that I never saw Lois in her, until you wrote her that way, of course.
Like you, I also like to set my stories in the modern day. Technology was just too weird, even only a few years ago.
I can't wait to read more, especially knowing that Clark has no idea what he is in for.
Elisabeth